A Tale of Thermal Bridging and Raised Floors
Last week I started Phase 2 to the Timberframe cabin expansion. Here is the plan overview if you haven’t seen […]
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Loft Conversion Completed – Full Build Video
While Jean was away I managed to finish Phase 1 of our 2024 Cabin remodel plans. If you missed the […]
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Timberframe Cabin 2024 Remodel plans
You build your first house for your enemy, your second for your friend and your third for yourself Over the […]
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SKIP 2024 at Wheaton Labs
My brother and I just back from a two week SKIP event. SKIP is a crowdsourced homesteading skill accreditation system. […]
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Trellises, Humanure Bins and Food Forests
Trellises A project that’s been on the list for a while is creating a shade structure for our water tank […]
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Cucumber and Quail in the Garden
The quail garden has housed nine birds for three months. Despite their trampling, one cucumber plant thrived and covered much of the structure. Robust door struts support this weight. Additionally, blackberry and rosemary shrubs are growing, and wheat grass is sprouting well. Several cucumbers have already been harvested.
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Earth Berm Cottage – Final Walkthrough
The cottage has effectively been complete since I installed the shower in September 2023 and we’ve had guests stay well […]
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Building a Better Bucket Toilet
The bucket compost toilet in our cabin has seen several revisions since we first installed it four years ago including […]
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An outdoor shower: Transforming my life
It [an outdoor shower] changed my life. Brian Pontolilo, The Fine Homebuilding Podcast, Episode 5 One of my more unorthodox […]
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Raising Quail in the Garden
Before building the cabin I raised Coturnix quail. I experimented with a variety of enclosures with the goal of giving […]
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