deck progress

not sure i can quite call this 'progress' yet. but, moving forward, gathering materials and mapping out the spot. hoping for nice weather this weekend as i have scored a pick-up truck to use. need to get some gravel and perhaps back fill. hoping to find both of those cheap or free. but cheap and free often means a lot of work salvaging from people's yards. fingers crossed though.

i started cutting the outline out of the sod last night by hand. not fun or easy. i'll rent a hand operated sod cutting contraption this weekend. hoping i can get some helping hands to help me roll the grass (wishing this was a more entertaining form of grass rolling). then i can prep the area in the middle of the yard that was formerly and overgrown jungle and transplant the sod.

so much to do. but i'll just plug away.