Landscaping a steep Hill until this happened.

Oh man, exciting. First critter of the year. [Music] I already know the comment. Well, I pulled that out with my hand. Yeah, that did not. I don't think that would match the aesthetic. That's been real fun, but we're figuring it out. Ain't that right, Zachie? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Good morning, everybody. First of all, I got to apologize cuz the last time you saw me, I was all keyed up about that airport mess yelling into hollering on the camera and stuff like that. But man, yeah. Okay. Anyways, new day, new site. We got a lot of stuff going on at this one. Um, the big thing is we're making a staircase from here down to the bottom of the hill. It's going to be like 18 19 steps or so. Going to kind of wrap it around that wall there and then shoot it straight. Got a whole lot of grading to do up there and in between the walls and over there. We're yanking them junipers and that's going to be sad. And then I mean around the back just edging and some grading or whatever. But the steps here is going to be step here. Ah, is going to be the cool bit. I think this is going to be the biggest one we've done. 19 steps. All right. Nothing to it but to do it. Um, we got a whole lot of nasty looking weather. Supposed to get an inch of rain. Hopefully it hits cuz we need it real bad. So, I think we'll just kind of pull the rock and prep. Don't want to start digging too much. I'm rambling. Let's get into it. [Music] I'm gashed, dude. Dang this. And we're keeping a lot of these plants. So, we can't just So, I can't come in here with the skid and just tear it all out or come in with a mini axe and really tear tear a lot of this up in here. We'll get her done. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I already know the comments. I can pull that out with my hands. Yeah, we've been doing hand work for like 8 days. I'm good. Minim minimize that today. That was a big one. A good midm morning everybody. So, we had a lot of running around plans changing because of the weather and all that. So, you're going to have to use your imagination for the first hour or so. While they're working on getting that set and stuff, we got edging, drain box, rock, bunch of stuff. Got a whole lot of little things going on at the same time on this one, which is fine. We can kind of split up and everybody going to be staying busy. Little more. Coming right about right. Yep. Go ahead and tear her down. Even a little more You want me? Go ahead. Give that whack cuz I know this is going to go down over here. Good. [Music] The little fine adjustments will get Yeah. by hand. Okay, I'll go ahead and set her down. [Music] The sun, right? A little sweaty action. Yeah, I didn't need to put my log on. I did. Yeah, I mean, I'm right there with you, man. I didn't check the weather. [Music] Landscaping is unique in the fact that it combines two elements in a profession that you don't typically see going hand in hand, and that's artistry and technical skill. There's a certain amount of lick and stick that goes with being a landscaper, but there's times when that can't happen at all. Here's an example. Let's say you're looking at a set of plans, blueprints, and it's got all of your plants put in, and you start to lay them out in the pots, and you're looking at them, and you step back, and you go, you know, I think the purple would go better next to the yellow instead of the yellow next to the red. And that's when you can start to switch things out, get the opinion of the customer. That's a licking stick. But what we're doing on the project that you see today is not a lick and stick. When we're building a set of stairs, it's got to be extremely technical for a number of reasons. Of course, we've got to have the rise over the run. Uh, exactly right. But more importantly than that, that's a no-brainer. That's a given. But more importantly than that is the cadence or rhythm of the stairs. You don't want your stairs laid out that makes you stumble, stop, go in up the steps. You want the steps laid out that it's very natural, very fluid, so as you're walking, you feel and sense nothing. Have you ever walked up a set of steps and you're just like, "What is wrong with these?" That's what I'm talking about. You don't want that feeling. So, there's a technical aspect that goes into the steps to make sure the rise over the run is right. There's a technical aspect to make sure that the cadence is right. And then in landscaping in general, there's a lick and stick element that you want to make sure that the aesthetics are always matching up with the technical end of the skills required to do what we do. It's a pure blessing that we have the ability to be both artists and technical installers simultaneously. Or it could be a curse. All right, good morning everybody. So, we're back out on site after like two days of rain, which is fun. It's that time of the year. Uh I was able to on Friday, I was able to get um drain box, all that set up in the back. And then yesterday, I was able to get all these junipers yanked out of here. I didn't have a camera, so y'all's going to have to use your imagination for that bit. Uh but plan for today, we're going to finish off around the back of the house there. So, that bit's kind of done. And we're just going to keep plugging away on the stairs here. It's looking like another nasty rainy week on Thursday and Friday. We're supposed to get a decent amount. So, we're going to have a couple of long days, but it's that time of year we need the rain real real bad. Okay, so we figured out what's going on with our stairs. We busted that new pallet open. So, not only is there eighth of an inch difference between one side from the other, they're also cupped on the bottom. So, that's been fun. That's been real fun. But, we're figuring it out. Ain't that right, Zachie? Yeah. Yeah. Experience. Yeah, we're we're figuring it out. [Music] I don't know how to say this, but kind of the beautiful thing about what we do is we learn how to do something on one job and we can use those skills on another job, but the two jobs are never the same. So you're always in a constant state of learning, which is good for some people, but not necessarily good for everybody. There's a certain amount of people that thrive in a very structured environment. Let's take lawn care for instance. So, if you mow the lawn and you know where your account counts are on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, you know every lawn that you'll visit that day, you know exactly what pattern to use, what to do, and there is no surprises. You just wash, rinse, and repeat one week from another week. And in some situations, there's certain people that thrive under that, and other people wither underneath that kind of structure. They need chaos. They need the constant challenge. They need to constantly push themselves or learn or have new anything shoved down their throat. It's just like these videos. If I sat in the same piece of equipment and made the same video time and time and time again, I couldn't do it. But there's content creators out there that do nothing but the exact same thing every single day and they film it and people watch it because they get accustomed to having that pattern or that repetition. I I'd rather eat a hot piece of dog crap than do the exact same thing day after day, week after week, month after month. To me, that's not living. Certain people thrive under that structure. Other people can't live with that kind of structure. So just because something is good for somebody else doesn't mean it's going to be right for you. Understand who you are. Would you like to go out and mow the exact same lawns day after day, week after week? Would you find solace in that? Because if the answer is yes, that's awesome. There's no problem with it. freaking Frankie who's working right now. He finds it relaxing and comfortable to mow lawns, to do trimming, to do all that stuff. In fact, I was asking him yesterday about it and he said it's his time to problem solve because he doesn't even realize what he's doing. He gets involved in the project, but his mind goes away and starts working on something else. And by the time he comes to the end of whatever it is he's doing, he's actually solved the problem over here. So it's and it's been proven that when you move your body through space, your mind actually becomes more effective. So which one are you? Do you crave variety or do you crave structure? Something sounds like a trailer full of boulders. Woo! Look at that. Add a boy. Those are going to be perfect. Absolutely. I I picked as many as I could and I picked a couple of small. Awesome. My man Zach's got Zach's got a new business model. He's just going to start doing landscape material repost. All right, sweet. I think we got uh we got marked out. Oh, that's awesome. He's just like perfect flat side. Some flat sides and all that. You did good, my boy. Well, it was either that or we get entirely pink boulders cuz that's all the rest was basically bright red and pink. I can't remember. I can't remember what that what those rocks are called. But yeah, not all I don't think that would I figured that did not I don't think that would match the aesthetic. Yeah. [Music] Oh yeah. [Music] Hey [Music] Yeah. [Music] All righty. Come on, fingers. We're all wrapped up. We're going to skip that side cuz it's just dirt, seed, and rock. I can't quite get the shot that I want to get for you guys cuz the sun's in the way. But you all get the gist. So that's that. On to the next one. God bless. Go get them, you guys. 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