19 June 2018

Was almost finished with my morning coffee just before 8 am when Jim Ploof’s big dump truck deposited 14 cubic yards of ¾″ washed stone on the barn driveway.  Spent the rest of the day spreading and compacting that stone in a layer 6″ thick under where the barn foundation concrete slab will be poured.  My calculations (now there’s a hopeless cause) said that I would need 12 yards for that area and thickness… leaving 2 yards to spread around for the barn driveway.  Ran short of stone, OF COURSE, before finishing the barn area.  Took the plate compactor back to Taylor Rental and went to Green Mountain Electric to trade in the 1½″ PVC conduit and fittings for the 1″ variety that I should have bought originally.  Back at Fern Lake, renewed the attack on the hole under the stone wall through which the conduit must go.  Tried pounding my 4 foot solid steel rock persuader (formerly a Model T axle that my grandfather made into a pry bar) through using my big sledge hammer.  Great exercise and some progress, but no daylight.  Eventually gave up that endeavor in favor of an ice-cold adult beverage.