After having exhausted the gravel supply in the garden I ended up making another run for another load of gravel, this time to cover some more of the driveway around the cars as well as some mushy area on the service path that runs along the storage trailer into the rear yards where the old dog yard is at. The main goal is to try and cover as much of the muddy mushy areas around the yard as I can. Even if the coverage ends up being an uneven mixed up patching of gravel, I just want the areas covered to the point where I can continue to move about without the use of mud shoes. As usual the trusty wheelbarrow and shovel helped me make fast work of this load of gravel. I started off with the service path. The boat and trailer that are sitting on the ground here are both surrounded by muddy ground. Of course both of these things will be moved, exposing a large amount of muddy area. I at least got a head start by getting gravel down along side the boat and trailer. This will also aid in driving over the area as I have more leeway in where I position the tires of the vehicle. And again, it allows me to walk over this area with more room to maneuver and not sink in mud. With this area covered where the mud was at, I moved on to the main driveway. There was more area around the gate to the garden that was mushy so I covered even more than what was already covered from previous applications of gravel. Part of it was aesthetics but I was mainly trying to cover more ground so I would have more area that can be traversed without making contact with mud. Some of the wet areas were around the sides of the two old cars in the driveway. Applying gravel over these areas will also help in making the area more solid for when the cars do get moved. These areas also met up with the larger patches of gravel to help in more complete coverage. As can be seen the gravel trail extends ahead along side the car and into the large area in front of said car where there is a serious mud pit. The uneven coverage is on the count of the idea that the uncovered areas aren't muddy or otherwise problematic to warrant coverage by gravel. As I continue to get more of the muddy areas covered, these lower priority areas will get covered just to make things look better as well as cover the ground so the grass underneath won't grow and be a problem. Even if I trim the grass the clippings on top of the gravel are unsightly and can possibly trigger growth of blades of grass that I'll have to kill off later on. As can be seen I started just dumping gravel in areas around the cars to cover some small patches of ground that were a little mushy, mainly to get more area covered that was real close to the walkway so we can navigate from the house into the garden or between the parked cars and over to the storage trailer or into the driveway. These high traffic areas will continue to be covered first before moving on to the less important areas around the grounds. At that point we're just looking at covering ground to control grass growth. So far I've been able to do two gravel runs a week so with that frequency I should manage to get a LOT of ground properly covered by the end of the year.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
May 2023
|