San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part IX by Eric Fitts, Director The final course of block before the slab gets poured is in place, corrugated metal has been installed over the composting toilet bins and root cellar for the slab to pour over top of them, and forms have been placed and … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part IX
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part VIII The San Damiano Center foundation project is hitting the home stretch. Solak Builders has added more labor onto the project, which has sped progress. Thanks to Eric, Travis, Josh and Nathan, who have been on site essentially since the beginning and to Zach, Joe, Mark, … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part VIII
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part VII The final footer has been poured (supervised by 5-year-old Isaiah), courses of block continue on up, footer drains complete, root cellar deepens, openings into composting toilet bins and root cellar get their lintels, volunteers pour concrete into retaining walls. Soon, we will be ready for … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part VII
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part VI The Caretakers carved out some time in the midst of spring group season to lend a hand on the foundation work: filling retaining walls with concrete mix (watch out for that dust!) and laying the block walls to separate the compost bins beneath the composting … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part VI
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part V The crew from Solak Builders, Travis, Eric, Josh, and Nathan, has been hard at work this week. The foundations for the chicken coop/livestock shed and Outdoor Sustainability Education Area continue to take shape. The retaining wall continues on up, as the root cellar deepens, and … Continue reading San Damiano Center for Sustainability: foundation in progress, Part V
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part IV The foundation for the Outdoor Sustainability Education Area begins to take shape. Footer drains continue as the footers step up the hill. Life goes on at the Farm as firewood is split and stacked for next winter. https://bethlehemfarm.net/rebuild-my-church-capital-campaign
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part III Cinder block foundation walls continue to rise as the shed foundation on the right for the laying hens begins to take shape. https://bethlehemfarm.net/rebuild-my-church-capital-campaign
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress, Part II Cinder block foundation walls rise up and begin to define the root cellar and compost toilet bins.More footer is dug, prepped, and poured. https://bethlehemfarm.net/rebuild-my-church-capital-campaign
San Damiano Center for Sustainability: Foundation in Progress First footers laid out, dug, prepped, and poured.First foundation drains placed.First few courses of block laid. https://bethlehemfarm.net/rebuild-my-church-capital-campaign
San Damiano Groundbreaking!!! Man vs. machine!Site prepared and we are beginning to dig the footers Want to pitch in to help us complete the project?https://bethlehemfarm.net/capital-campaign Or learn more about the plans here:https://bethlehemfarm.net/learn-more-about-the-rebuild-my-church-capital-campaign