NBRC

Well it's spring time and spring is a time of change. With winter gone and the number of day light hours increased, progress is speeding up. A couple of changes in the plans have been made and a couple of anouncements are in order.

First the Changes. We now plan to build the walls surrounding the large dome with a combination of strawbale and Cal-Earth superadobe earth filled bags. The bags will serve as the post in a post and beam strawbale building. I feel this will help speed up the process a bit. Building with earth is a labor intensive activity which I love but I feel this will help the building stay cooler in the summer. Much focus is givin to keeping a house warm in winter, but here in middle Georgia, the summers are, to me, the biggest challange. After the next couple of months the building photos will make the idea more clear but you can always look at the current floor plan to get a better idea for the momment.

We also wanted to announce open work weekends on the third weekend of each month. We have camping on site as hotels are not very common around here, even though we could find something should the need arise. Please be warned: it gets hot here in Middle Ga during the summer and we have gnats. They don't bite but they sure do annoy.

As I have mentioned before we have two sister sites, Gaia Permaculture and Salamander Springs. Salamander Springs is actively seeking members so click on the link to find out more.

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