This past Mother's Day Emily, Eben, and I converged in Orange ready to do some digging. Candy requested our help in building a patio in the backyard.
The ladies measured, marked out the shape, and began digging while the gentlemen made a last minute run to the store for more supplies. Candy and Peter had purchased all the needed supplies for ten square feet of patio, not realizing until we were there and ready to dig that what we really needed was ten feet squared. Oops! All was resolved when they returned with about three times as many bags of layering stone.
We had to dig about three inches down, which is very difficult to do uniformly especially when lots of roots are involved.
The men were very helpful once they returned! Three inches of soil across 100 square feet is VERY heavy!
The first layer is plastic so that weeds can't grow up through the stones.
Next is a layer of large gravel, which is followed by a layer of finer gravel. Spreading wet rock on delicate plastic is quite a challenge. We put the roof rake to work and were successful.
The top and last layer is made up of large patio stones. This part was the most fun since it was like a giant puzzle and I love puzzles!!!
Done! Time for a rest. Simon joined us for most of the work so he made sure he was in the final group photo.
TaDa!!!
The ladies measured, marked out the shape, and began digging while the gentlemen made a last minute run to the store for more supplies. Candy and Peter had purchased all the needed supplies for ten square feet of patio, not realizing until we were there and ready to dig that what we really needed was ten feet squared. Oops! All was resolved when they returned with about three times as many bags of layering stone.
We had to dig about three inches down, which is very difficult to do uniformly especially when lots of roots are involved.
The men were very helpful once they returned! Three inches of soil across 100 square feet is VERY heavy!
The first layer is plastic so that weeds can't grow up through the stones.
Next is a layer of large gravel, which is followed by a layer of finer gravel. Spreading wet rock on delicate plastic is quite a challenge. We put the roof rake to work and were successful.
The top and last layer is made up of large patio stones. This part was the most fun since it was like a giant puzzle and I love puzzles!!!
Done! Time for a rest. Simon joined us for most of the work so he made sure he was in the final group photo.
TaDa!!!
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