Jack Hammer 2 – the Case of the Disappearing Steps

Multiple reasons why the back path is being replaced:

• It was ugly
• The walls were falling down
• It blocked light into our semi-basement
• We wanted an accessible route into our house for when we’re old & infirmed 😮
• Also until we get the foundations and the roof fixed it doesn’t seem worth doing any work within the house so we have to look outside.

We’ll eventually have a nice gentle slope on which we will have a wandering bluestone path. We will also reduce the height of the bank on the right so if you look out of the basement window you will have a better view of the garden. We think we’ll plant ferns as it is mostly in the shade.

We removed the steps on Saturday and today we hoping to dig out the majority of the soil, alas, it was raining today and we only managed an hour or so. The rain has stopped now, but we are feeling a little lethargic so we will probably stay in and catch up on other work. Tomorrow is a holiday so we will try and start early. It will also be cooler tomorrow which will be nice, it was in the hight 80’s, low 90’s on Saturday so a little too warm, thankfully there was a slight breeze and we were working in the shade.

As a reminder this is how it used to look.

And this is the latest: