After about two weeks, the rams were moved out and we went to check on the hut. Damage was pretty minor. The sheep had poked holes in the bottom in several places, but other than that, everything was fine. We completed the hut finally, finishing the part that we didn't have time to do. It is now officially done, everything else we have to do is improvements and repairs. After completing it, the holes were repaired and some areas got extra mud. Then we covered it in leaves for insulation and to cover up all the little tiny holes that were too hard to repair with mud. Our next project is to make a door/covering for the entrance. We're having some trouble thinking up a good design. Also in the plans is a stone pathway from the hut to the bridge. The only problem is, we don't have enough stones. A small shelter for keeping wood dry is also being built. Several other projects that we are thinking about are baskets, new hut (next year), wood ash concrete, and bricks. New Fire Pit....
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This past Thursday we went out to the pasture in the afternoon and worked on the hut for over three hours. We tried really hard to get it completed, but sadly, we did not. The sheep were moved out into the pasture that evening. Actually, half of them had already escaped from their other pen, so when they were moved into the big pasture pen, we were still down in the woods. We had to evacuate quickly.
It was pretty close to be done, we only had to finish covering a very small section with grass and mud and then put bark over the the parts we had mudded over. Since the sheep are in there (the rams are in with the ewes, that's why we can't go out there) we can't play with our hut or finish it for at least two weeks. It's a good thing that we finished the mud, because it will probably be too cold in two weeks. Hopefully the sheep don't try to walk on the hut or something. They're are probably living in, making it all messy. We had meant to barricade the doors, but since we had to leave in a hurry, we couldn't. Note: In the video, the unfinished side was worked on more before we had to leave, so it is more closed in than the video shows. Also, the small triangular opening is a dog door and the opening in the roof is a window. |