It was too big to lift or even roll, so I moved it egyptian style with PVC pipes instead of logs and a come-a-long instead of slaves.
Here's a picture of the wall now. Please note how much joy it brings my room mate Jake and his dog Duke.
Most of the dirt was already there and there was a poorly done rock wall in place that I just redid, but by the time I was done I'd say I had to move about half a yard of dirt from some random dirt piles in another area of my yard. If you're not familiar with landscaping stuff measurements, a yard is about a pickup load with a standard size bed.
Now I'm working on some rock walls out in front. The previous owner had built very large mounds of dirt and piled rocks around them. The bad news is it's a lot of work to make it look nice. The good news is I have plenty of rocks to build a few more walls and I have plenty of dirt to fill in a low spot behind my shop. (I'll post about that one later)
So, here is a before shot from the front moundy area:
And here is how it progressed today. (after pulling eight trees out of that area)
So far we've moved about half a yard of dirt to the low spot behind the shop and I think we're about half way there. There's a lot of work left to do on this mound, but I think it's starting to look better. I'll post updates in a few days when it's done.
