From this before we started, an overgrown mess (May 7, 2018):
After we cleared the overgrowth (August 25, 2018):
Trying to deal with the wet mucky mess I rented a tractor and took a week off of work (September 13, 2018):
Paco helped (September 21, 2018):
The fence was wet work (September 21, 2018)
I thought it was done (November 2, 2018) but the water came back. A cracked pipe from the sump pump helped add to the water
We got it done (September 22, 2018) and I finally spread some grass seed (November 9, 2018) just in time for the cold snap. The seed is sitting out there just waiting for some warm weather
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