2021 at the Quompound
And just like that, 2021 is in the rear view mirror. Did it fly by, or drag on agonizingly? Am I the only one who feels like it's hard to say? An important lesson I've learned recently is the importance of celebrating your wins - even the small ones. Some would say...
Native Turf Restoration: Blue Grama Grass
Learning about the land It's interesting to me to look back over the process we've gone through over the past five years or so. We fell in love with this raw 10-acre parcel and bought it. That was the beginning of a process of discovery - of discovering the nuances...
Cladding the Loft House Exterior
It's been a long time coming: we are finally underway with exterior cladding over the ICF walls of the Loft House at the Quompound! After what seemed like an endless debate of stucco vs Hardie Panel vs other types of cement board siding, vs many different types of...
Quonset Hut #4: Q20 Storage Shed
We now have our fourth hut at the Quompound! Waaay back in the spring of 2019, we got it into our heads that we needed a storage shed. Our Workshop Hut had become fairly crowded with us storing construction materials and such, and we had bought a little golf cart...
Insulating the Loft House
I wanted to post this separately from the HQ hut, because the Loft House is a little bit of a different animal in some ways, versus the Headquarters Hut. For the writeup of the HQ Hut insulation, with pictures, see this post. The Loft House is finally insulated! Read...