Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-23 Thread Lee A. Stone
Dale, would you and Janet consider going a bit further in a second project for a large say long maybe four feet by whateer. raised bed garden? this would be a place to unload the lot of your excess soil you are wanting to get ride of. Now consider more family garden ideas that could o

[BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-23 Thread Dale Leavens
Not a lot to report. I have pretty well all of the old patio now put back down, have left about a foot of it at the south end because I am extending it another 6 feet right to the south fence. Yesterday I began digging out the fill along that strip, about 24 feet by 6 feet down about a foot then

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-16 Thread chiliblindman
Dale, that sounds like a job and a half at least of all the work you are doing. You make me proud to know you, keep it up. Satisfaction, after it is done, of doing it will last for years. .bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-15 Thread Dale Leavens
This week was somewhat quiet on the project front. Our daughter Angela and year old grandson Andrew from Calgary drove wife Janet back up from Wasaga Beach arriving I think around 9:00 p.m. Monday night. It rained most of the evening so I didn't do much. Tuesday I began digging out to extend my

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-03 Thread john schwery
o:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. > >Skinned shins seem to be a fact of my life. > >A couple of years ago I bought a four wheeled wheelbarrow on sale half price >otherwise I never would have bought

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-02 Thread Ray Boyce
Leavens Sent: Monday, 3 August 2009 12:42 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. Skinned shins seem to be a fact of my life. A couple of years ago I bought a four wheeled wheelbarrow on sale half price otherwise I never would have bought it. There

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-02 Thread Dale Leavens
f Of Betsy Whitney Sent: Sunday, 2 August 2009 3:24 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. Aloha Ray, I was just curious if you had considered moving bakward while using the wheelbarrel? When I have to move things like that, I move ba

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-02 Thread Ray Boyce
PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. Aloha Ray, I was just curious if you had considered moving bakward while using the wheelbarrel? When I have to move things like that, I move backward and then I can check behind myself with my feet to avoid plant

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-02 Thread Jewel
I place myself between the handles and pull the wheelbarrow behind me. Jewel - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney" To: Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:24 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. > Aloha Ray, > I was just curious if you had c

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-01 Thread Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:04 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. Hi Dale Does your wife help you for this is a major project with it seems more hard work ahead. Keep us informed as you go for I am interested in what you have under t

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-01 Thread Betsy Whitney
ndyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] >On Behalf Of Dale Leavens >Sent: Sunday, 2 August 2009 9:03 AM >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Patio projec

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-01 Thread Ray Boyce
Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, 2 August 2009 9:03 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project update. On Tuesday a truck should be arriving with several hundred retaining wall blocks of two types and a load of retaining edging and spikes for the patio. I

[BlindHandyMan] Patio project update.

2009-08-01 Thread Dale Leavens
On Tuesday a truck should be arriving with several hundred retaining wall blocks of two types and a load of retaining edging and spikes for the patio. I have about three quarters of it laid but have to take a small diversion to break up a small set of stairs I had poured 18 years ago when I firs