After barely being able to move Sunday morning (I think every single muscle in my body was furious with me after Saturday's break in the "Sabrina does no menial labor" clause of our contract!) :), we headed down to the field after lunch to check on the fire. It was still going (having burned through the night), but was much smaller than when we left the night before. Jason "turned it over" with the tractor and bucket, and then we set about redoing the ditch. Well, Jas wouldn't let me drive the tractor so this was mostly a one-man show. By mid-afternoon, the sun had finally emerged and started drying the corn left in the field. The plan was to burn the field to remove most of the remaining corn shucks, stalks, root balls and then disc up the rest to get the site ready for excavation.
By late afternoon it was ready to burn, and Jason (armed with the four-wheeler, propane tank, and flame thrower attachment -- very macho) was ready to go. After a failed attempt to get moi to drive the atv while he lit the field on fire (Really, what was he thinking?), he and his dad headed out to burn stuff up! :) I apologize for the lack of photos, but the wind was blowing the smoke so bad that I couldn't get a good shot before I had to head inside.
Not too long after burning, Jas disced the field up and all that was left was to tend the fire some more. (By now, it had been burning for 24 hours.)
Our goal for Monday is to stake the house boundaries, and put out the flags, etc. in preparation for excavation. (Say that five times fast!) :)
We're so glad to have this part of the "prep work" finished, and we're so thankful we have family to help. This day was not quite so exhausting (for me, anyway), but it was still satisfying. Things are coming along nicely. Now if we just had someone to dig and pour the basement . . .
