Our Latest Home Project

Scott and I decided that the next project that we would like to get done on our house is the backyard. With Scott being a "do it yourself" person, he has had a lot of work to do. He opted to have someone else do the concrete patio, but he had a lot of prep work to do before that.

First he had to dig out the old drainage, so it could be moved out from where the prospective patio will go.
The missionaries came over two different days to fulfill service hours. It's undecided how helpful they really were . . . they probably had a hard time keeping up with Scott. But we are still grateful for whatever help they did provide.Scott then had to dig (or jack hammer) a 2 1/2 foot deep trench from a corner of our house to the diagonal corner of our yard. (The dirt is really hard to dig in - there's a lot of clay in it.) He wants to put in a rock waterfall, so he had to bury an underground electrical wire to reach the future waterfall - hence the long and deep ditch.Bringing in the cinder block to line the fence where the planter will go.Digging for a sprinkler system (to the left of the drainage - again, notice the jack hammer)Our friend Andrew came over to help Scott. He was definitely Scott's miracle that day (prepping the yard for the concrete was a lot harder than Scott had anticipated, so any extra help was really appreciated, especially from another hard worker).Laying the new drainage system. By this time, the crew who is doing the concrete came over to help Scott finish and perfect the drainage. I'm glad we had professionals help Scott finish this part, so that we know the water will actually drain from our yard properly.

Now all we need are the forms and the concrete for our patio. Hopefully that part of our yard will be finished in the next few days.