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Initial Grading and Blending of Contours

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Utilize the skid steer to roughly grade the entire work area around the newly constructed boulder walls. This initial grading focuses on establishing the basic contours and clearing obstructions to prepare for more detailed landscaping. The presenter removes an remaining stone and aims to blend the different ground levels, making the tree appear as if it's on its own small island.

Goal: Establish initial ground contours and clear obstructions for subsequent landscaping phases.

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and add it if i see fit or don't touch it if i don't right this is a creative process this is just about letting the juices flow and letting it go that's what we're gonna do now so sometimes when i get stuck in a rut i'll just switch gears for a little bit and then come back to whatever i was stuck on later on do you know what time it is hmm it's time for a fuel run time for a fuel run you want to go with come on let's go get some fuel we're out sure would be nice if i took the time to get a transfer tank in the back i'll probably do it after all the work out here is all done and i don't need it anymore come on lucy hop in you going to stay here with frankie what do you want to do you staying or are you going i don't care you don't know do you some of you guys may have watched the saw milling video you have it matt from custom reuben's custom sawmill and i that's all the law exciting we cut that now we're drying it so we gotta dry it rotate it flip it smack its butt and lay it upside down look who decided to join me after all listen to her she whines as soon as i walk away that's what she does and it gets worse so some of you guys asked me about my gas cans they're just shirt cans and i do think they're the best gas can out there absolutely love them some of you guys want to know where you get them at i don't know i think i've seen them at fleet farm and hardware stores i know they're expensive but it's one of those cans that are worth it now can you behave i'll go in and get you a sandwich if you can behave i'll get you a sandwich huh can be a good girl that's not gonna happen okay i'm going to get you a sandwich you're gonna have half you don't deserve it you are noisy here all right let's get back to work [Music] so some of you may be asking dirt monkey why are you taking out boulder walls to replace them with other boulder walls what the heck is going on with that well here's the deal these actual stones that i'm using in the new boulder walls are indigenous to the area and there's a park down in sandstone or over in sandstone minnesota called robbins park and it's just one of my favorite places on planet earth and i use it as inspiration for this wall and it uses a lot of the native sandstone from the area and so i'm trying to duplicate some of the settings some of the environment that i found there trying to make more of a naturalistic setting style of a feel to this

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