Home Building

February framing and planting without a hose

Last year we had built a retaining wall and I couldn't resist planting a few things like rosemary and lavender.…

21 years ago

Country means outbuilding first, house later

After buying property in October 2000, we started the building and  site preparation process, by having the house pad graded and…

23 years ago

Easter week 2002

April 7-14, 2002  On the afternoon we arrived, the whole group came to our place for a barbecue. Larry had…

24 years ago

Autumn 2001- Settling into camp

This is a transcript of the diary I kept during the first years of our transition to the mountains. We…

25 years ago

May 2001- Grading for Mother’s Day

On this trip our objective is to have the lot graded and have a couple loads of gravel, or mine…

25 years ago

April 2001-We turn our property into a campsite

We arrive with several objectives. I want to build a table of redwood somewhere, rake out the goat shed, attached…

25 years ago