The Beginnings of a Lawn

We didn't let the odd rain shower stop us from finishing moving most of the rest of the dirt.  We can envision our seating area pretty well now (it is the tamped down oval).  Evelyn had fun digging and finding rocks.

After lunch Alistair helped Colin build a small retaining wall near where the grill will go.

Dirt!

This morning, a dump truck came and delivered 10.35 tons of sifted loam.  The kids (especially Evelyn and Alistair) were very excited about the dump truck.  I was a bit nervous that the truck would damage the raised beds, but he was fine.

We worked for about an hour, shifting and raking and tamping the dirt, before it started to rain fairly heavily.  It was lunch time anyway.

After lunch the sun came out and we finished moving nearly all of the dirt.

Porch Footings

Yesterday and today, the builders were working on the porch footings. We weren't sure how far down they could dig before they hit ledge, but they were actually able to dig the four feet or so needed for the porch footings. Alistair was definitely excited by the mini excavator Brian used to dig the holes for the foundation. He ate his breakfast while watching him place the pre-cast footing into the hole.

Brian also dug the holes for the side porch footings. He found some enormous rocks. They also had to move the dumpster (using the excavator) to get to some of the other side porch footings.


It has been fairly wet the past few weeks, so our yard is now a big muddy mess. Well, we've been talking about having the lumps smoothed out and the lawn reseeded because it is so weedy. I guess we'll be doing that now.