You can see from this tree how high the dirt dike is going to be in this area--about 4-5 feet
The excavator
Many trees are giving their lives for this project
Clearing the area for the dike
From the street looking into our property via our driveway
The other side of the mound as seen in the previous picture
The berm/dike is being created along the front of the house
To the right of the driveway, out the front
The dike along the side of the property. They had to bring in this tank to fuel the equipment
The dike from the front --street side looking in to our house, the area to the front will be another driveway
6 Dump truck loads of dirt/clay are being dumped on the section that will become another front driveway (see the before picture in the previous picture)
Another dump truck leaving out of our original driveway
The careful smoothing of the berm top. The berm is about 4 feet wide--we can walk all the way around it
Mark (same Mark that we rented the house from) and Dave standing on the mound that is the origninal driveway---all this dirt came from 15 dump trucks!
A side view of one section of dike/berm
Stefanie, Ethan, and Emily on the level ground. Danny is standing in the ditch
Ethan thought it was fun to check out the excavator bucket
Loading tree logs
The berm out the front towards our neighbors front yard (her flag). The orange clay is the new driveway that is being built up
Another view of the berm--it's anywhere from about 4 ft to 12 feet high depending on where it is in the yard
Dave and Ethan standing on the berm---to the left is the pathway that leads to our pond. This section is about 10 feet high even though it really doesn't look like it
Stefanie and Emily (left) are standing near the gate that goes from our house to the pond. Ethan (on the right) is on the berm and would continue over to cross the drainage ditch and bridge to get to our pond.
Ethan standing on the tall steps down to the bridge that crosses the drainage ditch to our pond. I am standing on the end of the bridge while taking this picture
The excavator
Many trees are giving their lives for this project
Clearing the area for the dike
From the street looking into our property via our driveway
The other side of the mound as seen in the previous picture
The berm/dike is being created along the front of the house
To the right of the driveway, out the front
The dike along the side of the property. They had to bring in this tank to fuel the equipment
The dike from the front --street side looking in to our house, the area to the front will be another driveway
6 Dump truck loads of dirt/clay are being dumped on the section that will become another front driveway (see the before picture in the previous picture)
Another dump truck leaving out of our original driveway
The careful smoothing of the berm top. The berm is about 4 feet wide--we can walk all the way around it
Mark (same Mark that we rented the house from) and Dave standing on the mound that is the origninal driveway---all this dirt came from 15 dump trucks!
A side view of one section of dike/berm
Stefanie, Ethan, and Emily on the level ground. Danny is standing in the ditch
Ethan thought it was fun to check out the excavator bucket
Loading tree logs
The berm out the front towards our neighbors front yard (her flag). The orange clay is the new driveway that is being built up
Another view of the berm--it's anywhere from about 4 ft to 12 feet high depending on where it is in the yard
Dave and Ethan standing on the berm---to the left is the pathway that leads to our pond. This section is about 10 feet high even though it really doesn't look like it
Stefanie and Emily (left) are standing near the gate that goes from our house to the pond. Ethan (on the right) is on the berm and would continue over to cross the drainage ditch and bridge to get to our pond.
Ethan standing on the tall steps down to the bridge that crosses the drainage ditch to our pond. I am standing on the end of the bridge while taking this picture
2 comments:
My WORD! That is a lot of dirt. I hope that it helps thwart any future water.
I think I will have to look back in your blog and try to determine what is going on. Haha... I am confused, but I have not been the best blog reader, so it is my fault. Looks like a lot of fun getting dirty.
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