It's been 2 1/2 years since we bought this mini 14ac ranchette...

Well,, we moved into this house Dec 2nd, 2017.. so we are at 2 1/2 years here and still working on this place...

 

It was built as a Earthen House,,  with the earth coming up to the windows and a sod roof.. Not to long after, the original owners had the sod roof replaced with a new roof..

 

And now we are putting in a private well and removing the earth/soil away from the back of the house.. We will fill over the concrete wall with River Stone...

 

After the back side is finished, we will do the same for the front side. And then last, we will replace the windows.

 

We have removed a lot of dead trees and bushes,, re-located others, not to mention changed some of the landscaping...

 

We hope to have most everything finished by next Summer... but for now, with the COVID-19,, we have a good excuse to stay home and work around the property....

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy Stay Kind.  

 Our Son-in-law has a bulldozer and Backhoe that he is bringing over next week so we can level and move away the dirt. In the mean time, Gary is working the old fashioned way,, to clear the dirt up against the house.

If you look at the concrete semi wall on the right,,, that will give you a visual of how tall the dirt was,, The dirt berm was just 4" below the windows. 

 this is what it looked like when we bought this place...

Got it cleaned up but our plan is to take down the dirt hill by the house and replace the front with river rock.

 

 Well fiddles! I know I have some "'Be-4"  photos somewhere... now if I could just find them...

 On a plus side... I picked some Lilacs for my sewing room...

 Oh My Stars! my sewing room smells heavenly...

If only the Lilac blossoms lasted more then just a couple of weeks..