Things have been going relatively slow as far as projects are concerned. There has been more real estate activity than we normally have which is keeping us from getting much done except the maintance stuff like grass mowing.I did start digging last week for the electric line extension. The rough measurement is 480 feet from the neighbor's transclosure to where our "vault" will be. We'll then run the electric back down the hill to the shed and the barn. We are going this route with the thought that the house will be up the hill in the future and we'll need to extend the line up that way so why not now. So far I've spent about 5 hours digging and about 5 hours moving logs, rocks, and brush, out of the way to allow me to dig. With a bit of luck I expect another 10-12 hours of digging should get us pretty much done. There are a number of trees which will have to come down at some point in the process. We'll then have to put in conduit and such. I'm hoping to have things ready to go by the middle of July weather and real estate permitting.
We also had some stone delivered, some of which we will use for the base of the vault for the power but the rest we are spreading around areas that need some building up and drainage. So far we've put some behind the barn where we hope to extend the roof out for lumber storage. Still have to spread it around and add a bit more.
The other big project is to spend a day taking care of our burn pile. It has gotten totally out of control and takes up a huge bunch of field at this point. Hopefully we can get that done before the end of June. Of course we'll just start putting together a new one as we continue to clean up the property.
