High winds in a June storm blew the roof off this old travel trailer in Heath and its owner tore off the sides. Bill and Andrew asked him if we could buy it as the base for our chicken/turkey “tractor.”
Pics from Intro to Timber Frame Workshop Weekend
It was a full weekend, participants worked tirelessly. What a great group. Thank you to Jeremy Topitzer, not only for your timber framing knowledge and expertise, but also for being such a skilled instructor. See photos…
Summer Fare
Simple, refreshing, delicious.
Earthen Oven Workshops
Katywil hosted 3 workshops to build an earthen oven, a century’s old technology still used today in small villages and communities around the world. These ovens are made from simple materials, clay, sand, straw and limestone. They hold heat beautifully, reaching 700-800 degrees, enough to cook a pizza in minutes. As they cool they can… [Read More]
Turkeys, and Chickens, and Quails, oh my!
Chicken and quail eggs Haynes’ turkey eggs have another 10 days in the incubator, but two days ago Andrew’s incubator with quail eggs started popping like pop corn! He opened it, they hatched and were hopping all over the place!
Building the Earthen Oven!
Big thanks to our fearless leaders, Ashley Schenk and Joshua Freund. We worked hard and steadily all day. What a great group and team effort. Sunday, June 5 we will have the Lime Plaster Workshop to seal it, and June 10-12 we will build a shelter for the oven at the Timber Frame Workshop.
Opening reception for Portrait Tales: The Art of Leaving
Please come out to Greenfield to help our neighbor, Cynthia McLaughlin, celebrate the first installment of this new work. As an extension of performance she, through collaboration with Chattman Photography and the amazing performers, Krista De Nio, Lani Nahele, Jennifer Polins, Saliq Frances Savage and Cassie Sioux Mills, have capturedthe developing characters through the photographic… [Read More]
Lime Plaster 101 Workshop
fter the stone foundation is in and the earthen oven is built, it should have a sturdy coat of protection. Natural builder, Ryan Chivers will be teaching plaster courses at Yestermorrow. Before he heads back to Colorado, he has arranged to come to Katywil, and guide us through the process, using the natural technique of lime plastering.
Don't Miss Slow Living Summit in Brattleboro June 1,2,3
Come to the Slow Living Summit on June 1-3.
Alex Wilson, of BuildingGreen, Inc. and all around amazing guy
Besides being a writer focused on green building, energy, the environment, and the outdoors, he is the founder and executive editor of Environmental Building News, published by BuildingGreen, Inc., a great dad and husband, and 2010 winner of The Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.