Roof mainly

Another day of progress and sunshine today; let's get stuck in to the details.

We have water to the upstairs toilet

The fog burning off, but still in the valley

Reaching his tools

Making sure the chainsaw is really clean

I found out this morning that the water supply was already in to the bathroom for the new toilet; this had been completed yesterday. Awesome. It was a really foggy and cool start to the day however it quickly burned off into a gorgeous sunny day. The main task of the day was the roof over the porch and all three of the men got stuck in to this task. Halil and Bekir took the chainsaw apart to clean it as it was filthy and starting to run rough and then they worked together on shaping some beams while Sally prepared the tops of the walls. I suggested that they use the table saw to do this shaping (thanks, SandS for letting me borrow that!) however Bekir made the point that the beam wasn't totally straight so that wasn't suitable - makes sense and so they got stuck in with the awesome hammer/axe tool that everyone uses a lot over here.

Rosie helping mummy plant out seedlings

This weed mess is the hugelkultur

I cleared a small patch for spuds

A flower has appeared on our strawberry plant

We were outside as well, A going out early to start digging over another raised bed and I joined her a little later and attacked the really overgrown hugelkultur with first a fork and then the hoe and that worked much better. It didn't take long to clear this and I'll get stuck in to the rest later - it was time for Rosie to have her milk by this time. Our strawberries have begun to flower now so we'll need to think about bird netting over that bed so we actually get some crops.

Bekir positioning the first beam

Measuring and ready to cut

More beams go in place

Sally bricking up the sides

End of the day state

The main task of the day progressed well; Bekir and Sally and Halil worked well together cutting, trimming and hammering into place all the beams that were required for the frame of the roof and this was completed before lunch. After lunch I went into town with Bekir on another failed attempt to find a fitting to complete the installation of the toilets and while we were out Sally and Halil bricked up the sides and started on the front of the eaves below the roof line. This will make the structure more wind and weather proof, which is great. I was considering putting small windows in the angled sides but decided against it today.

Awesome old spray machine

Weed killing the chemical way

A channel... to nowhere, maybe?

Bekir had brought some roundup (which I hate, but yeah) yesterday to put on the brambles that are so persistent and today he brought his pump which is an amazing antique but seems to work fine. He sprayed all the areas we asked him to and tomorrow will finish off and hopefully this will make the front lawn safer for Rosie in the coming years. I'm still not very happy about spraying, however. Bekir also continued cutting the channel for the pipe however he's done it in a very strange direction - unfortunately while this was happening I was in bed with a headache brought on by the storm that was building all afternoon; this storm dissipated however the headache meant I didn't catch this work being done so I'll have to find out tomorrow just exactly where he thinks this pipe is going to go from here!

Streamers blowing in the wind

A beautiful little plant I spotted

The weather cleared, and my head with it, which is good. I took Rosie onto the top bank for a bit while A was cooking and we took streamers from my birthday popper thing which she really enjoyed watching blowing in the wind. Then we sat together on the bench at the top where I saw this beautiful little plant and took a while getting a clear photograph. Identification is welcomed!

So there you are; time to wrap this up and get on with the rest of my evening. Thanks for reading and don't forget to subscribe if you want to know when I publish.