October 1, 2007

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  This is the area was previously known as "The Pit," so named because it was a large hole in the ground with eroded  banks and it became a weed infested pit. It is actually part of the city's storm water drainage system but the city wasn't interested in the fact that it was ugly and a pain in the ass to keep mowed. Each week, it was either me or my next door neighbor in the pit with a weed whacker. It was also a safety hazard because the grass and weeds grew up between the eroded gullys and became a great place to turn an ankle or bottom out a mower, I've done both. Mowing was just dangerous, one false move in here and you lose a limb.

  At the beginning of summer the next door neighbor approached me about doing something about The Pit. I'd actually contacted the city twice about it and he exchanged several emails. The city said that they aren't interested in making any repairs or changes and that we are on our own. They'd better not piss and moan if they don't like what we've done because we gave them every opportunity to do this work themselves.

  The next few months were hot so nothing happened to the pit. Weeds grew huge and more topsoil disappeared into the drainage system. Finally, we built the wall pictured below. We started in the late morning and finished it by yesterday afternoon. Not bad really, it's fairly large and took almost 130 bricks.

   

  

  

   

   

   

   

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