Animals on our Property!
Meet our neighbors! We set up a trail cam on one of the trees outside our RV, both for security and out of interest. These are some of the furry critters who have visited our homestead.
Foundation Walls and Back-Filling
January has seen some nice movement on our home construction. Forms were put up and then Girardo and his crew filled them in. Once the walls were put up, we both had to take our over-sized rollers and roll tar onto the outside portions of the walls to waterproof them from moisture. Laura's dad, Lee, was a huge help by knocking off 'tabs' that were left over from the concrete forms and by painting tar into the crevice between the walls and the footer. All the waterproofing had to be completed for our next approval by the county before we could move on. Lee knocking tabs off the walls A view of the start of waterproofing As you can see, snow has been piling up on the property. The unusual amount of snows so far this year has caused progress to slow a bit. As if that was possible. The 10' walls with the waterproofing on them. In the foreground are giant French drains to help channel water around the foundation. The giant mounds of dirt that have been snoozing since last sp...
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