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Footings ready to pour
Bracing for the big day
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We have spent several days preparing for the big pour of 40 yards of cement for the footings of the Earth Shelter House walls, the post footings and a much smaller footing for a decorative wall that will be built along the front of the property. | 
Video of the footings
It is slow and hard work
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May 28, 2009.
Today we dug for a couple hours and did not get far. We keep running in to veins of very hard rock. This slows my progress a lot!
I drive the back hoe, Val takes the removed dirt with Onslo, the smaller tractor. To keep things cleaner, I dump the back hoe right into the front... |
A new Patio for the Cabin
Now there will be no more tripping over rocks just to get out to the car
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We opted to proceed with plans to pour the section of the driveway that is closest to the front door of the cabin. For now we will be calling it the patio. It will also serve as a place to park the Durango so that we can get in and out without tripping over rocks that seem to grow out of the ground... | 
The Garage has been started!
Framing from our own GREEN HARVESTED wood.
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I know it is green harvested because I personally harvested every tree. They are all naturally fallen trees that fell within a mile of our property (or on our property).
We will be picking up the metal roof in the morning (Tuesday June 15, 2010). That means we will actually have a roof over the... |
