we put a lawn in ...this is the middle of the process.

 

to repair the canal:
ripped out 10 trees
brought in 40 loads of dirt
and 10 loads of rock
3 days of 3 crews to repair the banks and lift the edge up by about 2 feet.

THEN
SEVERAL hundreds of hours on dirt work...a big TY to Kirk, Jessie and crews...
4 loads (semi's--side loaders (holds more) of top soil
2 loads of (same as above) of compost
Blending of the above and spread evenly across 2 acres
4 tons of 4 inch river rock
put in an entire pump station
had to run an electrical line out TO the pump station.
put in 144 sprinkler heads and timer to run them all
61,000 sqft of hydroseed...that is 14 loads btw.

Now...we wait......