https://thehandcraftedlife.com/2019/10/05/the-finish-ish-line/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0077.jpgIMG_0077https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0075.jpgIMG_0075https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0074.jpgIMG_0074https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0073.jpgIMG_0073https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0072.jpgIMG_0072https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0070.jpgIMG_0070https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0067.jpgIMG_0067https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_1715.jpgIMG_1715https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_1713.jpgIMG_1713https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_1706-e1569388502494.jpgIMG_17062021-02-20T05:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2018/11/24/so-are-you-in-your-house-yet/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9892.jpgIMG_9892Will we get there?https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9851.jpgIMG_9851Cut then a bit of thishttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9829.jpgIMG_9829A few of many of Karen's strawberrieshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9751.jpgIMG_9751We took some time out to make bows and arrows and give Mia and her friends archery lessonshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9711.jpgIMG_9711Waterlines and power line to the future shed site near the gardenhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9628.jpgIMG_9628One evening I decided to install a Roman brush drain across the slope below our house to cut off sub-surface winter water flowhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9627.jpgIMG_9627Building a raised blue berry bed in the gardenhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9610.jpgIMG_9610And thishttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9598.jpgIMG_9598Outside workj needing doinghttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_9597.jpgIMG_9597Over 50 excavator loads to move all of those branches and 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batts thick through the roof mid-linehttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_6176-e1491802861870.jpgIMG_6176Five days with my head up therehttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_6177-e1491802307458.jpgIMG_6177The Roxul mineral wool insulation, made of spun stone. 2017-11-29T08:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2017/02/26/the-earthen-floor-epic-part-i/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_6047.jpgimg_6047Floor eye's viewhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_6045.jpgimg_6045Oh yeahhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_6034.jpgimg_6034Karen and John laying the sub-floor in our upstairs project roomhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_6021.jpgimg_6021Mia's addition to her bedroom subfloorhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5943.jpgimg_5943Moving material with the venerable Fordhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5936.jpgimg_5936Oh myhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5929.jpgimg_5929Karen mixing a 20 bucket load of cob with the rototillerhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5905.jpgimg_5905Finishing the last bits of a seven hour continuous pour of the living room and kitchen cob sub-floorhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5904.jpgimg_5904John and Mia in the kitchenhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5903.jpgimg_5903Mia checking the elevation of her section of 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with the vapour barrierhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3239.jpgimg_3239https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3322.jpgimg_3322Pleased as punchhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3329-e1479887217233.jpgimg_3329Completion photohttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3354.jpgimg_3354Pier detailinghttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3364.jpgimg_3364Water line penetration https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3611-e1479887260413.jpgimg_3611My 'just in case' radon gas mitigation pipehttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3612.jpgimg_3612Two 3" / 7.5 cm layers of EPShttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3616.jpgimg_36162016-12-08T04:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2016/05/15/cirque-du-soleil-part-deux/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3336.jpgIMG_3336https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3334.jpgIMG_3334https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3196.jpgIMG_3196https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3195.jpgIMG_3195https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3193.jpgIMG_3193https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3191.jpgIMG_3191https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_31391.jpgIMG_31391https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3172.jpgIMG_3172https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3144.jpgIMG_3144https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3143.jpgIMG_31432016-05-16T18:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2016/02/28/cirque-du-soleil-part-i/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2307.jpgIMG_2307https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2358.jpgIMG_2358https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2768.jpgIMG_2768https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2283.jpgIMG_2283https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2359.jpgIMG_2359https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2661.jpgIMG_2661https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2654.jpgIMG_2654https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2268.jpgIMG_2268https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2265.jpgIMG_2265https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2320.jpgIMG_23202016-02-29T23:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2016/01/20/six-minutes-youll-never-get-back/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2099.jpgIMG_2099https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2081.jpgIMG_2081https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2100.jpgIMG_2100https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2086.jpgIMG_2086https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2110.jpgIMG_2110https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2036.jpgIMG_2036https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2033.jpgIMG_2033https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2029.jpgIMG_2029https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2034-e1453361079154.jpgIMG_2034https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2111.jpgIMG_21112016-01-23T04:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/11/13/its-groovy-man/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0871.jpgIMG_0871Taking a break from the neck tan to put up Mia's Mother's Day present so mama 'Won't forget my name' Ah bless. https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0874.jpgIMG_0874https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0882.jpgIMG_0882One lift, still dustyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1527.jpgIMG_1527https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1526.jpgIMG_1526https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1523.jpgIMG_1523https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1522.jpgIMG_1522https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1520.jpgIMG_1520Looking good from downstairshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1516.jpgIMG_1516Cuthttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1515.jpgIMG_1515Repeat2015-11-17T07:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/11/09/where-ya-been-hiding/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/house-1500.jpghouse 1500Mid-Oct 2015https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/frog.jpgFroghttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/housenov12.jpgHousenov12Oct 2015https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_21034.jpgIMG_2103https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3135.jpgIMG_31352015-11-17T10:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/06/03/the-last-posts-beam-and-joist/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1399.jpgIMG_1399Post at the bottom of what will be the stairshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1398.jpgIMG_1398https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1397.jpgIMG_1397More self-aggrandizing photoshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1390.jpgIMG_1390The view from up top with a dusting of Borax for mould preventionhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1388-e1433399884336.jpgIMG_1388The last joist at the beam endhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1385.jpgIMG_138516 inch GRK screws through the double top plate, through the josit and into the supporting blockhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1383.jpgIMG_1383https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1382.jpgIMG_1382https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1381.jpgIMG_1381https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1380.jpgIMG_1380Internal cross bracing removed. All is revealed!2015-06-11T06:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/04/25/joisting/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0326.jpgIMG_0326https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0324.jpgIMG_0324Through bolted into the post-beam connection on one endhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0321.jpgIMG_0321https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0311.jpgIMG_0311One happy post and beamer!https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0310.jpgIMG_0310https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0308.jpgIMG_0308John monkeying around with one end on the joisthttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0305.jpgIMG_0305https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0296.jpgIMG_0296https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0292.jpgIMG_0292Popped onto the beams with John on the excavatorhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0261.jpgIMG_0261The 5/8" post-beam connection hidden beneath the joist2015-05-01T06:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/03/28/the-future-of-fruit-is-now/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_03481.jpgIMG_0348https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0348-e1427612001889.jpgIMG_0348https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0347.jpgIMG_0347https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0345-e1427612416136.jpgIMG_0345https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0344.jpgIMG_0344https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0343-e1427612092288.jpgIMG_0343Blueberries done and dusted [with Doug fir]https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0341.jpgIMG_0341https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0279-e1427612146522.jpgIMG_0279https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0278.jpgIMG_0278https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0276.jpgIMG_02762015-03-29T07:04:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/02/06/hugelkultur-or-how-to-bury-a-big-mess-the-permaculture-way/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9703-building-e1423284469573.jpgIMG_9703-buildinghttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9680-ditch-e1423283950402.jpgIMG_9680-ditchThe not so drainy ditchhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9705.jpgIMG_9705Karen buries the evidence...err builds a hugel bedhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9701-e1423282891151.jpgIMG_9701Our hippy garden shedhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9700.jpgIMG_9700Karen also prepared Mia's personal garden!https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9698.jpgIMG_9698https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9696.jpgIMG_9696Karen stacked some alder for future salmon smoking. Yum!https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9695-e1423282963293.jpgIMG_9695More messhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9692.jpgIMG_9692https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9691.jpgIMG_96912015-02-07T19:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/01/23/beaming-part-ii/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9900.jpgIMG_9900https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9898.jpgIMG_98986X12s awaiting their destinyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9896.jpgIMG_9896The joist work benchhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9895.jpgIMG_9895https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9894.jpgIMG_9894https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9892.jpgIMG_9892Our house in the winter sunhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9890.jpgIMG_9890Our house in the winter sunhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9875.jpgIMG_9875https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9871.jpgIMG_9871Rob monkeying around with a post-beam connection as dusk fallshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9868.jpgIMG_98682015-04-26T07:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2015/01/06/brewing-up-summer/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9676.jpgIMG_9676Out of the kettle and into the fermenter. 40 days from Pilsner.https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9675.jpgIMG_9675The false floor in actionhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9674.jpgIMG_9674https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9672.jpgIMG_9672Czech Saaz pelletshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9671.jpgIMG_9671Like a Renaissance fountain of worthttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9670.jpgIMG_9670https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9667.jpgIMG_9667Aromatic malt ready for the mash tunhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9666-e1420613631947.jpgIMG_9666https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9665.jpgIMG_9665https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9662.jpgIMG_96622015-01-24T05:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/11/12/beam-me-up/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9276-e1415779983993.jpgIMG_9276Threading the rod into the backerhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9266.jpgIMG_9266https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9265.jpgIMG_9265The1-1/2 inch horizontal auger and my drilling jighttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9263.jpgIMG_9263https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9262-e1415778538662.jpgIMG_9262Drilling the first beamhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9261.jpgIMG_9261https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9258.jpgIMG_9258Nice augerhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9256.jpgIMG_9256https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9253.jpgIMG_9253Rob's DIY excavator scaffold. Don't tell WCB. https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_9247.jpgIMG_92472014-11-15T07:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/09/19/nice-wood/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8594.jpgIMG_8594https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8593.jpgIMG_8593Drilling the pilot holes for the beastly bolt holeshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8592.jpgIMG_8592Easing it over the blade with the chain blockhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8590.jpgIMG_8590John and The First Posthttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8589.jpgIMG_8589https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8588.jpgIMG_8588The blade slothttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8587.jpgIMG_8587https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8585.jpgIMG_8585Destined for pier 7 in the future kitchenhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8584.jpgIMG_8584https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8582.jpgIMG_85822014-11-12T06:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/09/19/the-business-of-the-subterranean/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8179.jpgIMG_8179https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8225.jpgIMG_8225https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8158.jpgIMG_8158https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8060.jpgIMG_8060https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8058.jpgIMG_8058https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8053.jpgIMG_8053Trenching from the utility buildinghttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8051.jpgIMG_8051https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8047.jpgIMG_8047https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8043.jpgIMG_8043The drain pipe burritohttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8038.jpgIMG_80382014-09-24T05:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/08/14/the-big-pour/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7509.jpgIMG_7509https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7508.jpgIMG_7508https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7507.jpgIMG_7507https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7505.jpgIMG_7505https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7503.jpgIMG_7503https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7495.jpgIMG_7495https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7494.jpgIMG_7494https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7492.jpgIMG_7492https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7490.jpgIMG_7490https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7485.jpgIMG_74852014-08-16T05:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/08/04/a-good-pair-of-boots/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7438.jpgIMG_7438https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7427.jpgIMG_7427https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7421.jpgIMG_7421https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7416.jpgIMG_7416https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7411.jpgIMG_7411https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7409.jpgIMG_7409https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7408.jpgIMG_7408I braced the hell out of the curved wall, an inherent weak point in the formshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7406.jpgIMG_7406https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7405.jpgIMG_7405https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7404.jpgIMG_74042014-08-06T06:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/07/11/bounty-of-the-land/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7188.jpgIMG_7188Afterhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7170.jpgIMG_7170https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7166.jpgIMG_7166https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7165.jpgIMG_7165https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7155.jpgIMG_7155What the hell is wire worm?https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7131.jpgIMG_7131https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7127.jpgIMG_7127The holy trinity of Latin America - maize, beans and squashhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7126.jpgIMG_7126https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7098.jpgIMG_7098https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7087.jpgIMG_70872014-08-05T22:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/06/23/we-are-at-one-with-gabriola/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6936.jpgIMG_6936https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6935.jpgIMG_6935https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6934.jpgIMG_6934Our eventual north wallhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6932.jpgIMG_6932https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6870.jpgIMG_6870The Hitachi Beasthttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6869.jpgIMG_6869Rob's wacky lunar lander thingy for laying out the holeshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6868.jpgIMG_6868The Wilf in me emerges. You can't be too precise.https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6866.jpgIMG_6866https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6864.jpgIMG_6864https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6863.jpgIMG_68632015-02-07T02:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/06/12/gabriola-our-wee-island/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3487.jpgOur neighbour's organic farmhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3474.jpgIMG_3474https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2864.jpgIMG_2864https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2770.jpgIMG_2770https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2765.jpgIMG_2765https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_2761.jpgStarfishhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3513.jpgSunsetSunset over Vancouver Island from Gabriola2014-06-24T06:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/05/28/roundwood-and-light-clay-straw/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6490.jpgIMG_6490https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6487.jpgIMG_6487https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6226.jpgIMG_6226https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6223.jpgIMG_6223https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6220.jpgdropshed partialhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6053.jpgIMG_6053https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6051.jpgIMG_6051https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6047.jpgIMG_6047https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6046.jpgIMG_6046https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6035.jpgIMG_60352014-05-29T06:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/05/25/our-forest-versus-thor/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5391.jpgYumYumhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5262.jpgaftermathThe Aftermanhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5246.jpgThorThe Manhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5240.jpgExcavator and treehttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5204.jpgchainsawhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5203.jpgIMG_5203https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5201.jpgExcavatorThe Machinehttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5196.jpgcondemnedThe condemned markedhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5398.jpgroastingKaren roasting marshmellows2014-05-27T06:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/05/25/have-portable-mill-will-travel/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6030.jpgbig beamshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6029.jpglimberhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6028.jpgmill manNate working on board feet 2,000,9500https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6044.jpgoff sutsThe off cut pile2014-08-03T05:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/2014/05/25/5-65acresofbliss/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3628.jpgmeadowhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3620.jpgMia at workStart em younghttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3612.jpgbig treeOne of our largest Douglas firshttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3611.jpgnew forestOur new foresthttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3607.jpgGhetto vanHome for the nine weeks on the hunt for landhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3600.jpgIMG_3600https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3570.jpgfuture gardenOur future gardenhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3564.jpgmeadow mowingOur new neighbour mowing our meadow on our first day as landowners August 2013https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3546.jpgIMG_3546https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3545.jpgvan and landOur old home (the van) beside our new home2014-05-26T05:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thehandcraftedlife.com/about/https://thehandcraftedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mia-on-roundwood.jpgMia on roundwoodWee Mia on posts from our future house2017-12-01T05:03:57+00:00weekly0.6https://thehandcraftedlife.comdaily1.02021-02-20T05:37:55+00:00