Preparing the Land

Spent the day with Yuri's father Hing getting the land ready.  He kindly offered the land to us to build on as long as it continues to be used for primary production, which is fine by me. 

So far we've added 327 loads of clean fill to get the site to where we want it to be.  Another 150 loads are anticipated.  This will be for the fruit trees and some landscaping.  Still debating turning some of the old rice paddies into a series of ponds.  The soil isn't much good for anything else and given the clay is impervious the ponds will stay relatively full.