…which means we need to get our booties in gear! With wood stoves as being our main source of heat out here, Jacob and I have spent the past few weeks bucking, chopping and stacking lots and lots of wood.
Jacob and Randy bucking up a fallen oak on a hot November day… it was hard to imagine needing all the firewood with it being 80 degrees and all. Meanwhile I lugged all that wood from the ground to the trucks.
Jacob and I heard some awesome news about 2 weeks ago or so- the guy we are working with at the permit department gave up the go-ahead to finish putting up our retaining wall!
weed cloth first against the dirt
putting in the first two boards for easy rock-dumping
To start off we ordered 3 yards to be delivered to our house, thinking it would be enough for the whole wall…
3 yards of drain rock
first couple of boards filled
less than half of it left
some more boards filled
…and no more drain rock
HA! Those three yards hardly made a dent. So we ordered 9 more yards…
ahh…. much better
bottom of the retaining wall- done!
getting there…
yes!! a bit blurry though (oops!)
a different angle
As of right now, since we haven’t gotten the official plan stamped and into the county, the wall is a “temporary” fix for the winter. However, our engineer has told us that the wall will stand structurally so it’s as good as permanent. “Temporary” or permanent, who cares- it’s done!
The Big Green House 