Sitting here adjacent the merrily blazing chimenea with the laptop fired from the battery bank panel which is up and running nicely.
Today was one of those funny days where not a huge amount of physical energy was expended by myself but 3 projects were finished. The wiring for the solar was completed, Dan's laptop was restored to operation, and some bars were added to the old stove to replace the metal top lost in transport.
Susan slaved away over the utensils today to make a delicious pumpkin soup (pumpkins from the property) for lunch and tonight to make a stir fry with rice. The Taiwanese guys didn't leave today so there was a large quantity to be prepared and wokked for tea. Tea was cooked on the restored old stove. Our camping stove has been cleaned and returned to the kitchen.
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| Woodhenge |
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| Candelabra on fire in the outdoor kitchen |
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| Chimenea ablaze |
The rest of the troops were down working on woodhenge. I was taking pictures after they had finished. I was thinking that the actual cost of construction using cut trees from the property and old recycled water tanks would be small compared to erecting a steel shed of similar dimension. More labour involved with woodhenge, albeit cheap helpx, plus the infill is to be hay baled so some rendering cost too.
After tea the 5 young guys decamped to the pub for a drink. It is about a 30 minute return trip so the fact they have been gone over an hour indicates the pub is still open!
Our last full HelpX day tomorrow theoretically. Dan leaves Friday midday. As previously noted we will stay on for a couple more days as long as the weather looks ok. We will probably do another local HelpX for a couple we have met here who have an interesting property and are practising permaculturalists, try saying that after a few Drambuies. Susan hopes to learn how to milk a cow.
Night all
Simon
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