We had to come up with a plan to remove the dirt and get it up the hill. Using the dirt we removed we were able to level off another area up the hill for a sitting area and fire pit.
The idea we came up with was to purchase a bunch of 5 gallon buckets and rig a pulley system between 2 trees.
We rallied our family to come and help and they all showed up on a Saturday morning ready to work. We had a group filling the buckets, one man attaching the buckets to the pulley and others at the top retrieve the buckets and dumping them. Even the little kids helped by throwing the empty buckets back down the hill to fill them again.
Would you believe that in about 4 hours we had moved all the dirt we needed to? With the support and help of our work crew, our family, we completed a task that seemed almost impossible. In fact, I thought it might take Steve and I the entire summer to finish the project and yet in just 4 hours, working together we accomplished it!
The complete tutorial of how we installed the paver patio can be found here. This is our 3rd paver patio we have installed and we have learned a few things along the way.
We will share how to install it quickly and with professional results.
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