04-29-2013, 07:27 AM
well thankfully i think there's at least 1' of soil everywhere and upwards of 3 feet in some areas. not sure of the quality. We havent even gone over the entire lot. for all we know theres a small cabin since it was somebody homestead or something long ago. we found a push mower, car parts, retaining wall, a mango tree, probably other fruit trees and some sort of palm tree, eucalyptus etc. We've only spent about an hour on the property not too many strawberry guava no ohia though :-(, lots of tree ferns and who knows what else there is. a small portion of our lot has been cleared in the past by who knows what. right now we live in utah and can make it out every 3-6 months. not sure what our priorities should be.
My idea was to clear as much of the fern that is overgrowing the lot and up to 6' high in places. remove as much of the guava as possible if not all and get in as many native and fruit trees as we can. we realize cutting back the invasives will be an ongoing long term process. we hope to start building next year. Earthbag Construction.
Until that happens we just want to start working on it when we can get out.
My idea was to clear as much of the fern that is overgrowing the lot and up to 6' high in places. remove as much of the guava as possible if not all and get in as many native and fruit trees as we can. we realize cutting back the invasives will be an ongoing long term process. we hope to start building next year. Earthbag Construction.
Until that happens we just want to start working on it when we can get out.