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We post regularly to keep you updated on our earthhome project.
August 23, 2010
The change can be felt every morning and evening now. It is cool and so nice on the hill. Fall is close. The cool weather is appreciated. The garden hours are spent preparing fall beds and harvesting tomatoes and peppers. Soon we will plant garlic and onions. Collards and kale.
We scored some awesome FREE sliding glass doors, 5 ft wids, just like we needed. Thank You Tom. Tom saw an ad on Craigslist and forwarded it to us. Scan our materials list for other items we are looking for and keep an eye out for us.
We also scored some alpacca wool for insulating in between the windows and doors. We were planning to use straw clay (Straw dunked in clay slip and pounded into wood forms. It dries and the forms are removed.), but opportunity has lended change to our plan. No worries. GA mountain fiber has plenty more. Thank you.
The Roof
1,000 pounds may sound like a lot, but this is what it looks like.
We decided buying a light weight growing medium would be the most efficient way to get a layer of top soil on the roof. This weekend we added more soil. And planted the first thousand pounds with clover seeds. Thank you Ken for the donation. I would like to plant a crop of winter greens; collards, kale, mustard and turnip greens. Any seed donations are appreciated.
This is the rock foundation Tim has been building. This picture is taken from the front of the house.
From the inside.