We started tearing up the grass to install the new patio on Memorial Day weekend. What have I gotten myself into? Robert Gauthier and I rented a sod cutter and borrowed the Crystal Lake church’s van and trailer. The rain delayed the project until 9:30am so we did not get done until 2 – then I had to go to work. Wow, it was a lot of work and we hauled about four trailers of sod. But, the church benefited as we laid the sod around sidewalks and roads where the plow killed the grass. I’m reconsidering my plans of hand digging the 7 inches of topsoil.