Slow but sure

It's taken quite awhile to get this going. We're digging the piers ourselves and everytime we clear the holes, another hurricane comes by to see how it's going. You would think digging in sand would be fairly easy. HA! We drilled the holes with a tractor- worked fine on the shady side, barely made a dent on the sunbaked side. But they're finally dug and we have half of the piers up.

Only problem is these pesky hurricanes, see. They miss us but they leave a bit o' rain to remember them by. So the holes that aren't filled have to be scooped out and dry before we can pour the cement. We've found it's easier to soak the water out.

You're building...what?

Tell someone you're building a house out of straw bales and they look at you like you just farted in church. You have to wait until they stop laughing and telling the same lame 'big bad wolf' jokes before you can explain how it works.

We've been discussing this for years, and now we're finally ready to get started. The site was previously home to cocks-you know,fighting roosters. We thought we'd just knock the crappy cages over. Apparently cocks are quite strong because these posts are really deep! The boys worked hard to clear everything and without any major injuries.


Supervising is fun!