It is hard to believe, but a year ago this April 12th we moved in to our new house. And, a year ago this coming weekend we started working on the backyard. The backyard is 1/2 acre and when we moved in 1/4 acre was wooded. We called a couple of local companies and noone would deal with a lot that small. The best we could do was PAY someone $1200 to take it away. So, the wife and I started clearing land:
For those of you who have never experienced clearing land and burning logs in July/August in ENC....it is NOT FUN!
The next step is a fence. If I had known how much work privacy fencing 1/2 acre would be...I would have done chain link:
And, of course, the kids need a swingset:
And the LOML needs a deck:
Finally, the shop can begin:
First wall:
Four walls:
The shop is a 24x32. I actually have the Tyvex up and the roof is shingled. All windows and doors are in and I hope to start vinyl siding and running electric this weekend. I will update as we progress....
LOML and I are pretty happy considering we did all the work ourselves except pulling the stumps. The pics also don't show the 3 dump truck loads of dirt we had brought in that we spread and leveled. All in a years work..right???
For those of you who have never experienced clearing land and burning logs in July/August in ENC....it is NOT FUN!
The next step is a fence. If I had known how much work privacy fencing 1/2 acre would be...I would have done chain link:
And, of course, the kids need a swingset:
And the LOML needs a deck:
Finally, the shop can begin:
First wall:
Four walls:
The shop is a 24x32. I actually have the Tyvex up and the roof is shingled. All windows and doors are in and I hope to start vinyl siding and running electric this weekend. I will update as we progress....
LOML and I are pretty happy considering we did all the work ourselves except pulling the stumps. The pics also don't show the 3 dump truck loads of dirt we had brought in that we spread and leveled. All in a years work..right???
