2025 Priority 2: Making the Pizza Oven Functional - March 2025

Yesterday, I posted a list of 18 potential projects that I called "an early look" at some potential priority projects and talked about how I needed to refine the list to bring forward the most critical ones. The first one on that list that I labeled as a priority in its own post was the bluestone chip gravel path renovation project that calls for the installation of a nonwoven geotextile . The second priority project is going to focus on my largest project from 2024: the pizza oven. I've spent a bunch of time ( and a lot of posts ) writing about the oven, including how it will anchor a second, lower-level patio. That project requires the installation of a retaining wall , a patio floor ( or floating deck ) and more. I even worked through an 'order of operations' in this post where I talked about the ideal, final state including electrical and prep-space. But, I know that those projects will take time - likely all summer. And, I'd l...