What a week of rain and heavy dew does...

The grading of the backyard was completed last week, and we managed to get the grass seed down (about 100 lbs of seed) just before it started to rain on last Friday. We have had heavy dew in the mornings (accompanied by thick fog), and more rain again yesterday.

These are the pictures of the results.

Back view from the road adjacent to the property, after the proper grading has been completed, topsoil spread and grass seeded. We are not doing any landscaping in the back yard this year.

We had to get 4" of topsoil put on the septic bed before we can get the final inspection for it. Freda spread the grass seed on the septic bed. You can't see any green from the grass at this distance yet, although you can see a tinge of green from the vantage point of the house.

When I spread grass seed on the back 40, I added more seed to the front lawn. It is now starting to sprout and most of the front lawn now looks green.

Don't look too closely otherwise you will see a lot of weeds in amongst the green!
From the posts last week, you know that our house was designed to be wheelchair accessible, which means all doors (or at least the important ones) are 36" wide. Somehow this was missed for the exterior doors!?!?! This is the door from the garage to the laundry room after it was changed from a 34" door to a 36" door. David did a really good job on this. - the trim work and the painting is impeccable.

Mike Holmes, the title and hero of HGTV's Holmes on Homes was on ellen show with Ellen deGeneres. Ellen introduced him to a couple who had the misfortune to hire a bad contractor.

I really like Mike Holmes. Both Charles and the electrician don't like him - not sure why. The electrician even rolled his eyes when I mentioned Mike Holmes.