We had rented a small earth moving piece of equipment where the operator stands on the back and uses the levers to motivate the front scoop. The equipment was there, the garage was open, the dog was in the house, and the truck was in the drive, but no Hubs.
Ten minutes later he came cruising down the road and up the drive in one of those big front end loaders with a back scoop in a chair you can swivel to use either set of levers which had been lent to us by a neighbor just for the night. It was 6:30 now, and just an hour of light left, so we wolfed down some dinner and got to work.
This is what was rented. It was adequate but the process was slow going.
This was what our neighbor lent Randy for the evening.
He got the hang of it pretty fast, as you see.
I was gesturing like a traffic cop because it is hard
for the operator to see over the scoop.
He did a great job leveling the garden.
And then he scooped and leveled a hump by one of the oaks.
We will harvest the loose dirt for the garden boxes.
By the time it was dark, we had located the lights on the unit. He leveled
the ground squirrel condos to my shouts of joy. We will use that dirt, too.
The last project of the night was clearing space for the boysenberry and kiwi bushes.
Hearty thanks to our neighbor and friend! And to my clever and talented husband.
