Before and after pictures show
How much sawing on the go,
But more grief has to be faced
Before pool can get replaced
Now consensus that I see
Is that pool dug in should be;
With all steps earth out to bring
This will be a painful thing,
And this dirge I sadly sing,
Hope it can by done by spring!
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So do I
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Having done something similar in my youth with a spade and a wheelbarrow, I’m with ‘Arky’ on this one. 😀
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I have also done it once before, in our first home. There, it was relatively easy because the earth simply had to be moved to extend a bank. Of course, we were a LOT younger then.
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A lot! 😀
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Be careful
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If one is too careful, nothing gets done!
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Indeed – I should know
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I agree with Arkenaten!
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So do I act-chilly; depends what is a-ford-a-bubble!
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Exactly! I hope you find someone who is.
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I once dug a small pond, only 4000 liters,
But it felt like I’d dug over 100 metres.
With calluses and blisters and a back that nearly broke,
I emerged scarred for life , a haunted bloke,
To the person on a mission of DIY,
I would ask: for the gods sake, simply why?
While not that old, we are hardly spry,
So why take on tasks that will make us cry?
Enjoy the experience, but watch from your deck,
While you sip a beer and pronounce, oh, what the heck!
From experience I tell you, this type of work sucks
So bite the bullet, Mr N and shell out the bucks.
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I think it will be a good idea on this one to watch others do it, but not for too long or I will be tired out!
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When I dug the first post we all mucked in – Ems and I dug, then when the other arrived home we all got cracking, from laying out the chicken wire foundation, to mixing cement and slopping and smoothing it.
What seemed like a fun idea when we laid out the design using the garden hose turned out to be something quite different once we got stuck in to do the spade work.
But you are obviously better at this sort of thing than I am – so all power to your ”creaking” elbows,wonky kneees, pigeon toes, squinty eyes and cauliflower ears!
😉
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dug the first pond ( fix up, a sir bleef ?)
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