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Eric Hanson wrote:Carmen,
My thoughts are that the char might extend the life of the wicker a season, maybe two. I suspect that wicker will be lucky to survive one season on its own without a little bit of help.
Anything after that first year is just a bonus. At the end of the time at the location, if you wanted you could tear out the walls and burn them if you felt it necessary. In no way do I expect that the wicker will last very long unless truly drastic steps are taken, but that’s beyond the scope of this post.
Eric
Christopher Weeks wrote:Carmen, what time-frame are you thinking of when you say temporary? We might all mean different things by that.
Jackson Bradley wrote:
Carmen Roth wrote:How is this temporary? For a temporary location?
The fencing will come apart in a couple of minutes, the loose ends from where I cut it are just twisted back around the other end making the circle.
Stack the wood and then spread the dirt out. Or move the dirt to a new bed. Done.
Alden Banniettis wrote:Marc, what kind of heating do you plan for the structure? The goal is to replace btu's lost and then add in some. As for those hay or straw bales, I would not do it. My experience has shown that the mice move in every winter. That, in and of itself, may not be so bad- but the mrs will see those mice running around all the time and be.... well, let's just say not happy. And the idea of heating the underside of your tiny home with any combustibles is just too scary for me to contemplate.
Eric Hanson wrote:How about wicker? Poke some sticks in the ground and then weave vines & thin branches between them. At three feet it will probably work for a season. I don't know how long past that season, but it will be ok for a while.
A thought though--what if the "wicker" or whatever we want to call it, was put in place and before filling with earth and soil, we took a torch and Sou Shi Ban ed the whole thing? Think we could preserve it by giving it a charcoal outer layer? Maybe at least get a couple of more seasons out of it before it finally surrendered?
Maybe worth a thought.
Eric
Jackson Bradley wrote:You mentioned firewood.
I am experimenting with using 2x4 welded wire fencing, cut to 24" height. I have 1/2x1/2 mesh at the bottom due to the proliferation of moles here. You could omit that if you do not have issues with moles.
I lined the outside with ~20" oak splits and filled it in. I am on my second round of planting in it and it looks like I should get many seasons before the wood is broken down. It'll be easy to dismantle and rebuild.
150" length of fence yields QTY-2 48" circles at 24" high. The 1/2x1/2 mesh I had was 48" tall so I wanted to do 48" circles. I plan to do more over the winter and when I split rounds, I will keep this in mind and cut some into rectangles verses triangles to make filling them in easier, if that makes sense.
I had all of the materials on hand so the cost was only what I previously paid for the fence and mesh.
You could increase the size of the splits and fence to get to 36" or 48" height.
My peppers, tomatoes all grew a thick mat of roots and I had 4doz pints canned just from these little, cheap, easy on the back gardens. ..The boxes attached to my tiny is all I had before, now it's dedicated to beans..and they love it 
Kevin Maddex wrote:Eastern Alberta 1.5 acres 55 male I raise a hog and beef quail and rabbits big garden hunting and fishing any ladies want to try off grid?
r ranson wrote:Anyone have some pictures of your cloth shopping bags you can share? Creative, beautiful, functional?
