This last week we began the process of building a deck. This first entailed taking down the scaffolding from inside the house and using the materials to build more batter boards.
Inside the house without scaffolding
Building the deck batterboards
Next was to mark and dig the footers and then to pour them.
Hello down below! Getting ready to dig the footers for the posts
And then they worked to fill the footers and then the mini-columns that will hold the deck posts.
Footers/mini columns
Next up will be to put up the actual posts, headers and ledgers and then the supports.
In the meantime, the gardens are growing really good. Check out these pitangas we have been gathering!
And these interesting ornamental ginger flowers on curving spiral stalks.
At the end it should all pay off. It ll be like having your own little tropical paradise, y a gozar mi gente!!! So glad for you..