Roxanne Sterling-Astor

Jay Angler wrote:About what is the number of square feet you're working with?

1930's house may not originally had indoor plumbing.

You mention "level" but in fact if your goal is a wet room I would treat the whole room as if it was a shower stall making sure that it was high at the edges and every bit sloped to the floor drain.

Yes.. the sub floor is the step I am approaching in the coming days,  I certainly will address the sloping carefully. You are correct,  the house has a plumbed addition at the rear. I am pretty sure they added to the front of the house the same time. .The bathroom is 8x5.

I have a blank slate. The house is 1930s lath and plaster, I want to try my hand at it because it's small. My dream is to have a wet room, with a drain in the middle of the room. Can I sufficiently water proof plaster with the soap and olive oil mix? Does anyone have any experience with this? I was thinking tile flooring. Facebook  <<< video of the demo. The whole floor was rotten.. it's getting a new subfloor tomorrow after replacing the bad wood and getting it leveled.
I am looking into making big handmade tiles at a local studio and also generally keeping my eyes open for a cheap deal on the local market places.  Waddayathink?

This young artist and builder is delightful, expert and inspirational 👏 🙌 ❤️

The Nito Project.. natural building and plaster master

[youtube]https://youtube.com/@thenitoproject?si=j0owNjW6W_RB7Y5X[/youtube]

My absolute favorite 😍


3 parts: links followat the end of each part.. old internet energy but it makes a great rug.. I used denim, gave as gifts to my niece and friends.  They really hold up. Anyway, hear her out.

I just looked it up.. it's toxic to all animals.. so animals won't be able to root it out. I was thinking chickens or pigs but .. no. Watching the thread with interest.

You might be a permie (YMBAP) if... you can't go anywhere without collecting weed/wild seeds or cuttings.. anywhere from cracks in sidewalks to a busy freeway off ramp.
I sing a song about it, to the tune of I'm a girl watcher... If you know it, sing along 🎶 🎵 I'm a weed watcher, I'm a weed watcher... watching weeds go by , *sigh* my oh my. My friends know at any moment I might ask to pull over!
YMBAP if ...you wear pruners all the time, and if you get dressed up they still are living in your antique lovingly refurbished Coach bag.
YMBAP if... you see a willow tree you immediately think of making rooting hormones
YMBAP if.. you never imagine building a board fence
YMBAP if.. waiting 5y for something to produce at full potential seems fast
This is a fun one.. keep it up!

Pam,
I am currently looking to buy in S Illinois. I would love to meet you when I come to look at properties. I will contact you by email as you mentioned. I have extensive kitchen garden knowledge, studied with Sepp Holzer years ago, lots of nursery work.  It would be great to get to know some permie folk in a new state.
Roxanne Sterling-Astor
askwildehilde@gmail.com

I can't seem to get lettuces reliably.. they always bolt. Cabbage and broccoli evaded me until I began planting in fall. We get snow but not deep. They both seem to like sitting in hibernation. I was able to harvest mid-May.

How is your project coming along? I love that area, and am looking for community.

I am just getting back into it for cyanotype creations. Cyanotype (ifyoudon'tknow) is an old-school photography methodology.  I use it on fabric at the moment. Most people know it from its use to make building blueprints. You lay out drawings, flowers, over treated fabric or paper and develop the image by placing it in the sun.I am just using an old set of encyclopedias from the 70s to press the flowers. I'm not too worried about the books because they're a terrible set of gardening books with terrible printing and constant mention of chemical/pesticide solutions. I say pressing flowers is best use. These are my first attempts. Having pressed flowers will make much better prints than these fresh leaves pressed with glass against the fabric during development.  I will be able to keep especially nice specimens for re use. The other little ones were just a quick squiggle to test timing in the sun and the opacity of a sharpie on a plastic sheet. My next run I will combine the two ideas, but this time I will try paint on transparent film. I am also thinking of pressed flowers in wax paper. I want to try cutting out shapes from those wax paper pressings... see if a silhouette shows up. I'm in the super excited stage of this, new for me medium!!