Outhouse is Finished

September 28th we put the finishing touches on the outhouse - a door.  We have plans to trim the roof to match the length of the rafters at the back so we can install a gutter catchment to harvest rainwater to fill that barrel you see in the picture.  It will be used to wash the five gallon Lovable Loo receptacle after dumping...the contents into the compost pile nearby.

Rest of 'roughed in' homestead site is starting to look beautiful now with the grass well established alongside the road.  But a lot of the grass is destined to be replaced with swales and fruit bushes and few nut trees in the coming months/years.  Home site will be somewhat behind the cameraman but right of the grassy area.

Lawn Care and Log Splitting Help

August came and went quickly --as usual.  The grass got greener and longer forcing us to finally haul the lawn mower up to cut it.  Fortunately we had a little help one Saturday when our son and his friend decided to come along so they could earn a little money.  So we put their youthfulness to work splitting wood and mowing.  Our attention was also on the timber frame outhouse construction and there we got the boys to help us with notching of the logs with a mallet and chisel.

Scott cutting notch

Alex chiseling a notch

Alex hopping off the MF 240 after testing the new front tires