And I've started digging the clay next to the house. Two birds with one stone: dig the clay for the French Drain (or is it Trench Drain?) and also get clay for the house. I have to use a pick to loosen up the dirt. Hard, honorable work.
An ongoing journal of building an "off-the-grid" solar homestead, life, boring tedious stuff, knee-jerk eco-socialist opinion, work (as little as possible) and family---from the edge of the wilderness (where the Sierra meets the Cascades).
Saturday, August 14, 2010
More Clay Slip Work
Little by little, this summer is getting away from us. Going too fast! I fear we will run out of summer before the house is done. We continue the work of extending the Clay Slip to the top of the structure.
And I've started digging the clay next to the house. Two birds with one stone: dig the clay for the French Drain (or is it Trench Drain?) and also get clay for the house. I have to use a pick to loosen up the dirt. Hard, honorable work.
And I've started digging the clay next to the house. Two birds with one stone: dig the clay for the French Drain (or is it Trench Drain?) and also get clay for the house. I have to use a pick to loosen up the dirt. Hard, honorable work.
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