It rained a lot, so the ground was really saturated.

Mike, the excavator, first scraped the grass and top mud to where the house will be. Looking South. The septic tank will go in the corner of the hills.

Looking North down the driveway

Mike scraped the driveway and sloped it toward the right... When it rains it tends to create a river down the middle and makes it difficult to drive through

Looking North. He also put in a slight "hill" at the top of the driveway to, hopefully, divert the water into the culvert.

Then a layer of crushed concrete was put on top. You wet it, then go over the top with a road roller, and it compacts really well!

The raised spot here is for the water tank. We are putting in a 20,000 gallon tank for rain catchment.

Water tank pad.
County permitting also require you to put in your own fire hydrant! Another expense, but certainly a good thing if you ever need it.

With the digging being done, Mike found some great boulders! Which I immediately claimed for landscaping!