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We had enough of a slowdown for weedy vines to grow in the porch area. Last week, a big black water moccasin was in those weeds. One of the workers killed it and tossed it into the lagoon for the tiny fish to seed on.

This end of the house will be the porches. These porches face Little Lagoon which is just a narrow strip of sand from the Gulf.

But now we are on a rooooll...

The crane is awesome...

We now have some South-of-the Border Skyline workers helping out. Here he is applying the ultra sticky stuff that the waterproofing barrier sticks to on the slab. The shots below show the interior of the blocks with the waterproofing stuff. I have to get the brand name off the container. The product that was specified by our engineer was way too pricey... Dan came up with this product and saved us a bundle.

I practiced a bit of my leftover Spanish with my Skyline workers. They seem like cheerful guys. At least they humored me :o)

Nice little video of a DAC-ART Block being set ..1 minute, 22 seconds.

I was lucky enough to spot a really intact BFI trash can that must have been underwater since the hurricanes. One side is rather clean and the other side is covered in barnacles. I still get trash pick-up twice a week, so i am hoping that by having two cans, I can get most of the construction debris up to the street to be picked up. I have been knocking off and scraping off the barnacles so they won't think the whole thing is trash and remove it. This will delay the necessity of having a huge dumpster... which is an expensive thing. OK... where is the WD-40 ??

One last note on this page. I have experimented with various plants this close to the salt water. My gut feeling is that all the online salt tolerance of plant info online has been based on fake circumstances and not on real experiments on salt water locations that include wind, rain, sun, salt air, salt atmosphere, etc... Take note all you horticulturists, Portulaca is really a salt tolerant plant... Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. Portulaca grandiflora is a South American herb, widely cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.