The backyard has finally dried out enough for Chris to work. Since he's still waiting for permits to start the interior construction, he's doing everything he can outside while the weather is nice.
This is what the patio is looking like these days.
The lower area is nicely graded out. See the transit? That's to make sure the grade slopes away from the house enough. Good drainage is the name of the game these days. Look at that gorgeous rich dirt. Thats what you get when you just let the leaves and debris decompose for 30 years or so.
Chris on the hillside. I believe the retaining boards are finally gone for good.
The staircase from the deck down to the backyard are finally gone. They were a little shaky. I wasn't so crazy about walking up or down them with anything heavy.
Chris digging dirt.
Chris pushing dirt.
Hey look! He's dug up some of the firewood they used for traction to get the excavator out the last time it was in the backyard. For a refresher, you can see that fateful day
here.
The buried firewood. It was like a time capsule. Or the early stages of petrified wood. Now it will just go to our house to be split and stacked in the wood shed. Yes, we do have a wood shed.
Dan on the patio. Hi Dan!
This would be the remains of the steps from the patio to the lower area. You were good steps for all those years. Time to go.
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