The time has finally arrived, and the construction crew has broken ground. One thing they found out right away, was that the dirt here in this area is pretty solid and has a clay-like quality. They had expected to dig the holes for supports in an hour or two. It is taking a lot longer thanks to the dense, red earth around here.
There is no backhoe, no machinery, it's just Palomino (the contractor) and two others (one of the others broke his leg right before the start of the job) and some shovels and augers to dig several feet down into the ground. Then they will mix cement, in a wheelbarrow by hand, using the several loads of sand and small gravel with the cement mix, to bury the supports.
They still expect to take about three to four months to finish both of the tree houses, which will be quite a feat, considering it's mostly hand tools and not a lot of power tools.
Pictures will be coming shortly (and hopefully we can avoid another labor dispute).
2 comments:
how often do you change the grass roofing, and how often do guests have to feed the snakes?
whenever we're done with our grass drawers, we toss them up on the roof, so it's always renewed. . . the snakes feed themselves, though they like to hide in the thatched material as well!
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