Hi natural builders,
I'm trying to build a shed (also serving as a small, very rugged cabin) for a remote woodlot I steward.
I'm super interested in wofati and earth
berm houses. Someday I hope to live in a hobbit home. Thus, I think building this shed/cabin as a wofati structure could be a great learning
experience.
I'm looking for your advice, tips, tricks, and especially examples of this sort of thing. I've searched around but want to pick your brains.
Here what I'm imagining the shed to be like:
~8'x10'?'Bunk bed frame (~7'x4'x6') with wooden board as 'mattresses'table with bench/chairstorage locker, storage bin
Simple as that. Just need a place to offer some
shelter for hard times during camping, and to store tools at a remote site I'd like to do other natural building at without having to haul things with me to and from where I live.
Update - Site conditions:
I'm about an hour and a half drive from the site, with another steward working on the site from half that distance.
It's in a pretty undeveloped area, heavily forested, but does have neighbors. Nearest neighbor possible neighbor for where this might be built would be a good 100+m away, the next one being triple that probably further.
There's not much equipment left there and most equipment and work would be whenever my team and I could get out there, usually for 2-4 days at a time a couple of times a month on average (more in warmer seasons). I could bring some small earth moving equipment there on a trailer I think, there's a rental place about a half hour away on some backcountry roads.
What do you think, doable? Been done? Any tips?