Retaining Wall In!

Well, actually the wall was poured a week ago, but we let it cure until today. Grumpy neighbors notwithstanding, it looks great. Bill, the earth mover guy was here today with a small bulldozer and a little hydraulic "steam shovel" like thing. "Little" should be in quotes too. I shudder to think what the statement for this project is going to turn out to be, but we've basically quadrupled our level, landscapable, gardenable yard space!

We also have a 10' wide roadway that runs along the south side of our property. This will allow us to bring soil amendments, stackable retaining wall blocks, and so on, right to the spot where they're needed.

It looks great (did I say that already? Who cares? It does!) and having that navigable path will make other projects a huge pleasure instead of backbreaking. It is so cool.

Also, Dan-the-builder (assistant & long-time buddy of Ray-the-contractor) mentioned to the Amigo today that he has another buddy who rebuilds old water pumping windmills. Now having small rain catchment tanks whose contents are pumped to a larger tank at the highest point on the property just might be too hip of a project to pass up. We'll see. Talk about $$ (I'd rather not).