DAY 6- Looks Like An Archeological Dig- Digging the Trenches

Our visitor today was Craig's (our contractor) dog.She is a rescue dog whose fostering was done by a dog trainer, so she is well behaved. However, she is an adolescent and curious, so for her safety,  she was quickly banished to the truck.

With trenching discussion, I soon learned about "bucket size" and trenching. Danny has 4 buckets- 1 foot, 1 1/2 foot, 2 feet and 3 feet. Trenching seems to be all about which bucket you use on the excavator. He is an expert at using "the finger", picking up the smallest of items, and digging into the hardest of rock.

Buckets

Here we see the trenching going on, with manual dirt throwing as well as digging with the bucket.

The Rock

We have been very fortunate about big rocks NOT being in the ground, with the exception of this one at the end of the lower garage wall, and one in the base of the lower garage. In fact, this one will provide somewhat of a natural retaining wall. Danny chippped away at it for quite a while to enable enough space to build the retaining wall that will go along here. 

 

Man Cave trenches

At the end of the day, all the trenches were dug and ready for the footings (foundation) to have  their forms constructed. We now await supplies for this next task.