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We're in the process (literally) of redoing our garden, luckily we have a friendly neighbour with a JCB to help us out. He's scraping of our old front lawn (it got very uneven after the old house was demolished and the new one built), levelling out where it needs it so we can reseed; and digging out where our deck/carport is going at the back.

I probably need to explain we have a largish plot, complete with woodland and a pond and the house is built on a slope, so at the front it looks like one storey, but at the back two.
If I'm lucky I might get by veggie plot this year, last year I got fed up and planted a load of herbs in pots - but this year I might actually get to grow something a bit more substantial. Since we've moved in (about five years ago), I've redone some of the herbacious borders, moved things around and planted bulbs, now I'll suddenly have at least twice that, as well as the veggies (I hope!!). The back garden is mostly lawn, with the wooded areas around the edges - that's mostly natural looking (although I have plans my other half doesn't know about yet!).

It's a bit nerve racking though, seeing this huge digger so close to the house, although our neighbour does know what he's doing.

I think I know what my summer will be spent doing

Sounds lovely - hopefully you have a professional doing the work

My son helped his sister with a JCB on their front garden a few years ago and dug up the water pipes. It transpired that the pipes were too close to the top anyway, so a few of the houses in the row had to have their front lawn dug up.

What a performance

Our neighbour is a proffesional, he's in his mid sixty's, with white hair and a big beard, and so patient (I have the feeling if I was married to him, I'd think he was too patient!). We call him our neighbour, but he doesn't live in our town - he runs his business from his old family home across the road from us, where there's a huge barn with all his machinery in it. It's always interesting to talk to him as he can remember how things were years ago. His uncle used to live in the old house on our plot (before my husband managed to burn it down!!), so he has lots of interesting story's to tell.
He's really careful, but work's quite quickly. My husband's out there helping (in the rain - bless!), telling him where to remove soil and where to fill in.
I did wonder if we'd get it all done today, but it's looking good!