Labor Camp

Valley Life was not all fun and games. It also definitely felt like a "labor camp" from time to time. We worked on eco-building projects, permaculture gardening, forest regeneration, orcharding and even road maintenance!

The "winter bubble". Will it ever get its plastic? If it ever did, it would supply a much needed insulation layer to the drafty house, plus a protected outdoor space and kitchen garden for the winter months.

This fence had 2 years worth of weeds growing through it. Here is its shining moment of being rescued.

My favorite part of labor camp: the chickens!! Here is a "chicken dome", a moveable chicken tractor in which the chickens fertilize, till, weed, and provide pest management for the soil. And in return they give you eggs!



This is not actually cement, it's horse manure! That's why Nat and I are smiling. Just kidding about the manure.


Kat was so surprised that it was sunny and warm in New Zealand that she fell over!


Cob oven cob mixing party.


The head gasket in the Valley pickup truck blew, but was effortlessly replaced by Shawn and Christian.


Wing clipping time for the rooster!

And now for the most thrilling valley activity of all ....

ROAD GUTTERS!!!

RAAAR!!!

Even road gutters need to be loved sometimes.

We had to clear these out with tea spoons.