Have a very blessed Christmas and a happy, healthy & prosperous new year! C:

There's still plenty to be done outside but with autumn here & winter approaching we've decided to continue the outside work next spring.

It's time to go inside & finish the living & dining rooms. That will probably take all winter to finish.

Tip:  I came across this today.  "Use a 5-10-10 fertilizer scattered thickly before you lay the sod. Sod operations do this to many new commercial apps...and plenty of water especially the first 48 hours."  I'm going to try this!

Exterior doors have been painted.

There's more to come...and nearly done! :D

Underground lawn irrigation installed

Last piece!

The siding is fini & magnifique!

Siding going up!

Rock work finished!!!

Rock on!

Clean up is all that's left to do of the rock work.
Fantastic work! :D

The blue flagstone, on the walkway & porch, came from Tennessee.
The rock caps, steps & rock for walls came from Indiana.

Those of us who have traveled down I-65 through Kentucky would have seen the
miles & miles of stone walls. We were told that they were "slave walls"
but didn't know the history behind them.

The history behind them...
When the Irish came to settle in Kentucky,
hundreds of yrs ago, the Irish taught their slaves how to build these walls.
Today's Kentucky owners of these Irish walls had some repairs that needed done
& no one who knew how to rebuild them. A few years ago Kentucky had 5 Irish men
flown over to teach American's the art of building these wonderful stone walls.
Below is a short sample of those mortar-less Irish rock walls.
I love 'em! :D

Monday 25 July 2011

Saturday 23 July 2011

22 June 2011

Current projects:
Flagstone on porch and down walkway.
Short Irish stone wall on front walkway.
Removed sidewalks on each side of house.
Installing 2 new side doors.

It's been awhile but we're still moving along. :D