here's what i'm up to lately...putting in a foundation with the radical faeries. i'm having a great time building something new for a change. my prior projects have all been renovations. i suppose you could say that all construction is renovation because you're altering the earth, landscape, ecology, so forth to make way for a building. in fact, i would definitely argue that, and would also argue that most construction does not think of what is being removed as integral to a design.
i'm having a fantastic experience in the woods, working on this project with a bunch of volunteers. we're learning together. my days start awakening in a tent, then breakfast and usually some chat with other people camping, then doing dishes from the day before. next we begin work which includes working on the foundation, cutting timbers, fetching water, cutting wood, repairing tools. lunch happens sometime after noon, then more work until sundown, after which we have dinner and sometimes light a fire and make up crazy songs together. i'm on my feet most of the day. my posture has improved. i noticed yesterday when i lifted a heavy saw how much stronger i've become living out in the woods. i feel hearty!
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Hi Matt... Good to see you this weekend. Nice work on the foundation!
Just noticed your building project, fits into our current interests. We are so glad to be home with our garden, chickens, turkeys and grazing animals helping us improve the bio-diversity soil on this land and the composting toilet.
Just finished a class where 6 of us built a 12x14 bath house in 6 days. We used blobs of cob = mud dancing with clay, sand and straw from the land with a foundation built of rocks.
A wonderful community project. See the Handsculpted House or Building without Boarders.
Light & love,
Phyllis & Bill
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