Next Steps

It was really nice seeing part of the land cleared, it looks like he got over an acre cleared. We spent part of Sunday spreading organic fertilizer and grass seed over the area that he cleared so that it doesn't end up a mud pit.

We have decided to get him out there for one more day of clearing, which should result in another half acre or so cleared out. After that we will wait a little while, and then get him to go ahead and get the driveway in graveled, ditched, and french drained (there is an underground spring going through the middle part of the driveway).

The Clearing

Gaining perspective...Compare to the earlier picture titled "Our clearing process so far..."

Michael standing beside the debris pile

Becca standing on top of the debris pile
The view looking down from the debris pile

Sooner Than We Thought!

The bulldozer guy, Mr. Austin called us on Sunday and said he could go ahead and bulldozer Monday and Tuesday, and we are thrilled! I can't wait to go up there on Sunday to see it and take pictures!

Good News So Far

We met with the bulldozer person, and everything went really well. He is clearing out an acre in a couple of weeks. That means that he should be clearing a little past the home site. I can't wait to see that. We will probably need to get core samples (soil) to give to our builder, so that he can design our ESH (earth sheltered home) with Superior Walls (the wall company we are going with for the infrastructure of our house). I will include links to all.



The next step, we have determined is to get the (very long) driveway graveled, a ditch dug so the gravel won't wash away, and get the drive leveled a little bit.


What is going to be bulldozed...