I'm in Worthington. We got half the infill in last weekend and are finishing up Thursday. All went quite well. I'm using a mortar mixer for the slip but next time I want to try digging a trench and stomping up a nice batch. It would be nice to not have to spend money renting machinery.

We'll see how the weather holds up this Fall. As far as covering the exterior, I think I'll wait and see. I don't want to hold in the moisture with a bunch of plastic if not needed. Right now there's great dry, windy and sunny weather forecasted for the next week or so. I'll just cross my fingers.