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Still slowly working on my path. I think it’ll look ok when I finish.

Started work on the edging and put down old carpet as weed matting.

The carpet came from another halfassed project I’m just starting. After a underhouse adventure I noted that I have fairly nice flooring. The carpet sucks ass so I trimmed it a little.

Before.

After.

Not too much else going on. Debating quitting my job, applied for a few things had a few interviews.
My threshold for bullshit is much lower these days it seems.

About a month ago I put in some water storage. Seems to be working ok so far.

The green barrel thing I bought, it came in a package with a nice low voltage pump and a few fittings. I put that in first. The big white square came later.
I found the downpipe full of crap as were the gutters, so I cleaned them and tapped into the downpipe.

Rain collects in the gutter and down the pipe.

The pipe empties into the bucket. Inside I have a ball of scrap shade cloth as a filter. further to this water needs to reach a certain level in the bucket before emptying into the drum so dirt can settle at the bottom. When overfull I have the outlet overflow into the bottom of the downpipe, I can connect a hose and something else and switch between using valves on the output, pressure is low though.

Anyway I tapped into the side of the barrel and connected it to the larger tank. Letting water find its on level. Yes I know they are different heights so I lose a lot of storage.

My plan for this is to close the valve on the large tank once the barrel is full and then pump the barrel into the larger tank. I can then open the valve when I need to to fill the barrel. Its a little annoying but it’ll work.

7 wheelbarrows of dirt and it starts to dawn on me.

It really sucks, I need to dig up probably 30 more.
It’s too late to stop.

Admittedly I’m prone to getting bored and wandering off so I only do a bit at a time say 2-3 barrow loads. I’m fuuuucked though.
I need to dig at minimum three times deeper across the whole length with a dip in the middle, then add weedmatting, a layer of sand and probably a little unmixed concrete. Finally adding the edging and a shiteload of stones for the path itself.