Not that we haven't been busy around here though! Last weekend I got the garden box set and filled with bedding mix and we planted our veggies on Friday night! Little Dude was very excited to help plant and water the new plants!
I also have been busy putting in a small flowered in the front yard. Another project that has been on my to-do list for 2+ years! We also got a couple blueberry bushes for the backyard (what with LD's love for blueberries.) They are full of blooms now and the bees are busy pollenating. Hopefully we get some berries and can keep the birds away! As usual, my little helper was accompanying me to do the planting!
Anyway, back to the playhouse... In the aftermath of all the rain, the post holes for the front of the ship had caved in quite a bit so we had to clean those out before getting started. Last weekend I had fastened together the front three posts that will secure the prow (and climbing rope) to make them easier to set. With that done, it was just a matter of measuring and leveling out with the rest of the previously set posts then concreting!
Unfortunately, with all of the cave-ins we have had, the front hole had gotten quite large, so it swallowed up the 5 bags of concrete that we had left before we could cement the two front posts. 400 pounds of conrete later, I don't think those posts are going anywhere. Looks like another Home Depot trip is in order to get some more concrete to set the remaining two posts.
You can finally see the outline of the ship with all of the posts set. (Prow of the ship pointing to the left, with the raised deck and swingset to the back right.) Next up we will be leveling the tops of the posts and starting to frame for the decks!
That's all for now, check back soon!
TWB
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