The patio of the barn, which will be gîte #2!

pre-excation

The barn patio: Part II. Well, this is really a work in progress, hopefully with an end date of this week with Cindy & Rich here. The barn is the large area we are renovating to be a 2-3 bedroom, 2.5 bath rental. The living room has two large doors which open onto what will eventually be a nice patio. Last year I put in a retaining wall (part I). The patio area is well below the level of the land around it, it floods in a good storm and it was just plain too far down and cavelike. So we had Johnny Digger remove many inches of dirt with his excavator, and we’ve had it terraced. P&I have then dug another 4” of sand/clay (an interesting combination) from the patio itself in preparation for a perimeter drain followed by 3-4” of gravel and paving stones. Looking forward to trying it out once it’s done!

growing grass & start of dig

excavated, raked, decent dirt, grass seed added

soon to follow, serve as bed for paving stones