We have liftoff!

I met with Fred Pasheilich, our septic installer, on Sunday this past weekend. We signed the contract, and I paid him for the site planning and permit fee, so the process has officially begun. We spent the afternoon doing a preliminary layout of the system, trying to find a good place to put everything, and [...]

March Madness…

Well, today is the first day of spring, and we’re supposed to get a bunch of snow tonight. I doubt it will last long, but it’s somewhat strange to hear that snow is coming after it’s been so warm. I guess we can’t really be surprised since the weather has been so weird lately. It’s [...]

Go figure…

Well, as we had feared, our septic system project has hit what may be a major snag. While calling around to the local septic installers yesterday, one of them dropped a bomb on our plans when they told me that we WON’T be able to install our system early next spring. It seems [...]

More of the same … and the trailer saga …

Over the last few days, it’s been more of the same ol’ same ol’ at the land. Clearing and burning … Over the weekend, Sue and I spent Saturday clearing more trees and brush off the hill. I thought we were pretty much done with the hill, but we kept finding more hawthorn and scrub [...]