Structolite, structolite, structolite...am sooo OVER structolite. Claire and I finished plastered the bottom half of the bathroom wall and the rest of the planter wall a couple weekends ago. Am preparing to put plants in the gray water planter. Banana, rose, hibiscus, grape, jade, assorted cactus and a bunch of begonias. Need to get more starts. Have been working on exterior plaster as well. VERY HOT lately and I have to take a break after each load and put a frozen washcloth on my neck, eat shrimp cockail or have an iced coffee...hey, not too miserable...far cry from the days of warmish beer and tuna helper!!
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Hi Kirsten,
Enjoyed meeting you yesterday. Thank you for sharing your "home in progress" and your hard earned insights and experiences. It looks great! Very unique. What an adventure!
Here's a link to a friend of mine's nearly completed earthship near Canon City, Colorado and some shots of land I own near Westcliffe, Colorado where I intend to embark on my own adventure:
http://cloud.prohosting.com/mtnclmbr/EarthShipColorado/E/
This is the "tree house" I now live in in Manitou Springs, Colorado:
http://eternalfrontier.blogspot.com/2006/04/626-ruxton.html
Steve
Kirst, beautiful work! Thank you for sharing.
While I know you said you are over Structolite, I'm taking a chance writing in as it's been awhile....perhaps you can face the thought of it again. I'm wondering whether you have any tips on mixing. We've been using Structolite at the home we're renovating. We've mixed batch after batch by hand, in a cement mixing bin. Of late, we've been mixing what seemed to be a fine batch consistency-wise, only to have it begin to solidify and become unworkable within about two minutes of picking up the trowel. Have you experienced this? Sometimes the results vary between perfect batch and immediately solidified batch within the same bag, back to back. While I feel like my mixing method is consistent, it seems this can only point to user error or black magic. If you have had this experience, or know what I'm doing wrong, I would surely appreciate any input you may have! Enjoy Summer, Mardi
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