Tammy Walsh (owner of Green Mountain Landscaping) and her long-time helper, Geryll Robinson, got here just before 9. We toured the property discussing the long list of one major and nine minor projects that have been awaiting Tammy’s availability. The big one is to construct a 3′ high by 330′ long stone wall along our Lake Dunmore Road property line and part way down our driveway. Tammy and Ger left again to get 5 cubic yards of crushed gravel needed to finish the surface between our asphalt driveway and the barn’s overhead door. While they were gone, completed most of Delores’ reactivation checklist, as our annual logging extravaganza is but two weeks hence. Mouse damage this year was very limited until a couple of months ago, as we used Sniff ‘n’ Stop® packets throughout the RV over the winter (my sister-in-law Mary’s recommendation). Unfortunately, didn’t notice the note on the box that they’re only effective for six months or so until far too late. Once Tammy and Ger finished spreading the crushed gravel, I used Tammy’s plate compactor to flatten the bejesus out of the dirt while the two women started repairing damage to our concrete paver patio. Four areas had settled (the worst being in the critical area around the drain that catches water coming off the roof valley) and the polymeric sand used to bind the pavers together had not properly bonded when the patio was constructed, leaving many deep cracks. Nate Clark (one of Tammy’s other employees… and her nephew) showed up early afternoon and was promptly dispatched to get a load of ¾″ crushed stone, as I needed a small (sic) quantity to fill in roof edge drip lines around the house and to top off the stone and wood crib walkway down to Marty & Merry’s. I took six plastic buckets worth of stone off Nate’s load, thinking that would be more than enough for my needs. Before sending Nate up to her place in Goshen to dump the rest of the load, Tammy asked me at least three times if I was sure I had enough. You can guess the correct answer, which I came up with right after Nate left… By quitting time, our patio was completely repaired and I had a long list of tasks to complete over the weekend which will expedite the work starting Monday morning.
