The
site before starting
Hole
dug and level, post positions marked out, dry stone foundation walls down,
first retaining wall built against front bank.
30
or so small trees and a bit of chainsawing later. Lift logs, prop up, nail
together and continue until no longer wobbly.
Split
logs over the top and palettes on the floor. Tree in to prop up sleeping
platform. Palettes on the floor to take insulating bales.
Straw
delivery. Cotton sheets then straw bales on the roof and cover it up with
plastic, other bales inside, quick before it rains.
Build
straw bale wall inside, a fun and quick job. The bales are stacked on rough
dry stone wall and staked together with hazel sticks. Inside bales go on
pallette floor ready for floorboards on top.
Pop
windows in the holes, stuff straw into any gaps then chainsaw trim the bales
smooth with cute roundy corners.
Father-in-law
and tool bench, 4.30am. All tools lost, snowing outside, no doors, plastering
underway.
Spring,
mud on the roof, plastering and whitewashing done, landscaping nearly finished,
beer brewing, bread in the oven.
