Noe to the rescue

My next attempt at hiring a landscape guy was a huge success. His name, Noe. Yes, Noe. Not only did he come out and give me a thorough estimate, but he got the work done when he said it was going to be done. It might have been because he was totally into the idea of helping me build the field, but nonetheless he worked like a madman. Plus he charged me way less than I thought he would.

He took out all the rest of the rocks. Took the trees out roots and all. Removed the bougainvillea. Removed the patch of grass. Installed an all new sprinkler system including 4 new valves. And tilled the dirt for me. All for about $1200. That guy is the man.

If he wouldn't have come through like he did, I would've abandoned Craigslist forever and hired some freak out of the phone book most likely. I'm not saying it's for everybody, but for me it worked like a charm.

Playing off that good fortune, I found a great company to put in the curbing for the field. They charged $1.85 per foot and put in 100 feet of curbing from left field down around home and out to right field. Truly a bargain, plus it looks great and helps keep rocks off the field. Nice.

Next step....soil amendments. Ohhhhh. Aaaaaah.