Concrete Mixer
On her website, she explains more about using a concrete mixer and the foundation. “Yes, I know it looks like we have one here, but it was borrowed and literally threw a chipped gear at my feet after 2hrs. So for the entire foundation we had to hike down the hill to the neighbors pond (in Dec & Jan) for pails of water and then mix the mortar by hand in a wheelbarrow.”
Concrete Mixer
Not As Fun
Cara continued to say the following, “And I know with this extreme level of DIY you’re wondering if we formed and baked the bricks, too. No. No we did not and I did not plan for so much muddy hands-on work. (Surprise!) We did, however, fill the 7ft tall foundation with 26 dump truck loads of powdered granite. BY HAND. Also, this was not as much fun as it sounds.”
Not As Fun
