It’s been a while since an update. Honestly, I’d been hoping for more news to report but again we’ve been at the weather’s mercy and progress has been dreadfully slow. We had our killing frost late last week, so that’s it for the growing season. Thankfully we did manage to harvest most if not all of the vegetables prior to freezing. Not what we’d call a banner year but we did enjoy fresh produce all summer long and have quite a few potatoes, onions, carrots and squash to put away and dip into as fall progresses. Not to mention many lessons learned to carry forward into next year.
And, of course, we’re still building. We were counting on being further along, but with torrential rains and freezing the season isn’t exactly building-friendly. Nonetheless we were out in layers of winter clothing this weekend and did manage to get some work done prior to, once again, getting rained out.
The plan is to get the two main domes up to the second floor level and close them off for the winter. One is done and we’re busting our asses to get the second done before first snowfall, hoping against hope that the prediction of snow for tomorrow is off by about two weeks. We also have to complete several rows at the front entrance in order to seal it off for the season.
I had planned to be working on the front entrance stairs today but… You guessed it- rain. On a more positive note, if we do manage to get a couple of weeks of decent weather I suspect that’s all it will take to meet our (adjusted) goal. And we have some really neat ideas that we’re moving ahead with for the second floor in the living room and what would amount to a wraparound storage shelf for the kitchen.
In the meantime, here are a few pictures of our home in progress. With any luck (and a whole bunch of work) we’ll have many more in the near future!
Keep your head up Dirt!
Thanks! I think that’s my first genuine smile today. “Dirt”- I like it. Cool nickname for a girl. I may just get that printed on a t-shirt. 🙂
Hi, I left a message about bugs in your facebook account…I don’t think you will need that now ha, they are probably freezing. It is wonderful to see your progress. You all have done such a beautiful job, so neat and straight. you must be Virgo. It is just beautuful. Will you be able to live there this winter? I wish you the very best, you are my hero.
It is sweltering hot here..I just told my husband I want to move somewhere were my boobs don’t sweat all summer. Yesterday we went to work on our land and it is just miserable, the air is still and heavy with humidity. i would love to have some of that cold air from Canada. See ya
That’s where not were… uh my keys stick on my computer and sometimes it looks as if I can’t spell.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
You guys okay over there?
Thanks for checking in! I’ve been woefully behind on updates, but just posted a quick update. We’re busy, busy, busy! Who knew this would be so much work? 😉