Sheet L-3 · The Work · March 2026

Four days, two weekends

The first boulder went up on the forklift at six o'clock on a Saturday morning. Over four days the crew cleared the median, dug it out, set four boulders and planted it.

Build days: 4
Volunteers: 20+
Heaviest boulder: ~800 lb
Machines: 3

Samuel in a white hard hat and work gloves pointing down the median, directing where a boulder goes, with a man beside him and a skid steer next to a large boulder on the weed barrier. — Samuel directing where the next boulder goes, March 18, 2026. The weed barrier and drip line are already down.

Clearing and digging

Out with the old median

The old soil and struggling plants came out first, by shovel and by mini excavator.

Two teenagers digging out old plants and soil in the median with a shovel, a mini excavator behind them. — Digging out the old plants.

A teenager in a grey hoodie operating a white mini excavator in the road beside the median. — Samuel on the mini excavator.

Heavy lifting

Three machines

A mini excavator for digging, a skid steer to carry the boulders, and a tractor with a front loader for soil and gravel.

A large pink and grey boulder resting at the edge of the median while a skid steer with forks backs away and Samuel, in a white hard hat, watches. — A boulder set at the curb, with Samuel checking the placement.

A teenager in a grey sweatshirt operating a mini excavator in the closed-off lane next to the median. — Digging along the curb.

A white skid steer carrying a large boulder on its forks across the parking lot while two workers watch. — The skid steer bringing in a boulder.

A teenager in a cap driving an orange tractor with a front loader. — The tractor and front loader.

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