August

This month, Tanja Claire and I finished all the flooring we will do for now. Claire did wonders in the garden and Tanja created a piece of artwork which will serve as a temporary wall (which could be here for years though). Sebabstian arrived and reorganised the recycling centre and the shed.... I am just about finding everything again now.

The 'creature', a scalapendra or cienpies, couldn't get out of the washing up bowl one morning. It can sting like a small scorpion and some of you will remember that I had a difficult night sleeping with one in July. We saw this one off and we hope it was my visitor and that it will never return again. I still check my bed before I get in it every night.

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Winter blues and spring whites

August

Plastering

Afterwards, the new wall was covered with sand and lime plaster. We went on to build the timber parts, the structural windows and doors, and part of the roof plate. We are so well prepared now for the arrival of the straw bales and roof timbers. The straw part is a fast construction stage and we should soon be enjoying the new rooms.

Two Rooms

In early 2006, along came Troy, Erin, Meagan and Drew in, wwoofers with plenty of enthusiasm and technical knowledge. We took off the collapsed roof, raised the walls, change the roof pitch and put on a new roof. All in the space of a few weeks. Later that year Erica, Clay and Melanie added their energy to the project and we completed the rendering of the first building.


The very same autumn/winter period, we added a new room beside this one, helped substantially by running a course for women eco-builders. I then wrote about this experience in 'The Olive Press, between March and May 2007, in articles called 'Women with Trowels'