The Field IS a Field Again

Danny has moved all of the dirt out of the field.  These pictures show his last load. It still needs to be placed on the house...

 







Bill is, I believe, cultivating or otherwise tilling the soil, and broadcasting seed to get groundcover to grow as we expect some rain in the very near future.

Retaining Wall at Garage Earth Tubes Completed, Earth Moving Continues

Bill and Damien completed the retaining wall Tuesday the 13th.

 Danny worked well with good weather for a week at putting dirt on the house. 

 See Danny on the West Annex (tried for a long time to get this video uploaded....resorted to a link)

The telephone contractors came and 'sawed' a trench for the underground cable, laid the cable, and let us fill in afterward, which Bill did.

 

 

Covering The House and Earth Tube Retaining Wall

Excavation continues.  Danny took a couple of weeks off and is now covering the house with dirt.  At this point, the tunnel is covered; and dirt is about 3 feet higher than the second floor.  Bill can easily walk across the West Annex.

Northwest backfilling area

Southwest backfilling

East side

East side with tunnel marked

East side looking South

Tunnel area

 The retaining wall at the garage earth tubes is progressing.

Notice the red dashed line.  Miss Utility marked where the underground power line is.  The phone company representative and the contractors have been here to scope the work,  but were not prepared to dig as deep as we require.  They will be back next week to dig the trench and we will backfill and THAT will be DONE!