Project: Front Yard Lawn Part 1

We install our new sod today.

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3 pallets arrived and we had our work cut out for us.

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Gino and I started just moments after the sod was delivered at 11:45 a.m and by 12:30 we had the south side almost finished.

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Just after I took the above photo our neighbor to the north arrived to help and I was out of a job.
Actually with 3 people working on it, the job gets done a lot faster.

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By the time we finish the south side our other neighbor from across the street came over to help with our sod project.
I still had work to do. I kept the pallets of grass wet, unloaded sod while the men laid it, kept the edges from drying out, and kept the men hydrated too!

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By 4:30 the front yard sod was down!

THANK YOU! Neighbors!
(without their much appreciate help Gino and I would still be out laying sod)

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Looks great!

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Walking around looking across the yard from the driveway.

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The extra grass in the curbed areas will not stay there, just keeping it moist.

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Trimmed up and rolled out.

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It’s finished… on to the next project!

Smashing Cans

To earn extra spending SAVING money, Isabel smashes aluminum cans just the way I did when I was growing up!

She fills a garbage can with smashed cans and then we take the can to they recycle center. We’ve taken the filled garbage can twice (since she agreed to collect) and has gotten as high as $12+ for her smashed cans.

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She’ll have some money in her pocket to save.