Building Our Farmstead - From the Ground Up
Day 28 (Monday, 05/07/18): Our builder finished getting the ground prepared to pour the concrete slab in the basement by covering the stone in the basement with a layer of plastic and then rebar to strengthen the cement and to prevent it from cracking. We… [continue reading]
Another week down on the house build. Here’s what happened this week. Day 21 (Monday, 04/30/18): They started to backfill today, working mostly in the area in front of the house. First, they brought in slate to build the ground up and then topped it… [continue reading]
I can’t believe we’re already done week three of construction. I know that’s still not very far into the house building project, but I don’t think it’s fully sunk in yet that this is really happening. Day 14 (Monday, 04/23/18): They finished putting up the… [continue reading]
Friday Finds is here again, and the theme is “all things green” in honor of spring FINALLY showing up. Everything is turning green here in PA and starting to look so pretty and brilliant again! For some reason, I never really think of green as… [continue reading]
The second week of our house building project was a bit less exciting than the first. It rained on Sunday and Monday which left a little bit a muddy mess at the house site through Tuesday. Day 9 (Wednesday, 04/18/18): It stayed dry long enough… [continue reading]
True to the common saying “April showers bring May flowers” April is a very rainy month in our neck of the woods. In 2011, my husband and I got married on the 16th of April and it rained sooooo hard we could barely see five feet… [continue reading]
