Day 8

We arrived on site at 8:00am to find the turf covered in frost. It was about 34 degrees--burrrr! It rained overnight and everything was soggy and wet. We manged to find odd jobs around the plot until the sun poked out of the clouds around 9:30. Once the air began to warm up the turf started drying out. Natalie and Katie resumed their daily duties as turf cutting experts, while Tom and I continued laying out the turf quilt. Gigi delivered anothe load of scree and we collectively spread it around te sides and backs of the berms. Rod and Natalie devised an entry threshold strategy for the turf quilt and before we knew it, it was lunch time and we were starving.

After lunch we worked doubly fast knowing rain was in the forecast for tomorrow. Tom and I seamed all the turf pieces in "the infield," and Rod, Natalie and Katie finished wrapping turf around the bench. Both tasks were tricky and tiresome. We worked till 7:30 (2 hours past "closing time") before calling it quits. We piled out our cut turf  pieces together and coverd them in plastic. Hopefully they won't be too soggy tomorrow morning. If it is raining we won't be able to finish the turf quilt around the edges, but we are in pretty good shape.

Progress update: central turf quilt completed, and bench back and seat finished!

(Frozen turf)

(Yippee, the bench looks just like the SketchUp model!)