Another Back-breaking Job in The Garden...

The Big Moment has finally come!!! One I have been awaiting for nearly a year. Two items have just been scratched-off The Builder's On-going List of Things-to-do... the bulldozer has dug-up two very-much-in-the-way tree-trunks and there is A Big Pile of Dirt & Debris from burying the septic tank & water pipes in the Cortile & Sottopassaggio and awaiting imminent distribution. Here is a shot of the Big Pile, covered in case of rain. Right. The clouds managed only to spit water...

Now, I can get started building grassy low-stairs on the two ramps. The one in this shot ambles down to the grassy Spianata... or, as Mr. You says, Our Scenic Over-look... mostly, of the Commie House, a seven-floor piece of local Communist public housing from the 80s... on the other side of the valley from Il Poggiolo... from the Upstairs Apartment. Here is the first of My Trials & Labors... 

The planks de-mark the location of the steps. I have raked rubble to them as the First Step. More Dirt & Debris needs to be trucked-up from that Big Pile down at the Cortile to continue to build them up. Then, I can put-down more Dirt, peat-moss on top, scatter grass-seed, roll the seeds down into the peat-moss, fertilize & water.
Ditto for the the Other Ramp, which leads down & around the drying shed to the Cortile.

I toiled away for five and a half hours today... in our current Heat & Humidity. I am now ingesting an exquisite pro-secco after swallowing anti-inflammation & pains pills. Earlier, I was so sore in the shower... it is amazing the muscles one uses to rake rocks... I crouched & assumed the fetal position to let the hot water pour over me. Cannot say that I am looking forward to tomorrow morning. How long will it take me to roll out of bed? Stay tuned. Gads.