Further excavation and clean up

The week was spent working on back filling around the foundation and excavating to remove the remaining rocks in the garage area. We also had the area behind the house dug out to allow for some room for flat yard beyond the deck.

Pondering what to do in the backyard...

We decided to cut back ~20 feet from the house at the deck and then slope that cut to the corners of the house. We're keeping a pile of dirt for our many landscaping projects, but there are still several piles of dirt and rocks to haul off.

The crawlspace was filled in with dirt to make the ground all level inside.

We protected our little Ponderosa pine in the front yard after it had a rough day with the back hoe moving the dirt and rocks around it. Hopefully the wood protects it enough to live through the construction. The tree next to the neighbors house also has a few battle scars from encounters with the back hoe so we protected it.

Some early evening shots enjoying the views from our lot.