Winter travels 2013: Mostly a look inside Ken (The Builder’s) Mind

by admin | 12th January 2013

Note, this is up the road about 1/2 mile, it’s our neighbors access to their place.

I have been really loving time here in Idaho and seeing new improvements on the property. We now have a scenic trail down to the creek finished, and we began another one that goes to the new waterfall. The new bridge across the creek is in progress. Last spring a bridge up stream washed out and the original bridge on my property, (built around the turn of the century) is now a mile downstream. Here’s a picture of the wash out:

Above: Temporary water pipe until new bridge is complete To the left: My daughter Shay make a winter treck to the creek. New bridge underconstruction behind her .

I am enjoying the proces of designing a multi purpose structure up in the garden. The site has been leveled and I have most of the footings in for a 20 circular structure which originally was conceived as a yurt. It is evolvoling in my mind and I am sharing this process with others (including you kind reader) So I look forward to your feedback. Shay and my son in law Rob have already helped me “tweek” my vision which will require more extensive changes in the model.

Soil from the old pig pens

Now a few pictures of the site for the “yurt” and the beginning of the model we are working on. (Yes, the “we” includes “you” so please feel free to comment, suggest or ask questions.)

It’s Wintertime now and now I am playing with a model, in advance I will say that the finished structure has deviated from what you could call a yurt, but if you know me, one of my mottos is: “Why do it the simple way when you can build something really weird.”

Note the cable running around the perimeter – a structural necessity.

Good topsoil moves to the garden, a building site is born.

I added the roof so all my readers will know what a standard tapered wall yurt looks like. I will also add a link to a finished one I saw on Pinterest. Be forewarned, I have already decided that is too normal for me!