Bye Bye Pin Cherries!!

Sunday was a glorious day!  Cool temps, slight breeze, mostly sunny -- we spent about 5 hours with the chain saw clearing the last of the Pin Cherry Trees from the build site.  We now have a much better sense of the ground to the North as well as the view we'll have from the living room / deck (below). 

If you look closely you can see a small white pole at the far left of the photo -- that is more or less where the west end of the house will be. The east side will be just to the right of the mound in the middle of the photo.  We are going with a 1 floor ranch approximately 71'x30' (exterior size).

 

With the demise of the pin cherries (the chain saw did a great job!!), we have more than doubled our kindling pile!!   We are leaving the wood long for now so that it is not in the way of construction and easier to move once the house is built.

 

I moved some of the rocks that I had gathered up at the build site down to the road to fill in the culvert.  Folks up here have different opinions about whether or not the rocks actually slow down the water.  Either way, we think it looks bettter and it certainly doesn't hurt anything.

 



Below is a photo of the sign we purchased from the NHTOA.  This will go on a post on the West side of the driveway; on the hill just to the left of the culvert shown above.

 

This week we are continuing to various research and tasks related to the build and will post more once the dust settles.

 

Get ready for fall!!!!!!