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Today we spend some time adding hardware cloth in strategic locations on the chicken coop roof for venting, and continue to work on the exterior....

Just when we thought the roof was done, turns out there's a few small bits to finish up. We burn and seal the cut ends....

It's a big day, friends! We ratchet down our hurricane straps to make the roof lumber and earthbags a single monolithic structure. Then it's finally....

It's a big day! We install our purlins and facia boards on the hyperadobe earthbag chicken garden roof which means we are done with this....

Today we complete all our rafters and install hurricane ties to secure them permanently to the beams in preparation for purlins and metal roofing. LINKS//....

Rafter production begins! Now that the beams are in place and the 1:12 pitch is good to go, we finally start cutting and installing our....

Most of today was spent adjusting our newly built roof beams to make sure they were square, parallel, level, plumb, and set to the right....

Can you believe it's time to start building the roof? With the Shou Sugi Ban process behind us, the lumber is ready for assembly! Today....

After measuring our existing walls and realizing we don't have to lay anymore earthbags (whaaaa?!?!?), we turn our attention to Shou Sugi Banning the lumber....

Can you believe it? The final course for the back garden wall is going up today! We also get our lumber delivery for the roof,....

One of the biggest ways we saved money on our off-grid homestead solar install was to buy 280AH Lithium Iron Phosphate battery cells directly from....

Hey friends, it’s been a while! Let’s hang out and answer all you questions :)

With our final layer of the outer wall complete, we start building up the back side to the proper roof height. Almost finished with earthbags....

Our local natural building group volunteered to stop by and help us on the chicken garden today! So we took advantage of the extra hands....

With a fresh new roll of hyperadobe earthbags, we finally continue that last top layer of the outer circle on the chicken garden. Will we....

Continuing our fun small projects in the chicken garden we add some small benches in the garden area purely for rest, relaxation, and let's be....

Well hello there, friends! We're back at it, and focusing on a fun small project. Adding earthbag planter beds to the front of the chicken....

Check out our new off-grid laundry setup featuring @Lehman's hand washer and Sunshine Clothesline! Tired of driving to our local laundromat of questionable quality, we....

What are the odds that on day 100 everything would quit working? Sigh...this is not how we planned on ending 100 days of building, but....

Oh friends, it's a special day - day Nine Nine! That's right, our furry Bernedoodle friend shares his thoughts on what his crazy hoomans are....

Today we build and install 10 lintels (or headers) over the screened openings on our outer wall. This gets us one step closer to laying....

Today we finish our last bit of bags up to the screened window opening height, and revisit our nesting box in the chicken coop. Tiny....

Today is hurricane strap day for the back wall. We are nearing the instillation of our headers over the openings and we're starting to see....

Today we have even more friends come by to help us earthbag, and we get so much done! Also, we may get super awkward near....