The ball cedar is too close to the maple tree.
Firesmart says the cedar should go.
We were sad to kill the grand old bush, but...
It makes way for a new car port (stakes).
Some black locusts are also in the way.
Site cleared.
Digging out the cedar stump.
Gonna have to grind it out. Thanks, Vincent Treeworks of Glade, BC.
Success! A test trench for future wiring avoids the old rock pit.
Removing those black locust trees.
Broke my shovel. :-(
So many locust roots. They send out long, thick runners.
I start removing sod.
More stubborn roots. They're everywhere!
Sod for the compost pile.
I left the maple's roots in place.
Levelled and tamped and rolled. I used our EV like a steamroller.
Landscape cloth in place.
12.4 metric tonnes of gravel & sand (road crush).
I used topsoil from the car port area to level the lawn (hand tamper at left).
Levelled and tamped. Water helps compact the road crush further.
Buttons approves.
Working on the main driveway.
I added lots of gravel to the end of the drive to flatten its slope a bit.
Buttons jumps over a pile of topsoil.
A pipe I buried beneath the gravel locates the future charger conduit.
Some temporary conduit will locate the corner of the car port.
We purchased a 10 ft x 10 ft cart port from MS Steel Design in Thrums, BC.
Martin Scheulin, master craftsman, assembles his work with a helper.
Martin welds on site.
These plates (left) will mount a future EV charger.
Sharon goes to work.
Beans helps level the final section of driveway.
Done.
The overgrown driveway before this outdoor renovation.
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