[Porsche-O-Phile]

Landscaping of a neglected property. Holy moly - I've literally spent the last two years off and on (spare time) cleaning no less than six full trailerloads of dead, decaying crap (leaves, brush, twigs, weeds, etc.) off my property. Finally it's starting to look semi respectable.

The worst was reclaiming the swimming pool last year. It had sat for 2-3 years with no cover on it before I bought the place and all kinds of leaves and God-knows-what had accumulated on the bottom. I had to drain it and spend about three weekends scooping nasty smelly muck out of it with shovels, then hoisting it out a bucket at a time. Awful. I was down there for probably 20 or 30 total hours. It's now crystal clear blue and (yes) a cover stays on it every time it's not in use.

Awful, dirty, smelly, nasty grunt work. The plumbing upgrades were nothing compared to the many hours that the pool reclamation and yard clean-up has taken.