Monday was a dry-out day after 2 inches of rain over the weekend.  Tuesday we started backfilling and putting drainrock against the walls.  The drainrock sits in a silt/fiber cloth, which wraps down around the footing, and makes a barrier between the backfill soil and the drainrock.  Very cumbersome process.  Each wall we do we try to improve on the process.  The walls have to loaded equally and gently all the way around.  The drainrock needs to come all the way up to the edge of the Styrofoam board!

Neighbor Jim, Dad and Mom work in the "hole" setting up frames for the drainrock.  Donnie gently dumps massive loads of subsoil to fill in.   Even though the dirt was piled up 15 ft high, it is saturated all the way through, so it's still a muddy mess!

Me, I got my own work to do.  Haven't caught a gopher yet, but did get a tasty mouse treat the other day!