Landscaping the solar farm

Now that the poles are all in place it is time to redo the landscaping of the area. Plants are trimmed, soil is leveled, gravel spread. We added a new mound using the excess soil and placed large boulders around it.



Looking to the left, near the house, you can see what looks like a dark strip on the ground. That's the beginning of the Greyhound exercise area. We wanted a nice place where we could get them to run a bit without having to take them to the dog park. So as part of this project we did some more "construction". We cleared back all the rocks, gravel and cactus in that area and brought in 30 tons of sand. This was spread into an area 110 feet long and 25 feet wide. We will have matching fencing put in to enclose it (3-rail pasture with welded wire), with gates at either end.

With that in place we won't have to be up at daybreak to run them at the park before anyone else shows up. It will also minimize the driving to and from each day. And in times of "weather" we can use it when the weather is best for them.



Here's before and after the cleanup.

Before




After