Darci with carpentry tools: sawhorse and circular saw
Keith servicing the generators - new spark plugs and oil change - gotta keep the machines happy!
Reinforcing Hawk House's foundations over the winter has been a major project.
Filling in under the new south wall with rock
They did a great job.
Kicking back in the great outdoors
The trees are waking up to the spring.
The swimming pond is clear, tinted with photosynthetic life
We transported two wood-burning cookstoves to the island (one for Hawk House and one for the cob house), and batteries for a new off-the-grid solar electrical system. Very exciting to have these big beauties warming food and bodies.
The stoves were strapped to dollies for easy movement. The two of them just fit on one water taxi. All the lifting and moving was a great exercise in teamwork. It was a real all-hands job.
One 'Bakers Choice' stove in its new home.
Back at the cob house, a straw bale wall is being built. This is actually Straw Bale Wall 2.0. The first one did not withstand several winters with no roof to keep the rain off. Lessons learned and Wall 2.0 is being built much stronger too, with additional reinforcing wire, stakes and mesh holding it together.
Scott enjoying the process.
Each bale has two wooden stakes through it connecting it to bales above and below. The stakes are tied together with steel wire that is anchored to the walls on either side.
Darci on the wall. It is six rows high.
Lookin good, wall!
The wall is taller than Keith!
The wall is now totally stacked - that's a lot of straw!
Nice job!
The wake of the boat, the setting sun. The end of a work party is just as awesome as the beginning.
