Hi all, Due to my sunny disposition 
I post a “Motto of the week” in my sig on a German forum. This week’s motto is: shoveling and pushing a wheelbarrow. No kidding, I haven’t moved so much material in quite a while.
And there is still more for tomorrow. 
Meanwhile the landscapers move most of the stuff out the front of the house with a mini-excavator and a bobcat. Ah well, such is life!
Looks like laying the track will be the easy part!
Paul
Paul,
You got that right!
OTOH the way I plan things is always in the order of least aggravation and unencumbered progress. I grin every time I read “Sheesh why didn’t I …” and I get a great kick out of that new feature in GR called "If I’d only known … ".
But I also get ribbed quite a bit because of my slow progress, sounds like some are on their third rebuild of the same mistake, while I just plod along. 
And this week will be more of the same … a lot more! Four yards of crusher chips; SWMBO opined that it was time to plant some of the greenery where it belongs i.e. on the layout. That means getting the crusher/peat moss/topsoil mix in place.
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/CrusherChips01_s.jpg)
Then there are the extra flag stones intended for the back; yes that is to cut down on the infernal lawn, every little bit helps.
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/FlagStone01_s.jpg)
And as soon as that is done, it will be a load of river rock and wall rock.
“yes that is to cut down on the infernal lawn, every little bit helps.”
So I guess you’re doing your part for the environment by not using as much gasoline. That’s been my excuse for years.
I gave up on growing any grass under a thick canopy of trees. The railroad now sits on the area in front of my house once covered in random clumps of grass that hardly qualified as a yard.
The last section of track I built was all done on raised lumber. Then I filled in and terraced with mulch. I had to move 4 yards of mulch by wheelbarrow and shovel. Of course, if you had not seen it before, you would have no idea any was filled in. I like to think of it as “good exercise”.
Ric;
The new passing track we put in; I figure got rid of another 10 square feet of grass that needed cutting on a regular basis. This is good. See what I mean on our web page, which is now up-to-date. www.ovgrs.org/
Already looked at it, Fred. I also noticed and read the right up on your “Old Man’s Ground Throw”. Looks very workable. Tis Wednesday A M, I feel there is a gathering of the minds.
I’m getting a good taste of what mixing crusher chips, topsoil and peat moss to a nice even distribution is like. Five large wheel barrows, then have a break, next five and so on … Good thing that SWMBO is planting the greenery and not me.
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:Two yards of aggregate coming in tomorrow for shed footings ... and, of course, the weekend forecast is for rain -- following a run of sunny weekdays ... grrrr Actually, if it doesn't rain too hard, it might even be a good thing ... keep the stone dust down. Or I can try to do as much as possible after work tomorrow and Friday.
Five large wheel barrows, then have a break, next five and so on .....
Chris;
Put the daughters to work…they need the exercise…save your heart !!!
Fred Mills said:Daughter No. 2 will help as she can, but she works six days a week. I'm less worried about me heart than me back :(
Chris; Put the daughters to work.....they need the exercise.....save your heart !!!!
Anyway, funny line from the gravel guy: I had asked him if he could deliver Friday afternoon. “Nope. Going fishing.” I like a guy who has his priorities straight.
Got home from work today to find the gravel piled neatly at the back of the driveway. Grabbed a shovel and the Pulaski axe and dug out the first footing trench; fortunately, there’s about six inches of builder’s sand back there, so it was easy enough to shovel, but clearing the root system that extended from the old lilac hedge took a bit of chopchop with the axe.
Laid down landscape fabric, piled in gravel and pounded it down. Levelling can wait. Second trench tomorrow, with luck.
Third trench between rain showers on the weekend, if Ma Nature sees fit to allow such intervals.
I suspect that once again I have too much gravel, but there are other projects …
Ahhhhh, look what they dumped in our driveway!
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/LoadOfRock01_s.jpg)
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/F-PIX/LoadOfRock02_s.jpg)
A shade over 5 tons and half of it is river rock. However it will be fun carting and placing all the “hand rock” - hey, that’s what they call it, they don’t have to “handle” it, except with machinery. 
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:It's called "hand rock" because it's what the revolting Rote Grobebahn peasants pick up to chuck at evil Swiss engineers who fail to evince sufficient adoration ... but I'm glad it's your back hoisting that rock, not mine ...
... it will be fun carting and placing all the "hand rock" - hey, that's what they call it, ...
Yeah and the really big round ones we used to call Habsburg Kisses, that’s the way the Swiss used to greet the Habsburger - let them roll!
So, it’s been two days. Is your driveway clear yet?
Paul
Nope, yesterday was taken up with running errants and cutting TREX.
Today is not suitable, since SWMBO had a “list” this morning. But tomorrow could be the start of moving stone … AGAIN! 
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:Were these the sort of errants that are large and shaggy, with long teeth and claws, and closely related to the heraldic device of the capital of Switzerland?
Nope, yesterday was taken up with running errants ...
No, more related to them there keys being to closely positioned. Yes, it’s a relative term.
errands, errands, errands, errands, errands.
The cuddly bear hasn’t been around for more than a week.
I just installed a new liner in my creek…filling the pond now…it takes about 5 hours to fill it. I treated the water, and got the air pump working. Another hour and the water level will be high enough to put on the water pump for a test.
