More cement today

Today has been a super busy day, and lots has got done out in the garden as well as with the workers. Let's get straight to it

Angela getting stuck in to her day

A smaller preying mantis

Raised bed coming along slowly

Lots of strawberry plants

Raised bed in place and ready for filling

Sifting soil to put into the raised bed

Today I'm starting with what Angela (mainly) and I got done in the garden today. Angela spent most of the day working out there as it was a cool and overcast day and perfect for getting lots done. She shifted some seedlings around in the raised beds first thing while I was spending a little time getting more of the new raised bed built. She also helped me out a few times for bits that needed two people. Then she was out planting some new things that have been delivered like some better strawberry plants and she also put in some new bushes. I managed to get the raised bed completely assembled and then got to the sifting of soil once more; we also emptied some old plant pots into the raised bed and tonight Bekir and Halil took Thomas to fill the bed with manure which I'll put on the garden tomorrow. It was a good day indeed

Tidying up the sub landing

These tiles will look great

Making it all straight

Tile laying begins

The accidental hole is just here

There it is from the other side

And so to the men. The first part of the day was lot of cleaning up in preparation for starting the next stage of the work. This was to put tiles up the sloped section next to the stairs. There was some tidying up needed here as well to make it a smooth surface but once that was done they got all the tiles laid and it looks lovely. Next attention was turned to the platform above the doorway over the stairs and some bricks that were a bit unsightly. Bekir chiseled them out and then found that this made an accidental hole through to the lobby below - oops.

Hole filled, platform smoothed

Starting to spread cement on the final missing part

Halil sweeping down the stairs

Final tidying after the skim is finished

It didn't take much to fill the hole and get that step looking much nicer. I'm not sure if I'll carpet that or tile it but I don't need to decide yet. With that done the men moved up onto the main floor and the final section that had not yet had any cement put on it at all, just to the left of the stairs at the top. While Bekir worked on this Halil grabbed the brush and swept all the way through from the roof down to the glass room - it looks lovely and tidy now. Bekir completed the cement work upstairs and tidied up and then they headed off with Thomas to go fill him with manure so I can empty him during the day tomorrow.

So there it is; thanks for reading and back tomorrow.