Spider Man

Seedlings are still green - go PR -

After a few days of being an ant - carrying my house piece by piece out to the woods - scored a tractor ride out to PR and discovered an old logging trail (though almost indistinguishable as a trail) to within 30 ft of the site. We almost flipped the tractor, a big green one, and I would have had a photo of that if I wasn't riding in the bucket. 

So I began to assemble all the pieces I had cut off-site, and much to my surprise -

It fit together! (Please ignore the stud on the left that seems out of place, it is the result of a rounding error and is a consequence of having all the others be an exact 'half-a-sheet-of-plywood apart.) As for assembly, I got all this together in two very hot and water-deprived hours -

At About 5:30 bugs start to get me. This certainly highlights the need for screens 100% of the time. Which brings me to the next point. After a meeting with a friend who owns a sail loft - we've ditched the canvas idea. First of all, it takes me way over $1000 budget and second it's not totally waterproof. The current plan is....shrink wrap. Believe it or not, it's made out of recycled material and is thermoplastic and completely recyclable. In addition, I can COMPLETELY enclose the structure first (including underneath) in one piece and then cut outand fininsh windows and doors (How I'm going to do this with some semblance of style and grace is another matter altogether as it's the kind of material that could be elegant if done well and white-trash if done any other way). It is very heavy duty and super cheap. 2 layers with reflective insulation between is the current plan (it's so cheap it's almost worth trying just to play with the blow torch.) 

Last bit - while I was creating the frame, I heard a crashing behind me - I swung around and I was being eerily stalked by a slow-moving cow. Who quickly lost interest -

Floor and walls tomorrow