Tree house step 1
the man in action. immediately due south of the solar site is a tree that would knock out several hours a day of electric production. the plan is to do an aggressive prune of the tree and then build a treehouse in it. jesse uses a chainsaw as an extension of his fingers. he climbed […]
greenhouse – moving along
The boys making it happen. you can see the western most hoop in the background. since we are modifying a greenhouse kit we had to make up the exact placement of the arches as we went along. we lost 10″ by not having the ridge connector. we spent the day pounding 2.5′ posts into […]
“Lean to greenhouse” header
Ben and I mounted just under 3 10′ lengths of pressure treated 2×6 to the side of the house. This wall is block sheathed in vinyl siding. we had to cut into the vinyl siding and then cut out a section in the nailers so that we could lay the header flush to the block. […]
cutting trees, making firewood, heat & room for solar – year 2
Last winter we cut a lot of trees to open up space for more planting. This wood has been drying for the last year. This fall we installed a huge wood burning stove in the ground floor apt. This is where full time residents of the farm live and this is also where we will […]
noble goods
christopher and molly were here this weekend. all around the house little things magically happened. a curtain rod was moved, insightful observation were offered, many many foto shoots were staged with ease. chris is following his vision to create the title of this post. do check out the creative detailing on his site. one of […]
ground prep and railroad tie retaining wall for the new greenhouse
the dream from the beginning has been to attach a half hoop greenhouse to the south edge of the house. andrew faust and joel salatin both speak about the benefits of this arrangement. in short it uses the thermal mass and heating systems – we just added a wood stove – of the house to […]
Earthship tire building
First we put the tires all in place and started filing the tires with dirt. These tires will be the support for a platform for our Yurt. Then we used sledge hammers to ram the dirt to fill the tires. Hard work… 10 plus buckets of dirt per tire later we leveled the tires to […]
