Dude, who even knows.

20th August 2023

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Alright, walked down the slopes of loose dirt at the edges of Strawberry Field, ready to put some more there. I favor areas where I can park with the bed sloped down and just shove the first one or two bedloads of the day out as fast as possible and then get a last one to place more particularly; I think there’ll be an adequate demand for shoving down at the shallow edge of the ridge to balance that out.

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12th August 2023

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Okay, I have the next two days of pitching planned and then I think I might actually rent a vibratory tamper to settle it all a bit.

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11th August 2023

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3 more yards out, at least 8 topsoil and 3 4-in-1 left.

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10th August 2023

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3 more yards out, looking good. Might be as few as 9 yards topsoil and 3 of 4-in-1 left.

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5th August 2023

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Okay, 3 more yards out and it is fine the landscaping yard’s closed tomorrow because it is a rest day.

Possibly as little as 9 yards of topsoil and 3 or 4-in-1 (topsoil with fertilizer and amendments) left, which would be two and a half 2-day sets.

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4th August 2023

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Alright, 4.5 more yards of topsoil, which is 3 bedloads. The twisting pitching motion exhausts my hip flexors, so after 2 I’m swaying my hips like I’m trying to pick up a whole ship of sailors and after 3 I’m walking like I did.

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1st August 2023

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3 more yards and now time for at least one rest day.

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31st July 2023

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Okay, 4.5 yards out today, new daily record. And the roughness with Darwin in getting power to the front wheels ground out by the third trip to and from the yard.

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27th July 2023

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One effect of being out every day dumping topsoil (and using off days to take care of other things) is I haven’t had much time to just sit in my chair by the window and appreciate how far along it’s getting.

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26th July 2023

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Okay, 3 more yards. Looking good, now I take a day off and then schedule to meet another reader passing through Portland.

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