The Pipe Project

       Remember that picture of me, sitting on top of that big blue pipe?   It’s part of the “Save our driveway from crumbling and falling into the creek” project.   This first picture shows the huge gap between the driveway and a cement barrier.   I always had to worry that in winter, someone’s car could slip off our icy driveway and land nose down in our creek.  Scary.

     The first step was to cut that massive pipe in half, create a bed of stone in the creek, place the pipe in position down in the creek, and then reattach it, and connect it to the existing concrete pipe.

        The next step involved spreading twelve tons of 3/4 inch stone on top of the pipe.  And finally, tons of dirt.

        Next, we planted several vinca vine plants.   We needed to get plantings in there so that the roots will help prevent rain from washing all our new top soil into the creek.   That red X is where the gap from the first picture used to be.

        The last step was to plant grass seed in front of the vinca vine.   Hopefully it will look grassy next spring.   Thursday, the guys that did all this hard work are coming back to work on the other side of the driveway.   I know these pictures are small, but they will all get bigger if you click on them.