My house is on a corner lot. In addition to my own space, I also am somewhat responsible for two parkways that are 15x80 feet approx. The parkway on my west side was paved 40 years ago as a parking lot for the church across the street. Shortly after paving it, the church had an internal breakdown, a new church was spawned, and they no longer needed the lot. SO. In 40 years, it has been partially dug up for sewer problems, for the neighbor's water access, and has also been scraped at the street edge by the snow plow. It has grown weeds in wet weather and has collected trash in all seasons.
When I bought the place I determined that in time I would have dominion over the west parkway. This is the year.
I called a concrete contractor in May and he told me he could pour a sidewalk in June. A few weeks later he came over and put some little flags in there but he never brought me a contract. I won't call him anymore unless I just have a sudden urge to get lied to
I called a landscape company when I gave up on the first guy. They told me it would be later on towards fall when they could get to it, but they'd come over and look at the job. Still waiting, haven't seen them yet.
I decided just to do it myself. Digging up pavement is hard work. In some places the pavement is under 6-12 inches of dirt. The dirt is full of plastic and glass shards and other junk. Yuck!
This picture shows my progress as of a couple of days ago. As of yesterday, I have finished the strip along the retaining wall and have worked the first 25 feet or so on the far end to the street.
When the digging and cleaning are done, I plan a low retaining wall to handle the elevation change from the planting area to the sidewalk area. I want to plant chokecherry bushes and some junipers - hopefully things I won't have to protect from the deer.
When I bought the place I determined that in time I would have dominion over the west parkway. This is the year.
I called a concrete contractor in May and he told me he could pour a sidewalk in June. A few weeks later he came over and put some little flags in there but he never brought me a contract. I won't call him anymore unless I just have a sudden urge to get lied to
I called a landscape company when I gave up on the first guy. They told me it would be later on towards fall when they could get to it, but they'd come over and look at the job. Still waiting, haven't seen them yet.I decided just to do it myself. Digging up pavement is hard work. In some places the pavement is under 6-12 inches of dirt. The dirt is full of plastic and glass shards and other junk. Yuck!
This picture shows my progress as of a couple of days ago. As of yesterday, I have finished the strip along the retaining wall and have worked the first 25 feet or so on the far end to the street.
When the digging and cleaning are done, I plan a low retaining wall to handle the elevation change from the planting area to the sidewalk area. I want to plant chokecherry bushes and some junipers - hopefully things I won't have to protect from the deer.
