Sunday, April 7, 2013

Wasps and Lizards

I've been working on the plastering, in between other things.  I decided to use Quikcrete Stucco Mix, because it's easier for me when I work alone.  Two coats of basic mix, followed by one top coat mix. 
It works better doing it by hand than with the sprayer I bought because I have to scoop the plaster out of the wheelbarrow, and that gets monotonous and heavy.  And darn near impossible to reach the top.
I actually prefer hand troweling anyway. It takes longer, but it's kind of meditative- like gardening.
I have a bit more stuffing to do at the roof beam on one side, so I'm almost finished with the first coat.  I've started doing the second coat on the other side too.  Which side I do depends on where the damn wasps are.  Who knew they love plaster?
I've been working alone lately so I've had to figure out how to do things differently.  I can't lift the stucco bags, so I push them off the stack into the wheelbarrow.  This would be a lot easier if the dogs didn't "help".  Lizards like to hide in the pallets under the stacks, so as soon as I touch the tarp, the hunt begins!  Apparently lizards are tasty.


1 comment:

xoxo said...

You go, girl! I will be reading your every post. Strawbale, YAYYY!!!