200 pounds of sand
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
United States
August 2, 2023 6:34pm CST
One of my mother-in-law's favorite expressions when someone was bothering her, was to tell them to go pound sand.
I didn't pound any sand today, but I moved some. I estimate the total to have been about 200 pounds. The photos show the view of the driveway and sidewalk before and after.
Where did this sand come from? Rain washed it out of my neighbor's yard, across my driveway, and onto my front sidewalk.
It took me 45 minutes or so, using a broom, shovel, and wheelbarrow, to clean all the sand off the driveway and sidewalk. I filled the wheelbarrow four times and figure each load was about 50 pounds.
It was a good workout. Too good, maybe. My right shoulder has been giving me fits since I finished.
I hope the new neighbor who moved in will get some grass growing again on the lawn over there, or their whole yard might wind up washing down into mine.
Have you ever had to deal with erosion problems on your land?
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14 responses
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
3 Aug 23
@JudyEv We've thought about having a retention wall installed on the uphill side of the driveway. The effort and work involved isn't something we could handle ourselves at this point and we'd rather not spend the large amount of money I'm sure it would cost.
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@RebeccasFarm (89879)
• Arvada, Colorado
3 Aug 23
Wow now that is some sand.
Well I live in apartments and there is gravel in the front of mine and it keeps washing up to my door when it rains..keep sweeping it.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
3 Aug 23
Oh, yes. We owned a house about 30 years ago that had a gully at the end of the back yard when we moved in. We built a brick wall in the gully to keep the gully wall on our side from eroding. The guy on the other side wasn't happy and threatened to sue us. When it was all said and done, we didn't have to change anything. Roughly to the middle of the gully was our property.
Some neighbors are annoying.
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@RasmaSandra (79750)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Aug 23
WOW that is a lot of sand, Glad you were able to get rid of it and I sure hope those new neighbors will do something about no more sand getting on your side,
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@GardenGerty (160642)
• United States
3 Aug 23
Wow, you must have had lots of rain to cause that erosion. I know that my little town used to have flooding and I periodically find silty spots.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
3 Aug 23
That was really hard work.
Fortunately I don't have to deal with erosion at all.
@LindaOHio (178124)
• United States
3 Aug 23
What a pain! No erosion problems here. I hope your shoulder is better. Enjoy your day.
@jefferson126 (3263)
• Shenzhen, China
3 Aug 23
Hi friend,why don't you tell neighbor the situation,you may ask neighbour to clear sands with you.Anyway,the sands came from his yard,he had obligation to work with you to clear sands.
