MilkJam

Here are before and after pictures of the work we did today. We had to get the entryway prepped for the people who are going to come on Wednesday to do excavation work before the foundation is poured. Mystery Guest's parents came down to give us a hand and they brought tools! yea! and gloves! yea yea!
The story of the land itself is pretty funny. The guy who owned it is in his 80's and used it to store his crap. He had a little garage (more like a carport) for his trucks on the side of the property but about 25 years ago during a big storm it collapsed and wrecked his truck. Instead of cleaning it all up he just left it there and it was overgrown with all sorts of blackberry bushes, nettles and other random plants. You couldn't even see that there was a truck under all the mess!! Well the guy has started to clear it away and now the rusted skeleton of the truck is visible and he's supposed to clear it all away before Wednesday. We had to clear out all those lovely plants from the entryway, we thought it wouldn't take too long but low and behold there were a few surprises...
3 concrete EDF poles half buried
25-30 sheets of tin roofing half rusted away
bricks, cast iron tubs, big wooden logs that once held an electric fence...

Oh the joys of hidden treasure! lol But we came away unharmed (mostly save for a few blisters and stinging nettle scratches...) and are quite pleased with the results!