Digging the foundation trench.


The outline of our place will have a gravel trench underneath it that will be 18 inches wide and at least a foot deep. It will also have a perforated pipe going through it.

Here's me, enjoying the fact that there's a slight bit of skill needed to dig a trench, rather than simply moving tons of dirt. You can see how Melissa has used fireplace ash to mark the lines that I'm digging out.


here you can see me celebrating the finished part of the trench.