Trenching The Foundation

Afternoon:

Dan dug a wide foundation trench based on the preliminary layout. It took about 2 hours. When he finished he went and got a dump truck load of crushed basalt and dumped it in the garage area. Martin bucketed it over garage area while Dan spread it around with a shovel. Later the rock was tamped down and measured with a laser level until it was at the desired height.

Trenching The Foundation:

Measuring The Initial Foundation Trenching Depth	Trenching The Foundation Near The Art Studio
Trenching In Earnest	Observing A Well Dug Trench
Dan Watches Martin Level The Crushed Rock For The Garage	Martin Tamps The Crushed Rock In Tthe Garage

Evening:

The north lobe of the moraine had the best dirt yet, nice gravel and large deposits of good sand. Martin dug a borrow pit to get the good dirt that will later be filled with less desirable dirt. The sand was moved to the driveway. Later, Martin moved some of the less desirable dirt back into the borrow pit behind the cedar.

Digging The Borrow Pit:

The Borrow Pit	Borrow Pit Closeup
Partially Filled Borrow Pit

Afterwards, Martin moved the logs that came from the north mound of moraine over to the east with the logs that were harvested earlier. He cleared the rest of the unwanted vegetation and rearranged it with previous vegetation into a giant burn pile which was pushed to the northeast exposing the area for the septic drain field. A large cedar and hemlock were left on moraine.

Clearing The Second Moraine

Burning Restrictions Require Us To Save A Large Burn Pile For October

A Cedar And Its Dark Hemlock Companion Stand Proudly On What's Left Of The Second Moraine

Martin moved the original duff pile (vegetation layer) they had previously scraped off to the north side of driveway making room for the accumulation of logs from all the clearing. The logs will be cut up later for firewood. When Martin left, he stated that tomorrow they were moving the big excavator to another job. Tommy will start developing the footer layout on Wednesday, 8/28