June 7, 2012

The area in front of the cinderblocks needs to be lowered to match the height of the leading edge of the 2nd level terrace. It's a question of balance of effort. I could build up the front edge of the terrace, but how high would I have to build it to match the back? I have to consider the the slope from front to back AND left to right. From what I've done so far, I've determined that the height on the left section would be too high without actually building a fixed wall, rather than dry-stacking the urbanite as I am doing. So I concluded that  it would be better to lower the back of the second level to match the front of the second level. That dirt will be pulled forward and mostly to the left, as viewed from the immediate image below.

In the images below, the removal of the cinder blocks makes the build up exceedingly clear...and astonishing. The good news, that area of the garden is already flat. Woo hoo! By the way, Google's spell-check warning is telling me that 'hoo' is possibly a misspelled word, but not 'woo.' Go figure.

If you look closely at the fence in the back, you can see that I started pruning back the overgrowth. The greenery to the right is the pruning pile.

The green material is corrugated fiberglass sheeting left over from the original patio roof. My grandfather used it as a barrier if front of the cinderblocks.

The following images demonstrate the power of lawn grass. It will grow ANYWHERE if not controlled. Too bad it doesn't have any use except for skewed aesthetics.