Saturday, July 11, 2020

Bonus dig!

Apparently, the backhoe guy likes to play in the dirt, lol. Good for us, bc while he was out here for the well, he offered to cover up the ugly hole that the prev owners had used as a burn pit.

It was about 2-3 feet deep, and about 15 feet across, so pretty big. Filled with plastics!, shingles!, old stumps, a side table, and more crap. Also, 2 pine trees had begun growing at the edge of it. We don't want them that close to the house due to hurricanes and storms.

So we eagerly said yes to covering it over.  First, he dug a deeper hole, then pulled all the mess into it, then covered it over with left over dirt from....somewhere. The well? Back of the property? Not sure, I wasn't out there during that time. At any rate, its nice and smooth now. Just raw, sandy, dirt. Given a few rains, the grass will begin covering it and you soon won't know it was even there.

We used it as a burn pit once, but it was so wide it easily got out of hand, and once we realized that there was plastics in it, we doused it quickly. Burying might not be the best answer either, but given Dh's health, it was the best we could manage.

It was an eyesore when you pulled into the yard, between the house and shop, and made the place look junky. So much better now! Best of all, no cost!! Double win!!

Today, Dh will work on the pipe layout to the house, though he'll have to get a ditch witch to dig the trench. It's around 80+ feet to the house.

Next up? Getting a new power pole and box to run electricity to the shop, and move the old pole out of the way (also ugly and in the way).  Stay tuned, it's the year some things actually happen around here!

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