One of the ways
I knew I could save quite a bit of money on my landscape project was to see
what I could get for FREE or for a really low price off of Facebook
Marketplace. For quite a while I have
been scoping out gravel and rocks for our yard and the parking area next to our
driveway. A lot of people have been
offering up the opportunity to clean out the gravel they no longer want from
yards and bedding areas and haul it off, but others have been cleaning it up
themselves and offering it in piles on their sidewalks and driveways.
From her yard to my yard |
Since I am in
the process of rehabbing my poor body the prospect of cleaning up someone's yard
for them wasn't an option for me.
Hauling off gravel in a pile is quite a job itself so I knew I wanted to
be patient and wait for the right opportunity and on Monday it presented
itself.
The dog poop shovel got to come along 😁 |
The timing was
right, I had just completed the grassy section of our yard and was ready to
move onto the next project which requires a fair bit of gravel. A very nice lady had a pile of gravel on her
patio and needed someone to haul it off for her so I contacted her and we made
arrangements. It was also my daughter's
day off from work and she offered to help making it even better.
This is the first two loads and I left the third one in the truck |
We spent the
better part of the day removing the gravel from this patio. I laid a tarp out in the bed of my truck and
we loaded up five gallon buckets to wheel in a garden wagon out of her tiny
little backyard to the alley behind her house and dumped them into the
truck. It took us three trips to get it
all, there was a lot, and it was hard work, but I was doing it and feeling pretty
darn good in the process. Getting this
much gravel for our projects was very fortunate as having a load delivered to
my house would have been a huge chunk out of my budget and half the bill was
for delivery due to the high cost of fuel right now. I was feeling very blessed.
When we arrived for
the last load the homeowner came out and insisted on giving me a twenty dollar
bill to pay for our gas. I was stunned
and although I told her that was not necessary she gave it to me anyway saying
we had done her a huge favor taking the gravel and that she was incredibly
relieved to not have to deal with it herself.
Not at all what we were expecting but I graciously accepted her gift and
thanked her for allowing us to have the gravel.
Feeling very blessed these days |
I have more time
and energy right now than I do money so being resourceful and getting the
gravel this way couldn't have worked out any better. The weather was cool and cloudy all day too
which made our task even better. We
helped someone out, she was super nice, and in return she helped me plus I made
twenty bucks in the process. It was better than FREE! I was also
able to test myself physically and I'm really happy with how well I seem to be
doing with all of this physical labor.
The next morning I was a little stiff and sore, had quite a few happy
little bruises on my legs, but all in all I felt pretty great. And boy did I sleep good that night. Now to figure out which of the two projects
to take on next. You'll just have to
wait and see, but I think I know which one I'll be working on next.
That’s wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! :o)
DeleteOh wow, that's great!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are doing well. Shoveling gravel is hard work.
Yes it is and I'm enjoying every shovelful. :0)
DeleteWhat a blessing for you!!!! You be careful with all that heavy lifting, young lady. ☺️
ReplyDeleteYes ma'am, I sure will. :)
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