Sod

I guess I do have to tell you about the sod.

We got some sod, put in by a contractor, in the area between the two buildings that used to be an alley. The contractor did it for free because they screwed up a lot of our property. They put down some black dirt and some sod.

Now, that alley drains into the street. Basically all the units roofs are slanted toward the parking lot. They all drain down downspouts into either the parking lot or what was the alley. From the far end of the parking lot to the street it is downhill through the new sod.

This sod was put in a couple weeks ago.

I looked out the window, while it was raining and I saw that there was some standing water outside, but I was busy sopping up water.

I went outside to see if the water was still deep, it was.

At least 5 inches in the middle of the sod, and a river toward the street. It moved the sod a bit...




So, aside from my house being wet, I knew I had to put the sod back. With no one around to help, I just started doing it.

Well, wet sod is very heavy. It doesn't help when it is wet. It also doesn't help when you are trying to relay it on a freakin' river.

I did the best I could to get it back in place.



We lost quite a bit of that black dirt down the sewer.


I got pretty dirty too.