The front yard looks like a maze, with all the excavation changes. We are excited to see the foot print of the garage, and the approximate size relative to the front yard.
The digging continues much to the dismay of a family of chipmunks that had taken up residence under our front door stoop. This little guy is probably wondering what the heck has happened and has hunkered down, looking for a new path out his den. There must be a maze of tunnels as this opening is 8' away from the stoop. Cute as they can be, it is nice to say good-bye.
A crack in the foundation under the front porch was discovered. It looks more severe than it is, being that it is under the porch that will be removed and not part of the main foundation of the house. Trevor Miller, our Contractor from Brady 3 spent about 2 hours examining it and the matching one on the garage wall, strategizing with the foundation crew. The solution? More concrete. Piers will be added to the front, which will support the weight of the new front porch. The rest will be covered by subsequent foundation and framing work.
For those of you wondering about the beautiful rhododendren from the front yard as well as the 2 flowering smaller bushes in front of it, they have found a new home in the back. With the excavation help of Brian and Johnny, and a lot of shovelling on my part, I was able move them.
The internet was very specific on the process for best chance of success, which I tried to follow as best I could. We will watch the progress of these as well.
We may have some more moving of plantings because once they were in, other ideas popped into my head. That is the problem of going with the flow, but in the end, I am sure it will all be beautiful, and we will be that much stronger for it!
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