Here is the south wall of the summer kitchen in progress. Ryno got the last bits of old mortar chipped away from between the rocks. Then we swept and vacuumed out all the dusty sandy stuff left behind in order to make a good surface for the new mortar to stick to. Ryno did a great job patching some areas where the rocks had either fallen out or been removed, and then he and Aaron started replacing the mortar - the dark grey lines in the picture below.
To apply the mortar they used a bag similar to the one a cake decorator would use for frosting, followed by a combination of trowels and brushes to pack in and smooth down the mortar.
The mortar has now dried to a handsome light grey and it looks GREAT.
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