Shae’s Earthbag Bedroom
Episode 3
Pressure Washer Digging
Not only did it rain but we devised an interesting way to break up the tough ground. One of us suggested using a pressure washer to cut the ground into sections that break apart easily! After the solution, the digging was much easier. Check out the video to witness other things like Mom's awesome sewing skills. Please enjoy!
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Shae aka Winter_Apple
July 14, 2017
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the ground is too hard previously we were stalled on the ground breaking of Shae's earthbag bedroom due to the lack of rain [music] [thunder] the monsoon season has begun it was quite spectacular so much lightning it's time to get those shovels out and dig my friends Esther, Deborah and Grace came over for the first day and helped me dig a little bit there [music] the rain only got only so much but we didn't do a lot of work but at least that made it quick looks fabulous looks good guys we got a really good start it's suppose to rain again today thank you guys [music] we're making poles for our acoustic panels that were making we found some Yucca branches or whatever you call those like flower branches from the yucca trees and now we are skinning them give them a little bit of sandpaper we recently got a few comments linking us to a guy who put together some acoustic panels using towels and several people commented that we should check that out which we did and we just love the idea we want to make some of these panels for our new recording studio downstairs in the Mus-Art studio so went ahead and built them Bree, you came up with your own design this time I've done something inspired by the design hey're a little smaller because the skinnier something is the better it fits on a round wall this is going lay over the top like this I had this idea of having it two toned because we weren't doing a box frame we're trying to figure out unique ways to be able to pin both the towels together and also put it up on the walls why don't we just put two sticks together and tie it because we needed weight on the bottom and something to hold it up need to notch that one there with wire on the side kind of a hopefully, unique design Do you think that's good enough? yeah do something different and use some of the things around the property too which is Yucca yeah we use all of our towels at home so instead we purchased some and we found some for $2.50 at the store so it was a really cheap build we did a little sewing up top here along the seam of these here so it keeps it looking clean and nice and a little sharper I'm really happy with the outcome of them I think that they're fun the wall decorations and they're actually we put them up in the sound studio here they're behind us you can kind of see this one hanging down a little bit here It adds a little splash of colors to the room amazing what some bathroom towels will do [laughter] so they ended up being about $5.00 dollars a panel we have a behind the podcast on that yellow wall I like them so much I'm probably going to take them back and make another set of them maybe we can do that yeah we can easily do that [water dripping noises] Our water catchment system got all of our rain barrels full we decided to use that water mom hooked a hose up to one of the barrels and drained the water to soften the ground up alright so now it's really soft and deep lots of the water has soaked in we're able to dig it down to that level we're going down one yardstick three feet that's Shae's order this is going to be the one circle is going to be three foot lower than the other circle how's it going guys? it's going beautiful the dogs we're helping they gave up? but they gave up the dogs were such a ginormous help they move dirt and move sticks they did loosen up the dirt if they were able to actually get the dirt out of the hole that would be a lot more productive rather than just moving it from one place to another you know she has a point at least it's the... the... thought that counts? um hum he's watching you dig and he goes I can do that so he starts digging kind of cute is pretty amazing [music] getting deep that's the root of our problems right there "Rootpurd" [chuckles] right there it stops like that's it. It's dry Made it to level Woo! look at Bullet Good boy Bullet. Dig, dig for celebration! If everyone does the same amount of work it's going to take two days to complete work, work work, work [music] In the studio we still were lacking curtains and I've been putting it off but I decided this week that it's time to get those curtains done I got a really nice sewing machine sometimes she'll use it every 10 minutes it's been Shae, I broke the needle can you replace it for me so I'll go in and I change it for her look what she makes do then she'll buy me a new package of needles and you know it is because of that very thing as to why I was putting off making the curtains my friend Margie came over and she gave me all kinds of sewing tips and I must say she's only broke one needle since the session she showed me how you work with the machine and if it starts to make a little noise you don't push on the thing further which is what I do it's like - oh it's hard so I push harder to go through that's not what you do you stop those little tips it made sewing... it was really a lot of fun we took those curtains and we put a blanket on the back to make them weatherproof and that works really good for keeping the heat and the cool out I did two burlap windows that blanket kind of shows through and then we'll do the valances the opposite We had some other curtain material that matched so we did those 0:06:11.880,0:06:13.480 since we put the curtains up it's been keeping the heat out really nicely so it's cooler in the room and private for you too that's been her temporary room until we can get... when the door curtains are up then it will feel private yeah and that's the next thing I'm working right now a long Yucca pole and I already have some curtains Garen is going to put together a bracket system for that when I was sanding on that long pole here came bullet he saw me working and he wants to get in there he's chewing off the end which is perfect as I had to cut that end off he was awful cute helping out [music] we decide to use the pressure washer to cut the caliche out that's pretty impressive the pressure washer cuts right through it we cut out with the pressure washer then we break out the chunks and it worked surprisingly well [laughter] I'm really bummed about that shovel that was your favorite? yeah it was this wimpy one will have to be my favorite from now on I was getting so dirty with all the mud just shooting back up at me I think it's functional if you don't mind getting dirty I'm going to go put a quick shield on it a shield so you could put it right against the ground, Garen yea It really does good over that caliche I decide to make a quick, little shield for it I have a five gallon bucket lid [music] Garen, I think that you have a dirt beard I'm pretty sure that I have dirt legs too are we going to try it out? Umm Hmmm [music] It worked really good surprisingly amazing Is this whole using water to cut pretty easy? I think so more fun than what they're doing I got to try it now I'll go get shoes on careful because we already broke one shovel yeah we've noticed they're a little brittle [music] just going to get my boots on [music] I would definitely do it again it worked really, really good [music] we really appreciate you being here stay tuned for next time when we get the posts installed it's mom and dad's 25th Anniversary happy Anniversary mom and dad we decided to give them a week off so we won't be having a Weekly Peek next Friday we'll possibly have a Wednesday podcast us kids haven't decided on that yet if you can think of a subject we can do please post down in the comments we'll be back up and running full steam in two weeks stay tuned thank you! [music] please consider supporting us on patreon we put one of these panels together live on the podcast talked and chilled and put together one of these which was a lot of fun to do it's gets to be fun because there's interaction at the same time 0:09:47.560,0:09:48.660 with chat you come in with your comments laughing and joking so it's a lot of fun if you want to see that watch Bree and Bryson and Shae build one check out last Wednesday's podcast link down the description [music] our family moved from the city to the country thanks for taking part in our adventure we have new videos every Friday evening if you would like to help us out you can like this video share it subscribe or support us on patreon see the links in the description just woke up and she has nothing to say I am serious serious about that smudge on your camera right there Where? It's like a stick. Look at it. can you wipe it? it looks like a mud splatter oh it might be Happy Anniversary [robotic voice] [indistinguishable chatter] this is why I married a funny man so I would have funny children for my videos for the bloopers [indistinguishable chatter] that's the last time your are having an anniversary [music]
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We moved from the city to the country in 2005. Since then, we have been building structures, raising livestock and growing some of our own foods. We are crazy about family, nutrition and want the best for our growing family.
