Patching Pavers and Cracker Night

I have 3 spots on my back pavers that need to be patched up and a side border to be lined up, the first spot is right here where I want to build my privacy wall. It is where I had an old tank stand previously. Yesterday I spent working on patching up this area.

First job was to remove the border pavers so I could

 keep working in the herringbone pattern.....

Next I dug out the excess dirt....

And started getting a level playing field....

A quick trip down the road to the landscaping store

 for some blue metal and some uni sand.....

After all the prepping the pavers went in quite quickly and

 the spot looks much tidier, I love this part sweeping the uni

 sand into all the cracks after a bit of gum boot wacka packing!

Next patch up spot is here, my neighbor tells me they had some sort of wall/garden structure here once upon a time but at the moment it is messy and I am sick of the weeds growing there. Also you will notice the borders will not meet when this is filled in so I have extended the border edging from my newly paved section by 1 paver width to keep it all in line....

I then set about digging out the border section and the concrete that was holding it all together, the ground is very moist at the moment so thankfully digging is a lot easier than if it was dry...

Some more blue metal in before I ran out, I am waiting to go

and get some more this morning at 10am when they open....

Knock off time yesterday and I was pretty

 pleased with my efforts for the afternoon.....

I will pack it down a little more today and sweep some more

sand in the cracks, I now have a clear run

 in this area for my wall to go up....Yay!

This is the third spot which will be a little trickier because of the shape but I am up for a challenge....LOL

I want to patch this section because it will be the path when I make a garden bed along the back edge of my pavers eventually....

 

After a long day I spent last night at my friends house enjoying the first June Long Weekend Cracker night for many years.....

Good times, Good wine and Good company and

Jacky Mister on hand to drive me home.....PERFECT!

It is now 10am and I am off to the landscaping store down

 the road, I hope you all have a great day....

 

I guess this is patch working to a point....

 

Until next time, Happy Stitching

 

Kate