Flying Dirt

2/19/07 - 2nd Day - After Breakfast. At long last! We began covering the root cellar with dirt yesterday. We sealed the roof with tar before the Sabbath, and yesterday we covered the roof with rolled roofing. Then we covered it with 6 mil plastic. Then we covered it with a huge tarp. Then we began covering it with dirt. It will likely take us several days to get enough dirt on it, but we have gotten started. We also got the upper door put on (that part isn't finished yet, but we're under way). So, after almost a year of work, our hand-dug root cellar is nearing completion. I will still have to build all the shelves down there, and begin moving our storage foods and some other supplies down there, but I am excited to announce that... the end is near. Here are a few pics from yesterday:



Here Robert helps by throwing dirt on the roof of the root cellar.



This pic is from standing on the root cellar, looking down at the top door.


Here you can see the root cellar (solar trailer is in the foreground) being covered in dirt. Back where Tracy is walking by you can see the main entrance.

Hope all is well with you all,

Michael Bunker