When you find yourself in a hole - give the wife a pickaxe!

12'x4'x4' of hole.  That's a whole lotta hole! 

About 1' down you hit a chalky-clay layer that's pretty tough diggin' for about 6" to 1' and then it gets easier again.  Unfortunately the area right by the pipe -the most important part- was actually 2'-3' deep of the really tough stuff, making it take a lot longer on that one section.

Level:  Ghetto Style

First Botanical Cell installed.  Second one will go in on the next visit.  It will be filled with "rubble" covered by sand and dirt, and lastly with soil for the plants.  Our apple tree sprouts seem to be growing nicely at work and hopefully by the time we're done with the cells they'll be strong enough to transplant.  If not, we'll wait until next spring.  In the mean time we can get more cells going for other plants.

The north side of the east berm / privacy wall.  Pallettes on end, with dirt on both sides to brace them up.  We'll eventually have them completely buried and up to full height.  Right now it's just to break up the landscape and as a visual reference  for the berm and a partial screen from the road.