Establishing a house site

For the past two days we have been clearing our house site. This entails clearing cacti, greasewood, brush, and many rubble rocks. The common safety technique around here is to keep the area around your home within about 20 feet clear, for fire safety and to eliminate rattlesnake hiding places (this is very important because the nearest hospital is 80 miles away). Within the next few days, we will set the posts for our home and start framing.