This weekend we worked on on our West retaining wall foundation.  We will be incorporating a root cellar into the structure of the wall.  Which in this case is (and don’t get grossed out), a decommissioned septic tank . Don’t worry, there was no “organic” matter in the tank and I scrubbed it with an industrial strength biohazard cleaner.  See…

It’s not really big (1000 gallons) but it will be a great place to store our apple harvest.  I had it sprayed with over 2″ of structural foam.  It will then get encased in concrete and be partially buried. We will also pour a concrete floor to create a flat surface. It should stay nice and cool in there.

Next weekend we will will be mixing concrete for the footings…..Mother Nature permitting.