I'll Get Cracking. Tomorrow - Friday 10/12/10

Temperatures have risen and the ground is thawing. Now our carefully measured lines on the building pad that were taut, are now slack and adrift.
Aside from odd jobs, the only thing to do is take Kit to the train station. He'll be away until Wednesday. Will miss him but I have plenty to keep me occupied.
1) Lay a pathway to the static. The thawed ground is now soaked and muddy.
2) Turn over the vegetable beds ready for planting around January.
3) Dig a 100m trench 6 inches deep in order to fence an enclosure for our rabbit farming venture.

Not a long list, but a tidy amount to do. Will get cracking tomorrow.

M Jones

Work Camp - Saturday 30/10/10

Simon D's latest creation...

A walled garden, eventually...

With an influx of volunteers, this place became quite a work camp. Ayres and i concentrated on building and seating the first cross beam of the henge. Took all day to cut and fine tune two joints. Others were employed looking after the many children, digging a foundation trench for a shed and transporting top soil into raised beds where garlic will be grown.
After lunch a large ominous cloud rolled in and pelted us with rain and hail. In the polytunnel the sound was magnified making conversation nigh on impossible. Have found myself feeling lethargic and drained. I still haven't shaken my cough. Have resolved to take it easy tomorrow in order to knock this on the head.

M Jones

Man Boobs - Thursday 19/08/10

My Dads birthday today, left a message... Put in some work on the building site which is now simply a case of filling a barrow of sifted stone and dumping it in a trench. We're about 1/4 of the way done.
By 15:00 the misty drizzle came full on with a severe weather warning issued. Despite this Kit and Sara came down for last nights pudding and to watch '300' . Sara was not impressed. By neither the violence nor the man boobs.
A stormy night meant I was up at 04:30 ensuring the awning and the man tent were still secure.

M Jones

Poor Old 'Connon' Coal - Wednesday 11/08/10

Foundation pad with toe crushing tamper

Pipe in trench alongside polypropylene sack that will be used to create a silt barrier, Sacks obtained cheaply, due to typing error, poor old cannon coal...

More tamping of foundation pads and now the perforated pipe has been laid. This is the basis of what is known as a french drain, Essentially just a rubble trench, as with anything, there are many ways of achieving the same effect. The simplest is a gravel trench the most elaborate being with a pipe sock and geo textile lining.

M Jones