Dishing the dirt...

Susan and I have spent the last week backfilling around the basement walls. I have backfilled the north and west basement walls, and compacted the soil around the front entryway. I have begun backfilling the east wall, but cannot finish until the utilities and sewer lines are connected to the house. That is scheduled to be completed this coming week. While backfilling, I installed hydrants on the northwest corner and the center of the east wall. The area around the house is beginning to regain the contour of the hillside, and looks pretty good.

In the meantime, I have dug the trenches for the garage footings, which will be poured next week. If all goes according to plan, we will pour the basement floor and the garage floor the second week in July. There is still some backfilling and compacting to do on the basement floor.

While I've been moving mountains of dirt, My friend Denny Weaver installed the septic tank for the house. He will now dig the drain field for the system in the hillside below the tank.