Heavy machinery has been brought in to prepare the ground for the sheds' foundations.
Josh is checking the work so far.
James is operating the digger to lift out the large chunks of blasted granite.
The angle of the deer fence in the background shows how much material needs to be moved to get an area of level ground to build on.
I have plans for these rocks but I don't want the soil on them. However, I am OK with leaving the rain to do the job of washing the soil off.
Then I saw Josh and Taylor hand loading the choice rocks into the Bobcat bucket while leaving the soil behind.
They took many bucket loads of rocks down the path to the Back Track.
Josh did such a great job building the stone wall I wanted.
The Back Track now has a randomly-placed stone wall on the downhill side leading down towards the road, stopping at the tree. On the other side of the tree is where we make compost. The piece of cardboard in the foreground is the marker where the wall was to stop at the uphill end.
I wasn't keen on having the dirt with the rock because as soon as things start to warm up all sorts of wild plants will grow on the wall. I plan to get in ahead of this natural process and scatter plants seeds of my choice between the rocks. That will keep the unwanted plants at bay and I won't have to 'weed' the wall. That is the plan anyway.
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