We started by selecting a spot. Then we dug a hole. As expected when we dug we found that fire ants also liked that spot. A quick note here: Fire does not just describe the color of the ant or the sting of the ant it also describes their overall attitude. Digging a hole while avoiding the sting of about 1,000,000 angry fire ants is not a trivial feat. The more I dug the more I found, and they were not to happy about the eviction notice. So after digging the hole to the approximate desired dimensions and disposing of the former tenants we began to lay down the rocks. Where do you find rocks in central Texas? In your lawn. So we dug up the ones that were protruding above the surface. The iceberg principle applied here as the exposed portion of rock was no indiction of the actual size. I am guessing the largest one weighted about 500lbs. How do you get a 500 lb rock across your yard? With a Chevette. (see pictures) Once we got all the needed rocks close to the hole we lined the hole with the rocks. There were plenty of leftover rocks that were too big for the pit so we used them for a table and in the future for benches. I will leave it up to you to figure out how I got the 200lb table top placed by myself with no help. We had to test the Liar Pit, so that night under a star-studded sky I started a fire with flint and steel. Hot dogs and smores were on the menu. They never tasted so good after a hard days work.
