Kristie's weekly-ish pics

Tim s. got another turn at the trac hoe the other day!

My tim was trying for water again...with no luck

Doing a little last minute leveling up on the first wofati sight...using the laser level an the trac hoe

Digging the first two holes for the wofati! Yay!

First logs to the wofati!

I can't wait to see a wofati!!

Timothy Ettridge wrote:Hans; search for "Alaskan Sawmill" online to find the simplest way of making lumber out of logs. An Alaskan Sawmill is a system that takes any chain saw (but preferably one with a long blade) and holds it on a consistent plane as it makes a pass over a log on the ground.

Wow lots of off the wall attachments for chainsaws... I like this one best:
http://www.kcdawnpatrol.org/chainsaw.htm

(Just trying to think of a way to connect that with permaculture... )

This is super exciting, great pictures! I'm looking forward to coming and helping out once I get my projects caught up enough!

This might be a dumb question but why are you using post hole diggers when you have an excavator? You can compact the soil really well by pushing the bucket down like knuckles. Then you could place the poles as deep as you like with little effort. If you back-fill and compact 6"-12" at a time I think this would be just as stable (if not more) as undisturbed grade.

I, for one, am extremely excited about getting to watch a Wofati being built in real-time.

Thank you for being on top of the photo-sharing oppertunity!