This may not look like much, but it is a beautiful sight! We had a slight drainage problem in front of our house right by the front door. For whatever reason, the ground was mounded higher than the door, and every time it rained hard, the water would come and pool almost right up to the door. It would have been an easy fix if we rented some equipment, but I was too cheap for that. I felt that money could have been better spent somewhere else. So I started to dig the dirt up little by little using a shovel, but it was going to take a LONG time to get the job done, and that didn't even include the work that would have been involved getting rid of the dirt pile that was growing. Then, an angel showed up at our house last Saturday in the form of our neighbor, who was getting a new roof installed on his house. He had borrowed one of those front end loaders with a big bucket to do some work around his yard, and offered to dig up the dirt and even take the dirt off our hands! Who could refuse an offer like that?
So the next morning, he showed up and leveled our yard for us. And then he took the dirt to fill up some low spots in his own yard. In return, my husband went over to his house after it was all finished to help him move the roofing shingles up onto the roof in preparation for the roofers (the neighbor had gotten a price break by agreeing to do that part of the job himself). A win win situation, wouldn't you say? After we figure out if we fixed the problem, all we have to do is put down some sod.
So the next morning, he showed up and leveled our yard for us. And then he took the dirt to fill up some low spots in his own yard. In return, my husband went over to his house after it was all finished to help him move the roofing shingles up onto the roof in preparation for the roofers (the neighbor had gotten a price break by agreeing to do that part of the job himself). A win win situation, wouldn't you say? After we figure out if we fixed the problem, all we have to do is put down some sod.
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