Foundation work; garden setup

The concrete forms are going in!. We had a small hiatus on this work because the excavator didn't dig out quite enough in one corner. I will post more photos of the forms work -- we're going out to the site today to see what progress has been made. Lisa took a look earlier this week & thinks that there may be a problem with the tandem portion of the garage (it looks like they're laying out the foundation as tho there's a door there rather than a garage door!).


The photo above will take a bit of explanation. In the foreground, it shows a multi-zone sprinkler controller, the kind that can be found at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc, for not a lot of money. Sitting on the ground to the right and above the sprinkler controller is a 3-valve manifold that has 3 sprinkler valves and hose end adapters. This setup was initially put together to allow us to water the garden while we were on vacation. But since we're not on-site all the time now, we're using it to keep the veggies well hydrated. We're borrowing power from a neighbor -- we have two very long extension cords strung out across the back of the property, crossing the mounds of dirt that were pulled out of the basement, and a very long hose going up to our well.

So far, so good.... because, as you can see below, it seems to be working. This is a shot of my birthday dinner, with a lot of our own produce in the starring role. Not the salmon, of course, but the zucchini did come from the garden; then there's the peppers and tomatoes in the Greek Salad -- and the two items next to the salmon are not potatoes. They are fresh figs that were stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped in Prosciutto and grilled. The greenish dollp on the left side of the salmon is basil mayonnaise, to go with the fish. Everything was terrific.