House Backfill

Excavator was able to get the backfill around the house completed
yesterday. Came out better than expected. Will have a nice driveway and
will also have access across the back of the house to the road so we
won't have to have such a large area to turn a car around in the yard. Here
are some pictures. First one shows how I had to clear out the snow that we
had shoveled out of the house in to the basement hole- needed to be cleared out
to put down the final gravel and make sure it didn't settle when the 5 foot high
pile of snow melted. I did cheat a bit and got my small backhoe in there to remove
most of the snow and just had to finish with a shovel.

Front view

Easy access to yard from front porch

Easy access to garage