Ugh. Dirt.

Dirt. Lots and lots of messy dirt.

We had 30 loads of dirt brought in to make a nice finish grade around our house. 30 LOADS! It was free, but sometimes you get what you pay for.

Indeed.

You see, it is good quality, lovely dirt, but it was FULL of rocks, roots and sticks. Ten (or more) hours of hard work has given us this to show for it:

Thank goodness for Paul's Dad and his farm equipment! We have put both his bobcat and tractor to good use...raking, loading, dumping.

We have a bit more rocks, etc, to clean out of the dirt, followed by additional prep work, but we are hoping to plant some new grass seed by the coming weekend. The forecast shows rain and we'd be more than happy to let God do the initial watering!

And I will be more than happy to NEVER look at a yard full of dirt again!