Rain and Mud

We need some build up and grading of the ground around our house to keep the water away from snow melt in the spring and from rain.    We had someone arranged who was not available until fall but that was OK for us.   However that contractor got tied up with emergency projects from the flooding in the southeast area.    I was calling other contractors but they were so busy I couldn't get people to even call back.   Finally I got a contractor who does bobcat work who said he could do it for us.   However the job he had ahead of ours dragged on a week longer than he expected.   He finally came last Thursday afternoon and got started and filled in at the back of our house with clay and topsoil.   The weather was just perfect and the soil was dry just right for working but he only worked for 3 hours and had to leave for the day. 

That night it rained all night and continued the next day.  In the picture you can see some temporary extensions on the eavestrough downspouts to try to get the runoff past the bare ground that turned to mud.

  The contractor left his small bobcat parked in front of our house beside the remainder of the piles of clay and topsoil that were standing in pools of water as the rain continued. 

Then over the weekend it seemed like it was drying up some.  The contractor came back on Tuesday and tried to do some work but it was still way too muddy to accomplish much.

The rest of this week we have had damp cloudy weather with fog patches and rain showers.   So the little bobcat still sits in front of our house in the mud with the remaining dirt pile.    The good news is that the forecast for next week is for sunshine so maybe it will dry up enough to get this project done, as well as other outdoor work.