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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

So Much For The Low Maintenance Yard

So.

I knew that the previous owner had done some shady, 0r I should say shoddy, work around here when I saw that he poured a small concrete slab using the neighbor's fence as the form boards on that side.

Everyone said we don't get enough moisture to worry about the fence rotting.  So when I noticed the other side of the house has various style paver blocks laid in a sand base, I wasn't concerned when I saw that they had laid the block right up to the fence on that side.

When I noticed that the fence on that side was leaning, I knew I was in trouble.
The base for the pavers was perfect, for the pavers anyway. Lots of sand and gravel mix with 2" of fine sand topping.


When you run that 20" up the fence, using the fence as containment. That's just stupid! He could have at least put a vapor barrier against the fence to prevent rot.

So I'm putting two steel posts to hold everything up and then building a small retaining wall to keep it all away from the fence.
Here is the retaining wall kit.

Good thing the weather is perfect or I might be in a foul mood.

The new roses are thriving.



And the other flowers are enjoying the sun as well.

Keep dodging those tornadoes.
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