Progress on our new accounting software is still going slowly. It’s mostly because of large rocks.
Our new office has a triple-size lot at the urban edge of suburbia. It’s on a slope which was bulldozed into flat sections, with steeper bits in between. Those were covered with black plastic and small stones, held by rock walls at the bottom. 25 years of frost expansion and gravity caused the stones to slide down, collapsing the walls. In places, the soil itself shifted. The steepest bank is 7 feet vertical and only 7 feet horizontal. That’s challenging, even in glacial till.
Repairs must be done before spring, to get it ready for plantings that will hold the slopes better. So, until there’s snow or frozen ground, this is the most urgent project.
I’ve done plenty of stone work over the years, but never with such big rocks. Some wiggle an inch at a time, with leverage from a long pry bar. One moved faster thanks to a come-along tied to an upslope tree. Too bad there aren’t more of those.
I’m sure the stones were originally set with heavy equipment, but this project is too small to be worth the rental/delivery/pickup cost. Anyhow it’s a good way to lose weight.
The damaged walls are about 80% done. Weather will get worse soon enough, so there will be more reason to sit at the computer and build software.
Dennis Kolva
Programming Director
TurtleSoft.com
