My Secret Garden-Setting the Posts

Hello Everyone, 

I hope you are having a good weekend.  Remember last week when I showed you the plan for the Pergola.  Today I'm going to show you how Sweetheart is preparing the holes for the four posts that will hold the top of the Pergola. 

Fancy surveying instrument (Transit) for measuring horizontal angles

All the boxes are in place for the footings to be poured.

My Sweetheart uses the Transit to check the  four boxes for accurate level height.

Next we go behind the scenes and discover the very back yard of My Cozy Corner.
Lurking there is a cement mixer and a 1950 Plymouth.  We just sold the Plymouth on the 1st of January to a very nice man...

The cement is mixed for the holes  Yip-Skip

October 31, 2011 the holes were poured

Go Daddy Go!!!

Adding more water to the batch

The bags of cement

Pouring~Pouring~Pouring

Leveling the top of the footing and waiting until the cement sets awhile

Good Job!!!

'The Trick'
Put a drop of oil on top of the string right where the string crosses~The oil drops down and marks the exact place to put the bolt in the 
cement.

 Amazing



The bolts and nuts are in the drying cement. Will come back in a few days to put the brackets on for the posts.

November 1, 2011
Removed the wooden forms and placed the post brackets on the dry cement.

I'm so excited for next week when the posts are up and the pergola is finished.
Thanks for joining me on my adventure and hopefully this will inspire you to build something fun in your yard.

I'm visiting some wonderful parties this week to show off my cottage.
The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
and
A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday
Delightfulsome Life for Home and Garden Party Thursday 



Thanks again for visiting
x o
Betty