Tanya

But this story does not take place in Utah. I was raised in the Central Valley of California, San Joaquin Valley, outside of Fresno. This is 96 maybe. I'm home from college. My dad had a job for us to do for the summer. It included my older brother who was in college, myself, and my younger sister who was in college. So this is probably May. And we had a newish house.

But this story does not take place in Utah. I was raised in the Central Valley of California, San Joaquin Valley, outside of Fresno. This is 96 maybe. I'm home from college. My dad had a job for us to do for the summer. It included my older brother who was in college, myself, and my younger sister who was in college. So this is probably May. And we had a newish house.

But this story does not take place in Utah. I was raised in the Central Valley of California, San Joaquin Valley, outside of Fresno. This is 96 maybe. I'm home from college. My dad had a job for us to do for the summer. It included my older brother who was in college, myself, and my younger sister who was in college. So this is probably May. And we had a newish house.

We had built a pool the summer before. And now my dad is trying to landscape the backyard. In digging our pool, we found out that there is about 12 to 18 inches of what's called hardpan. It's thick concrete-like soil. You can't penetrate it. You can use a pickaxe all you want. You're never going to get to the bottom of it. But there is an orange grove in the back of our property.

We had built a pool the summer before. And now my dad is trying to landscape the backyard. In digging our pool, we found out that there is about 12 to 18 inches of what's called hardpan. It's thick concrete-like soil. You can't penetrate it. You can use a pickaxe all you want. You're never going to get to the bottom of it. But there is an orange grove in the back of our property.

We had built a pool the summer before. And now my dad is trying to landscape the backyard. In digging our pool, we found out that there is about 12 to 18 inches of what's called hardpan. It's thick concrete-like soil. You can't penetrate it. You can use a pickaxe all you want. You're never going to get to the bottom of it. But there is an orange grove in the back of our property.

So how the heck did they get there?

So how the heck did they get there?

So how the heck did they get there?

trees planted he finds out that you can get an ag permit for dynamite oh perfect now we're talking in the two acres that we have he would need to plant 60 trees so he figures out the recipe he researches how to do it he knows where to get all the stuff it's getting close to blasting day we had to rent an auger sure you gotta drill a hole and dump the dynamite in there

trees planted he finds out that you can get an ag permit for dynamite oh perfect now we're talking in the two acres that we have he would need to plant 60 trees so he figures out the recipe he researches how to do it he knows where to get all the stuff it's getting close to blasting day we had to rent an auger sure you gotta drill a hole and dump the dynamite in there

trees planted he finds out that you can get an ag permit for dynamite oh perfect now we're talking in the two acres that we have he would need to plant 60 trees so he figures out the recipe he researches how to do it he knows where to get all the stuff it's getting close to blasting day we had to rent an auger sure you gotta drill a hole and dump the dynamite in there

We had to put like 30 inches down into the ground. That took three days to do all 60 holes. And it's blasting day. My dad took off work.

We had to put like 30 inches down into the ground. That took three days to do all 60 holes. And it's blasting day. My dad took off work.

We had to put like 30 inches down into the ground. That took three days to do all 60 holes. And it's blasting day. My dad took off work.

The only reason I know he took off work is that my two younger siblings were at school and my youngest sister was home with the chicken pox. We start in the far, far back part of our property, two acres. So pretty far. We put one scoop in. One scoop was about the size of a paint can, a small quart. My brother lights it. We all run. And there is a kaboom, like a howitzer cannon kaboom.

The only reason I know he took off work is that my two younger siblings were at school and my youngest sister was home with the chicken pox. We start in the far, far back part of our property, two acres. So pretty far. We put one scoop in. One scoop was about the size of a paint can, a small quart. My brother lights it. We all run. And there is a kaboom, like a howitzer cannon kaboom.

The only reason I know he took off work is that my two younger siblings were at school and my youngest sister was home with the chicken pox. We start in the far, far back part of our property, two acres. So pretty far. We put one scoop in. One scoop was about the size of a paint can, a small quart. My brother lights it. We all run. And there is a kaboom, like a howitzer cannon kaboom.

So it was a little bit anticlimactic and no earth moved at all. Okay. It just shot straight out of it like a cannon. So dad being a Mr. Scientist, he treated it like a science experiment. We changed one thing. So some of the things we tried was stuffing it with a blanket to make it push out like a firecracker. We tried chicken wire in a blanket. We tried a big, huge boulder.

So it was a little bit anticlimactic and no earth moved at all. Okay. It just shot straight out of it like a cannon. So dad being a Mr. Scientist, he treated it like a science experiment. We changed one thing. So some of the things we tried was stuffing it with a blanket to make it push out like a firecracker. We tried chicken wire in a blanket. We tried a big, huge boulder.