Bill planted more grass this spring. I should now have grass completely lining the driveway. I can also see my mailbox (last year, it was surrounded by three-foot-tall weeds). The boys (along with several neighbor kids) discovered earlier this year that we had really nice sand lining the driveway. Bill didn't want to plant grass in sand. So what did he do? He didn't buy dirt. No, instead, he found an area west of the driveway where there was nicer dirt. He dug it out, moved it to the area along the driveway, then moved all the sand to the hole he had dug. And as of Saturday afternoon, grass has now been planted. The kids have permission to play in the newly invented 'sand box', but must stay out of the new grass. It was a rather tedious project, and I'm sure more than one neighbor was scratching their heads. But it meant Bill didn't need to buy much dirt, and now it means we are cool. How many other neighbors have a front yard sand box??
Here's a couple pictures of Bill moving dirt from the hole over to the area where he wants grass. Sam is his assistant. He has a trowel in his hands, and is also moving dirt, a very tiny amount at a time. I was in the kitchen, so the pictures are a bit far away, but I just had to capture the moment!
This is the 'sand box':
This is where Bill just planted grass:
Here's Sam with his trowel-full of dirt:
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