A Week at Ugly Apple Farm
Our main purpose – other than spending time with family – was to build a yurt for Lucy. (Ugly Apple Farm has a Facebook page where you can see more of what is happening on the farm.) Jessica had done the research and much of the calculating so all we needed to do was to help put it together!
We went to two lumber yards and hardware stores to obtain the wood, etc. We then had to work on days that we didn’t have rain! There was measuring, sawing, painting, drilling, hammering, adjusting, and contemplating. We built a platform about 3 feet off the ground. Then set up the wall, attaching a cable around the top. We set the roof on top of the cable leaning in at the top so that it held itself up. It was not easy but it did all go together in the end.
Loading the lumber on to the trailer:
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- Lucy carrying boards
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- putting boards on trailer
Measuring and sawing the boards for the platform:
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- carrying boards
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- measuring
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- marking
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- sawing is too loud
Location and leveling the area for the platform:
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- finding the spot
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- laying cement blocks
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- measuring a square
Interlude:
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- climbing the tree
Building the platform:
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- making the square level
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- contemplating the square
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- carrying boards from upper level to lower level
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- carrying drill and pieces
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- handing screws to grandpa
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- screwing frame
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- enjoying platform
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- finishing platform
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- watching last screw
Measuring, sawing, painting the walls and roof:
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- measuring length
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- sawing
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- planing
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- painting
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- painting
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- painting
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- paint drying
Steps built and decorated:
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- attaching step
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- finished steps
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- decorating steps
Measuring cable
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- learning about tape measure
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- measuring
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- marking spot on cable
Drilling holes for nails and putting pieces together:
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- drilling holes
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- nailing wall pieces
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- helping place pieces
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- helping
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- putting wall together
Standing up the wall:
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- placing cable
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- placing cable
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- trying to get out!
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- enjoying the wall
Putting up the roof:
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- holding the roof
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- attaching roof to cable
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- adjusting roof pieces
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- the top
Cutting the door:
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- placing the door frame
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- attaching frame
Finished product:
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- construction completed
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- looking out
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- looking towards hammock
Jessica will now sew the cover out of heavy weather-proof material. It will even have a fringe around along with a door and two or three windows.
Cutting and fitting the cloth:
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- cutting the cloth
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- testing measurements
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- adjusting the piece