Flower beds and more footers

To start out with something a little different we found some flower beds with rock walls that we like in Flagstaff. The large malapai boulders mixed in with smaller rocks to make multi-terrace beds looks really neat. We are thinking this would be a nice look for the front yard to transition from the sidewalk up to the elevation of the front yard. A drip irrigation system would let us plant some pretty flowers and shrubs without too much daily maintenance.



Now back to the hole in the ground...

Some early Tuesday morning photos show the footer progress. Five men were hard at work laying re-bar in the trenches that were dug by the backhoe. Notice the backhoes are not working for once...the serious digging is mostly over. Just some more rock to haul away and the slab area to level out. Although one of the guys was using a jack hammer to get rid of some of the left over rocks in the way of the footers!

The deep footer for the front of the two car garage.

Lots of steel under the staircase at the back of the house.

The beautiful weather turned back to wintry sleet and snow today so progress came to a halt. Hopefully it clears up and they're back to working on the footers on Thursday.