I got a load of road crush and gravel for the rear walkway from Lethbridge Landscape Supply.
The weather forecast is for rain and lots of it, so the project will have to be put on hold until the ground is solid and dry.
520 12C St N property
This house stands tall among the others on its block. It is a wooden structure built in 1911. It has been added onto a few times, all but one of which has been torn down. There does not seem to be cohesive history connected to this house. There is, however, a large foundation problem to be corrected – stable for now but in need of heavy work. You can read all about its progress here.
abandoned vehicle
There was a red vehicle found abandoned by a tenant behind 520. It had been sitting in the dirt and weeds for who knows how long.
digging up chains
While digging the final bit for the walkway along the fence, I found this.
Now there’s a find.
Next, landscape fabric, gravel, sand, paving stones.
roots in the (walk)way
I rented a jack hammer (chipping hammer) to clean off three of the posts exhumed from the old locations of the fence.
It was a less-than-an-hour rental ($40 from Wards). Now I have three posts that I don’t know what to do with. They’ll be used up somewhere … eventually.
no longer on the fence
The decision was made a few days ago to redo the fence line at the rear of the property separating the two suites. Why?
The concrete area that used to house the gazebo was not used well. It will be allotted to the rear suite, and a new walkway will be put in for rear parking and garbage access for the main suite (house). It won’t affect the back decks of the house.
Also, the rear suite gate would not close because of a) constant perpendicular pull and b) my incorrect decision to use a type of hinge ordered from the States.
old fence
previous main suite walkway shared with rear suite patio
new rear fence posts painted
The fence posts set in the ground had to be ground. (?) They were rusty – only surface ruse, but I don’t generally like to paint over it.
new fence begins
It’s started. The three new fence posts are cemented in. They need to be brushed with a wire wheel and painted in black Tremclad paint.
This new plan will allow the rear tenant to use the entire concrete area where the gazebo previously sat plus another bit of dirt area to plan flowers, grass, or whatever they want.
gazebo cleanup
The gazebo is gone. We loaded all the pieces up on the trailer along with the forest of weeds that were pulled previously and cleaned up the rest with a leaf blower. All the little stuff was stuffed into Canadian Tire garden bags.
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not yet shovelled sidewalk
It seems that nobody wants to shovel their sidewalk.
wild flowers, fruit trees, and shrubs
Some of the wild flower seeds must have been what Sandra has identified as “wild lettuce”. They grow like trees! Now my fruit trees are inundated by what amounts to giant weeds. I’ll have to pull some.
Some of the shrubs in the front, next to the sidewalk, have died off. I pulled four dead shrubs and kept two that were half-dead. I’ll have to trim them sometime. In the mean time, I watered the two new shrubs. I hope they take.
