Several weekends ago, Mike and Linda showed up with their tractor and rotatiller. I had been making noises about trying to recover a small sheep pasture for extra garden space and since we were borrowing the John Deere from Mike and Linda to mount … [Read more...]
We started our first pop can wall today. We decided to make the bond beam form on the front wall out of pop cans, a traditional method according to Michael Reynolds. We opted for cans because the front wall will be most susceptible to moisture, … [Read more...]
We are now about half way done the front tire wall. It seems to go faster in a straight line, and working close to the ground helps a lot. We have decided to do the bond beam in pop cans, rather than wood. At this point in the building, there will … [Read more...]