Author: bretbosma

Chicken Coop – Retaining Wall

First step, flat spot. Unfortunately we don’t have a flat spot where we want the coop.

Black box approximately where we want the new coop
Remove fence
Layout proposed flat spot. ~40 inch drop from high to low spot
Dig ditch for base
Load of gravel from local quarry, pretty sure I overloaded the truck but seems OK
Solid gravel foundational base
First load of blocks; pretty sure I overloaded the truck again but seems OK
First row was the toughest… spent a long time getting it level
Second row was easier, but learned the corner was going to be tricky
Back fill and another row
Starting to look like a wall!
Lots of earth moving to do to get a flat spot, but getting there!

It’s been a while

We have had a busy winter, working on the new house, and training for and running the 25k hagg lake mud run. We did many training runs, exploring the school forest around our new house, including in the snow.

Didn’t get a lot of pictures from the mud run, but here are two the folks from the race took, and an after-race look at our shoes.

New Deck: Contractors are almost finished, just a few last touches before this outdoor phase of construction is complete. We meet with the architect this week to discuss the interior work.