It’s mid-August, hot and humid, with record temperatures in the upper 90′s. We’ve been terracing the hillside, digging out for the waterfall and filling the retaining wall tires. Hoping to stay a little cooler, today, we decided to take a break from digging and write bit about the house building. We bought this land in [...]
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Before the Build
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Aug 13th 2010
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Hanging Out to Dry
Today I decided to do something to change the world. I built a solar clothes dryer. It wasn’t my first, and it only took about an hour to put it up. One thing is for certain, it’ll save money and won’t foul up the air and water. Here are step-by-step instructions for how you, too [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jul 10th 2010
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Finding our Magic Land
September 2004: We had just finished our 2nd cross-country bicycle ride (from San Francisco to New York City) in August when the Realtor called to say he found a buyer for our cottage in Fort Erie Canada. The bad news was that the buyers wanted to expedite the closing and we were stranded on Stanton [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jun 28th 2010
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