New Grass Under Playset (7/29/17)

We decided to put grass under the kids play set and remove the wood chips that are there.  The fabric under the wood chips is getting torn and coming up looking messy and the dog is always finding something to eat under there!  The kids also said they didn't like to walk on the wood chips barefoot, so another reason to remove them.

We started on this project a few weeks ago, thinking it would take an evening or 2....think again!  We raked up the wood chips and put them under the trees up front and beside the shed where it was getting thin.  We started pulling up the fabric and BAM there were the rocks that were under the pine trees we cut down when we moved in.  I remember very clearly, we had already shoveled out a ton of rocks from the back and we were so sick of doing it that we said "Well we're just going to cover them with wood chips, lets leave them".....fast forward 6 years and lucky us we get to shovel them now!  We spent many nights shoveling them out.  We put them at the end of the driveway for free -- 3 different piles and we are just left with the last big pile we are hoping someone will come pick up.  

This past weekend we finally got to lay the sod down and finish the project.  Turned out great and glad to be done with river rocks!!  

Before

During rock & wood chip removal

After