19 November Update

Hi guys! I know. It's been a horribly long time since I've posted anything, and unless you've talked to us, you're probably wondering if we've fallen off the face of the earth. The answer is no, and even though I haven't posted anything, it doesn't mean we haven't been feverishly working away to try and get the house and garden done. The inside of the house is basically done now...I'll have to post some pictures of it next time. Today's post is to give an update on our most recent work....the garden.
Andy has been hard at work trying to get the garden finished so we don't miss the entire summer! The initial work was demolition to get ready for the main scope. It's amazing how quickly it comes down...takes a bit longer to put it all back up!

Our master plan includes extending the garden about 6 feet into the driveway, moving the brick wall that divides the areas back. So, Andy and a friend took a jack hammer and a sledge hammer to the wall and made pretty quick work of it!

About 15 minutes into the job...

Another hour later, it was gone!

And they also got rid of the flower bed along the house as well...good riddance!

The next job was to get a "professional" around to help with the earth moving and decking...so, there were a couple of weeks of slow/no progress waiting on the help we needed, but it all kicked off shortly after Andy's parents came to visit. Once again, we put them to work...I'm not sure if they'll come back again!

The pictures below show the progress that was made in less than a week! I was busy at work, unfortunately, and missed some good photos of the very beginning. It was quite impressive to come home each day and see how much progress they made.

The 16th November....