Moving Dirt to Build a Home and Gravel Driveway

Reader Contribution by Jennifer Kongs
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The Small Home, Big Decisions series follows Jennifer and her husband, Tyler, as they build a self-reliant homestead on a piece of country property in northeastern Kansas. The series will delve into questions that arise during their building process and the decisions they make along the way. The posts are a work in progress, written as their home-building adventure unfolds.

So much excitement is happening on our property. I mean, I don’t even really like the idea of huge machines tearing into our soil and generally making a mess of the front portion of our property, but after working so hard on the “prebuilding” steps, we’re overjoyed to see the earth-movers in action. This post is a photo essay of sorts, documenting the physical progress on our property.

Tyler and our contractor, Jeff, measure and flag our house corners.

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