Category Archives: House

Archives and House stuff

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

So greenspree.ca has moved to a new tumblr account home and all the old posts are located here.  In moving the content a lot of the photo links will be broken and the categories were all deleted.  I have gone … Continue reading →

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Chest Fridge Update

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

So after living in the strawbale home for a year and a half I realized that I never posted the results of one of themost talked about and controversial aspects of our plans, the chest fridge! From chest fridge Here … Continue reading →

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Shingled walls

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Over the course of the summer we decided to do a rain screen over top of our stuccoed straw bale walls. It took us a little longer than we had hoped and it was more work than we anticipated but … Continue reading →

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The Backyard

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Our yard has been a bit of a dilemma for us these past few years.  Our land is 2.6 acres and mowing the whole thing was never an option although the first year we mowed about 2/3′s of it.  This … Continue reading →

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Forestry, gardens and house work

Posted on May 17, 2010 by

This past April I spent a week in the woods at MacPhail Woods taking a university course, Environmental Studies 209 – Ecological Forestry, learning about forest ecology, sustainable forestry practices, forest restoration and the Acadien Forests. It was an amazing … Continue reading →

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Short Shire Film

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Our friends from NY Stephanie and Daniel visited us last summer at the house and Stephanie, a filmmaker, made a short film about it.  I love the fast forward action on Izmo, these days she’s looks like that in real … Continue reading →

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Straw Bale Home Building Primer

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

So you want to build your own straw bale home.  You’ve seen them in green home building books and on TV shows, you saw green home builders wax poetic about their homes low impact on the environment and connection to … Continue reading →

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The last few months on the house!

Posted on October 21, 2009 by

Finally I have gotten round to getting some photos uploaded! We are officially moved in, the mortgage has been completed, and we are “done”, although I don’t think the work will ever stop! There’s some niggly trim work to complete, … Continue reading →

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House Progress

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

It’s been a long time since I did an update on the house. No, we are not moved in yet. No, I don’t know when we will be moving in. But I hope very soon. The electrical work is 99.99% … Continue reading →

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Stairs

Posted on May 12, 2009 by

We finally have stairs!  The weekend before last we put in the stairs that have been laying in pieces in our kitchen for about a year!  We still need to build handrails and re-sand and finish them after being exposed … Continue reading →

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