The Wrestling

I removed the ornamental plants to other areas for temporary storage and excavated for the wall. Then I moved rubble from the rubble pile to serve as the base for the wall. Since the wall will be composed of chunks of the former footer on this site of a wall long gone, I think this type of footer will serve just fine. There will be settling but this will be fine for a couple of years. When I can finally demolish the old porch deck and replace it, the brick works here will be redone and new caps placed on the walls. At that time the landscaping will have to be removed and re-done as well. A big part of this project is for me to increase my experience with the set of materials and prepare me for the time when I will be using mortar to permanently set the things I am building.