Been building more mountains. There will be a long bridge between the original mountain and this one.
This itty bitty cement mixer helps a lot. It’s rated for 1 1/2 cubic ft, but you have to add the mortar mix slowly. Seems to work best if you put some water in, then start adding powder. We’d been told that a plain mixer wouldn’t work, but it seems to work quite nicely and dumps into the wheelbarrow easily. You might not want to by the SMALLEST one Harbor Freight has.
Waiting a couple minutes for the mixer beats hard work with a hoe in the wheelbarrow.
I had to employ a little temperature regulation.
I started putting the back side together first so I’d have some fresh experience when we got to the front.
