Vegie Garden Edging

In our travels around the area we spotted a couple of old silos that were just sitting around being unloved and would be perfect circular garden edging for the vegie patches when cut down.

We managed to get them home on the trailer... 

... now we will just need to cut them into rings and we will have the edges, then the hard work will start :)

April Update

No building permit yet, but it is very close. In around a week we hope.

We have appointed a builder, an experienced straw bale builder who lives fairly locally. He is well on the way to organising the permit and seems keen to start.

The existing bridge has been spruced up with a new deck of 2nd hand redgum sleepers to replace the treated pine. This will allow most trucks access, and larger trucks can still use the older track through our dry creek. The driveway has been reformed as well and top dressed with road base for all weather use. It will need regrading after the building is complete and all truck traffic has finished.

We have placed the water tanks in position with a bit of help from a mate at the CFA, Roger, who pushed them into place with his tractor. 3 thousand gallons of water delivered to start the builder off. Let's hope he starts using it soon!

Cheers,

Deb & Nic

First House blog

OK, so here we are.

We plan for this blog to cover our adventure into the strawbale construction of our new home. This way we can keep you all updated on what is (and isn't) happening on the building front.We are currently talking to a couple of builders and waiting on quotes. In the meantime we have had a driveway graded in (much less bumpy than the old track through the bush) and the site for our 2 tanks has been levelled.
Tanks are due to arrive tomorrow.

Pics to follow.

Cheers,
Deb

Starting again

Hi folks,

No news on our house blog has not meant that nothing has been happening (nothing MUCH has been happening but not nothing) I've just been having some issues with the 'thoughts.com' blog so I've moved house to here.

Hopefully things will run a little smoother and it isn't an omen for the building project itself! :)

I'll transfer over our old message and start from scratch here and try to be a bit more forthcoming with information on a regular basis. You can also 'follow' this blog (I think you may have to login with a google account of some kind to do so, not sure.)

Cheers,
Deb & Nic