We’ve got this yard so dug up…it has to appear we are looking for hidden treasure. There is light at the end of the tunnel with all these holes. 1. We now have a water faucet out at the garden site leaving us with an extra 300 feet of hose. That much hose was too heavy for me to dragging around. Filling in that ditch was pretty easy. The water line is only 1/4 inch pipe so it was a narrow (but long) ditch. 2. We now have water out to the new garage (upstairs and down).That was a medium size ditch. The telephone and cable lines are going to run through that ditch as well. It’s now covered in and is slowly disappearing as the new grass is coming up. 3. Digging the septic field had to be the worst. There were so many roots to contend with. But there are two working bathrooms in the garage. A person wouldn’t be able to tell now where that’s dug. Nature has a way of rejuvenating itself. 4. The biggest ditch is over 3 inches wide. This is for the underground electrical line for the garage. I helped put the heavy conduit pipes together. It’s funny but I not only felt sore in my shoulders and arms, but the back of my legs hurt too.

Today I have been filling in the ditch that holds the 3″ conduit we had to use for electrical wire. As I’m typing, I can already feel it in my shoulders. About 20 more feet and that project will be complete.
I’m not sure how many calories I’ve burned off with this work…but it’s just another step in this weight loss journey. I’m getting a tan doing it too.

Original post by Chris