Retaining Walls Going Up!

This really has nothing to do with the walls, except that the sun went down on several days of working on the wall & I did take this on one of the wall working evenings! I just thought the picture was pretty awesome, so had to share!!!

This is our wall close up so you can see the color of the blocks that we are using. It is called Autumn Blend.

Here is Kieth & Lincoln on the first day - the ground work of the front wall - the time consuming, hard part is doing the figuring before you actually lay any of the blocks we found out!

Here they are again, progress is being made!

Here you can see the curving in part that goes to the steps leading into the front yard. Tucker is on the tractor bringing in more fill dirt for the yard.

Tucker dumping the dirt in the yard & a further out view of the wall

The front wall from the east side when it is pretty much done

Here is the front wall when the guys were finishing the west side of it. The steps are not done yet, but it is ready for that. The dirt work still has to be finished also, but it is going to look so nice!

From the west when they were done with the front. My guys have done such a nice job!

Now here is the back yard & wall when they were working on it! There is another couple rows of block on it now - but the cap rock had to be ordered so it is not here yet. Kieth did put up some steps out of blocks in back yesterday, but he doesn't know if he is happy with them or not yet, so hasn't started on the front ones yet. Besides that, today he could actually get out in the hayfield & start baling! So life's work comes first now - we may be on hold for awhile with the walls, but they look very nice & the guys came a long ways in a few days & did alot of work!

I can just imagine the yards inside them full of nice green grass ... hopefully next summer!!!

Deb