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The end of an era!
After 3 1/2 years, the garden terracing project is complete!
The last challenge was to lay the turf. Turf is surprisingly heavy and towards the end found that I had a strong back ache. The incorrect lifting techniques I used at the beginning certainly came back on me later! Lift with the legs! Form is all!
I had planned on a nice flat lawn and thought that by spending hours raking it and dragging a weighted wooden pallet over it, that is was I would do. As I was laying the last few rolls, the rain started to come down. Gently at first, but over the next several days it got heavier and heavier. The intensity was strong enough to wash away the underlying sand and soil. Erosion on a micro scale. I now have an intricate miniature river system underneath my turf which is now all peaks and troughs.
Oh well, it was not for want of trying.
But come the summer when I can lie on the fresh grass and read a book with an ice cold beer, all the effort involved in creating the flat lawn will be forgotten and the peace will be enjoyed :)