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Over the last couple years we’ve looked at every type of natural building method we could find. We finally settled on rammed earth because it can work well in the humid south and it’s relatively quick to do if you have the proper equipment. Ot...
Our Farm Adventure Bought a used skid steer and started pushing down some trees to extend the driveway a bit. Rammed earth workshop blog post coming soon!
Our Farm Adventure Ben just left to pick up a trailer and a bobcat... :D
Our Farm Adventure Today Ben and I are building four raised beds in the backyard here in Lavonia. Pics and a blog post to follow. :)
Our Farm Adventure We're back from Tucson and working on an article about the rammed earth workshop. For now, enjoy the photos!
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Our Farm Adventure Leaving for Tucson tomorrow to attend a rammed earth and passive solar workshop. We're armed with cameras, notepads and pencils. Heeeeyaaah!
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With his loyal crew, Quentin Branch has been building rammed earth projects for 33 years – from patio walls to highway sound-barrier retaining walls, and from guest homes to a 38,000-square-foot television studio named one of the 18 top architectural achievements in Arizona.
Ever since we moved into the house in Lavonia, we’ve been working hard to improve it bit by bit. Some of those improvements have been structural, like having new energy-efficient windows installed. ...
An important milestone. We went up to Black Rock Mountain to celebrate :-) No related posts.
Our Farm Adventure Clothesline progress: Put together poles, added eye-hook hardware, dug holes, installed poles with concrete, waiting on them to set.
I’ve filled up my weekends lately with permaculture workshops at Ashevillage Institute. I attended one on backyard sustainability and another primarily about urban aquaculture. ...
Our Farm Adventure Little things around the Lavonia house: Putting up a clothesline, installing a water filter, and planning a winter garden.
Two weeks ago the Atlanta area suffered some massive rainfall and consequent flooding. I’m sure most of you have heard about it or seen the scary photos that have been floating around. ...
Our Farm Adventure Gearing up for the Backyard Sustainability workshop at The Ashevillage Institute this weekend. Pics and comments to come next week. :)
I hesitate to write this, as we’ve been all over the place this year about our plans and I don’t want us to sound too crazy. It’s been hard to think about telling everyone our minds have changed yet again. Howe...
It’s been a while since either of us wrote on OFA, and updating everyone on what we’re planning has been nagging at me, so I’ll go ahead and give you the scoop. We have not yet come to an agreement on where we want to move long-term. It’s...
