Description: Transcript: Saw these two birds perching on top of the old workshop dome this morning. They’re white. I’m not really sure what they are, but mostly what we get out here is hawks. Welcome to occupy the land. Occupy the land, dawg. Now, what we’re doing now. Don and I are going to, you […]
Welcome to Occupy the Land. We finish the top half of the 20ft geodesic sphere, lift it with the tractor, and bolt it onto the buried lower half so it becomes one structure. A few custom struts get shortened or lengthened so the hubs line up, and the extra hog fence is ready to wrap […]
Welcome to Occupy the Land. Donna and I assemble the top half of the 20ft geodesic sphere in about an hour using color-coded struts, longer bolts (for hanging shelves and a future curved screed), and the tractor as a lift so we can work at a comfortable height. Next we set it on the buried […]
Welcome to Occupy the Land. This week we turn the root cellar floor into something we can actually work on. After setting laser-leveled conduit markers, we wet the soil, spread shredded straw so we’re not walking in mud, and start laying sifted on-site gravel to the finished height. We also show homestead maintenance that keeps […]
Welcome to Occupy the Land. This week we’re focused on the root cellar floor. After wiring the hog fence and measuring 56 feet of fiberglass mesh around the sphere, we bring in soil with the tractor, level the ~15 ft floor, and plan gravel, sand, compaction, and a later concrete coat. We also lay out […]
