Here are Erin, Brad and neighbor Dianne on
the day of our excavation.
Fran & Brad in the hole
Digging the hole...
For us environmental, green building folks, setting out to build a small low-impact home, this site work is a shock. But, by the time the digging is done for utilities, foundations, catch basins and retaining walls there is pretty much no undisturbed soil. The good news--the soil is beautiful and gardens will thrive!
After maintaining our property as a park for almost two years, it is now totally torn up. The machine of destruction has hit, much to Brad's glee -- not at the destruction but at the fun of learning yet another machine. At the end of three days he had mastered all the levers and controls and once again the dirt swirled fast and furious.
It feels wonderful to be on our way with our project fully started and the hopes of our new home coming off the paper and getting firmly planted on the ground.
What a mess
The machine...
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