Sodbusters

Penny likes to watch all the home improvement shows that are on. It paid off today because she saw a show where they used a sod cutter on someone’s lawn. I thought I was going to use a rototiller to rip up our old “lawn”. We checked with the rental place and they had a sod cutter. So today was my sodbusters day. I filled a dozen lawn bags so far before I got too tired and sore to do more but the machine was just the tool I needed.


The machine is basically a blade that moves back and forth under the sod and cuts a strip that, if the sod is thick enough, can just be rolled up. In our case since the lawn wasn’t that thick and we had killed it the machine ripped it up nicely and loosened the dirt underneath.


I may take a break from everything tomorrow to rest my hands. Each night they’ve been very sore and I don’t want to do any permanent damage now that my shoulders have healed.


I had a nice chat with a pregnant woman that lives down the street. She walked by while I was bagging some sod and commented on how much work I had to do. She was walking with her daughter in a stroller. She is due in May and it’s a girl. I told her about Karen having a girl and she said that she knows about 8 people who either are having or had girls. What’s it mean when everyone is having girls?

My guess that we would have a lot of rain now that I have the sprinkler system in really missed the mark. It’s supposed to stay dry here through the weekend. At least it’s been good weather to do the work I’ve been doing.