Just after the guys finished the house pad, the rains came in. We had record flooding again…just like in May. This time, it washed the sides of the culvert away. Just as we were getting started with the construction of the house, now we were on hold again since we could not get equipment across. […]
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The site prep and house pad took about a week to finish. First they cleared about 6 inches off the top, then came back and filled it so that it was about 18″ off of the natural ground. The back slopes down, so the pad is about 48″ off of the natural ground. We heard […]
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One of the first things we had to do when we gained access was to mow again. This would only be our 3rd time all year to mow, so the grass was tall. Wade and I had been discussing all year what kind of mower we wanted. He was set on getting a ZTR like […]
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It has always been a dream of ours to build our own house. We looked at several different options and decided to use Owner Builder Network (OBN). In a short summary, you pay them a fee per square foot, and they help you be the general contractor for your house build. They are there for […]
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We bought our property in January. At the end of the month, our local master gardeners had a tree sale. We bought 1 of each navel orange, blood orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, apricot, pear, fig, avocado, and some blackberries. Around the last frost, we went and planted them all. Every few days, we jumped across […]
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