The mud is damp to the touch, but I don't expect a hole under a shed to dry quickly.
I don't think that a little dirt would cause much of a problem, but since I only had dirty gravel and gravelly dirt on this side, I dumped the two 5-gallon buckets of gravel into the hole.
It wasn't enough!
Clearly a little dirt wouldn't cause much of a problem, but I stretched some metal screen over the metal shelves that I pulled from the shed, secured the screen with zip ties, spread out the gravel, and hosed it off.
I am sure that a little water wouldn't hurt, but I am catching up on my project threads while the first bucket dries.
I hadn't had this problem before, but the farm jack started tipping over. However, I had been concerned with one of the 4x4s sitting on the edge of the cinder block, with one 2x4 hanging over, so now everything is more centered.
I could have straightened the jack if I wanted, so I will just ensure it is straight when I use it again.
There wasn't room for the 4x4, so when I lift it again to remove the extra cinder blocks [again] I will use a piece of angle iron instead.
I sure hope that the last joist and a piece of angle iron will be adequate!
When I jacked up the front in order to remove the extra cinder block I didn't realize that the jack was going to jack up the latch. I removed it and glued toothpicks into the holes. I am going to cut those today, straighten the latch, and reinstall it once I get the back squared away.