Gentlemen as I age It becomes more apparent that it is time to start paying someone younger/stronger to accomplish things I would normally do for myself, JOE it's true, something you think only needs paint turns out to need replacement/rebuilding it just seems a lot more difficult now.
For the record I am 75+ years young and the soil around here is all black clay as far as you want to go and when wet it is sticky, it doesn't take long before the shovel gets too heavy to handle. If the truth be told if I was more active it would not impact me near as much.
In a few minutes I intend to fill in the hole, I have huge piles of grass and it will be mixed in with the soil so if that area needs more digging the soil won't be so hard.
Wednesday I get my left eye cataracts removed and my vision should be back to 20/20, being able to see clearly with both eyes without a squint will be fantastic.