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Friends make hard work fun – @TheModernYeoman help with the French Drain and Landscaping Project



We get help from Sean @TheModernYeomanto spread rock and install driveway fabric as a base for the front yard. He also helps us spread gravel in the french drain.

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31 Comments

  1. Donna Mae Anderson

    It was nice to watch you have an enjoyable, although still hard, work day with a good friend. Katie, your food always looks delicious.

  5. Barbara Slayden

    I feel for your back looking great it will help in the end as you know always praying for you guys. Love from Virginia. ❤️

  6. Anthony Anderson

    The gravel area looks great and will be awesome when it is finished. Is the landscape fabric water permeable? If not, how will that tree with the ring around it get watered? I think that ring might be a bit small for that tree . Great work on the drain too Nate, bugger of a job but you have nailed it. You both have worked so hard and the place looks lovely.

  11. Minimalist Nomadic Gardener

    I would plant a variety of mints, rosemary, Greek oregano, sages, German thyme etc around the house to deter pests and have perennials that constantly produce edible and pleasing landscape.

  13. Richard Green

    Those "Oregon" expectations die soooooooooooooo slowly as one tries reality!!!!!!! God Bless…That "Oregon" expectations dies soooooooooooooo slowly and one tries reality!!!!!!! God Bless…When operating on and being controlled by "emotions" one ONLY see him/herself!

  16. Casey Marion

    Hi Nate & Katie, such great progress you're making on your homestead. All your work should make a tremendous difference in addressing your MUD & basement water infiltration issues when it rains.
    Been there, done that, have the well-worn shovel, too. Whew, that's definitely heavy hard WORK.

    Interestingly, the soil series you're dealing with in your area is classified "Dunmore gravelly silty clay loam," a very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soil. (Unless you're lucky enough to have some lovely lighter silt-loam river basin series soil as well). These drainage & permeability characteristics are, no doubt, why your pond won't hold water on its own, & why water is so readily infiltrating into this home's basement.
    Conversely, in my area our soil series here is classified as Clayey Glacial Till, very poorly drained w/ moderately slow permeability – if we dig a hole it basically functions as a "clay bowl," or pond, depending upon its size, LOL.
    Sure was jealous of how "effortlessly" your soil slides off that shovel, vs how our heavy clay clods "glom on" like they're glued on & have to be scraped off.

    Wanted to note that about 5 yrs ago, after replacing an old river-rock foundation & pouring footing on a 100+ yr old home, I installed approx 100 ft of perimeter drain tile wrapped w/ Duraweb's 5.6 oz nonwoven polypropylene geotextile fabric & gravel with great success. It's performed spectacularly well, no issues at all – water runs right through it like a sieve into my drainage system. Haven't had any issues with it at all.
    SO pleased our local USDA Farm Services reps recommended it to us. It's been amazing at preventing loss of gravel base in areas around the barn w/ heavy livestock. We use it in our garden walkways, under river rock landscaping. Incredibly strong, permeable, & versatile product that's never "plugged up" on us yet!

  17. K Davis

    Katie, I was watching an old YouTube where you were going through the gardening books. I wanted to let you know that there’s an app you can put on your phone called “ picture this” and it allows you to use the camera on your phone when you’re out in the woods to figure out what a plant is and if it’s useful. It’s a good way to identify wild herbs, medicinal herbs, and heirloom flowers and vines. It’s also beneficial in identifying plants that are poisonous.

  18. LosingDrea

    Hey Peeps, making great work of the French Trench LOL…love seeing TheModernYeoman there. Much love and many blessings to you all there.

  19. Beez Homestead

    Well done Nate and Katy. So nice to have great friends and especially ones that enjoy doing that kind of work. It’s looking awesome. Enjoy the journey. Blessings, 😊💕🙏🏻🇨🇦

  21. Coral Sancetta

    Love how friends barter. Helps everyone when things are difficult ir overwhelming. Great sharing of skills.

  24. John Brown

    while hoping you don't run into more of these kinds of jobs, you may want to invest in a wheelbarrow or use the wagon for some of this stuff

  25. Ni ni

    Hindsight is 2020…maybe next time you have a treching project rent a mini back hoe. Or hire it out. That is back breaking work! Gravel looks great!

  30. Judi Howard

    MUSIC TO MY EARS! HEARING 3 HOMESTEADERS SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. THANK YOU!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

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