Breaking Ground

The definition of breaking ground is to do something that has never been done before, to dig up land so you can plant crops or build something.

Okay so now you know what it means so now I can tell you how it went for us today.

I was told this morning that they would be leveling off the land. Skimming off the black dirt and filling in the rest. What? So they dig up the dark dirt and then move or flatten the dirt underneath. They are saving the black or good dirt for a yard once the house is built. So the kids and I plus my girlfriend with her 5 children came out to see them "break ground."

I can tell you standing there watching them I was wondering... How can people see a home where I see nothing? How can those same people see where the windows go..where the doors go? I just see dirt and stakes. I am not sure when I will see it. I guess that is why I am a nurse and not a builder.

Later today they were done with excavating it so we went out to the land to see where they "placed" the house with the stakes. Well it was parallel to the road not the land. Easy fix. Tomorrow will mean fixing the house placement and then digging the basement. Wow!

Our view from the other end of the land.  We have 3.78 acres in an old apple orchard.  Brandon is estimating we have over 200 trees.  I can't wait to see what kind of apple trees we have.