Posted by Chris in Can walls, Construction, Earthship, Front Wall, Tires on 29. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
With the roof mostly done, we have started thinking about finishing the greenhouse wall.
The tire work, bond beam, and basic framing for this wall is already done. So at the beginning of the week we started to size and order the 1″ insulated, double pane glass units. We identified two companies in Kamloops that supply … Read More →
Alvin came back today and bermed for the final time around the back of the building! This event feels like a real milestone as we will FINALLY move off of the roof and start working on the front wall in earnest …
This berm comes up over the back of the roof and actually covers a … Read More →
Finishing the roof has seemed like an exhausting and never-ending experience … the good news is that it is raining tonight (very good because BC is tinder dry), and the inside of the building is still dry! We will see in the morning if we have any leaks.
Two weeks ago we started the process of … Read More →
It’s been busy lately so I’ve not had time to put together the latest expenses for our Earthship. I’m still missing a few items from the last few days. These receipts have not made the journey from my wallet to my “in box”. The following includes the materials for the roof (as well as fuel … Read More →
Over the last few days I’ve been trying to set up things to buy cans from a young man we know, Rowan Johnson. Rowan is eight years old and he (with help from his parents) has set up a job for himself. With permission from the Little Fort Husky, Rowan has set out 5-6 recycling … Read More →
Posted by Sandra in Community, Construction, Earthship, roof on 18. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
We have a Facebook page, called The Darfield Earthship. There will be quick updates there, but we still plan on blogging here. Just finished the bulk of the work on the roof with friend Mike S., and will post soon in detail. Next, we move on to more sandblasting of beams and getting the windows … Read More →
Posted by Sandra in Community, Construction, Earthship on 13. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
I left a comment on one of my posts about the fact that in the days leading up to the Lone Butte build an awful lot of vehicles were coming in our driveway, looping around, pointing and gawking and leaving without stopping.
It was starting to annoy me, so I put up the gate that night … Read More →
Posted by Sandra in Community on 10. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Back when we were still using blogger I noticed that I had the incorrect address for Ann and Gord Baird’s eco-sense site, using .com instead of .ca. I did fix this, but since then we’ve moved to WordPress, and Chris has had to recover the backup for our entire blog site because of some coding … Read More →
Posted by Chris in Community on 03. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Our family of five is living in 600 sqft while constructing our house.
We affectionately call our current home the Newton Nutshell. People often remark on this small space and ask us how we can stand it. The simple reality is that it is not too hard to adjust to living in a small space and … Read More →
Posted by Sandra in Family on 31. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
Several weeks ago Helen convinced Katie to put curlers in her hair. Here’s what she looked like.
Here’s the end result.
This ringlet technique is old. I seem to recall that Nellie from Little House on the Prairie used to have her hair curled this way! Katie’s friend Jillian arrived at school one day with ringlets and … Read More →
Posted by Sandra in Community on 29. Jul, 2010 | 3 Comments
Just got off the phone with the producer of the province wide CBC show for BC Day. I will be up at 6:20 to do a live interview! Anybody feel like getting up with me??? Believe it or not, the producer happened upon the online version of the Barrier paper and read the story and … Read More →
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