Wood store raising- the biggest
project this week was the new wood store for drying fuel storage. The
softwood poles were part of the natural thinning process and were
felled earlier. The frames were assembled on the ground and then
raised onto the round wood piles, which had been levelled by the
resident engineer. Great method and went up really quickly –
someone hand thought about this a lot (think a lot, do a little).
Much of the material was firewood scraps from a previous wood Miser
visitation. 
I had my metalworkers hat on and
made a cage for a wood burning stove for a bell tent. There was an
aluminium heat shield on the back to stop the tent sides from
overheating as well as a tray to catch hot ash etc. when fuelling.
The two drop down sides were for cooking equipment.
Page 3 girl – Sophie Burns head
chef - Merlin said ‘this was the best year for food’
Well I was there for 5 days during
the project week and she was unstoppable! Never made a fuss,
fantastic cakes, mains, sweets. Even made two crumbles and two types
of oatcake just for one afternoon tea.
There was a lot going on (33
volunteers for lunch on Saturday), coppicing, with some hand felling
with Toms two – handed saw. Making of some new raised growing beds
near main yurt.
There has been a mixture of planting
since the project began – this is the dome greenhouse that was
stuffed with tomatoes, rocket, spinach…
There are calculations to match dome
size with family feeding capability if you visit one or two of the US
websites. Many have thermal stores, this one is charcoal but many use
water and grow in that as well.
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