I have finished the decking surrounding the new and improved 6ft. fire-pit. This will allow me to feed burner pallets directly into the fire instead of having to break them down first. Builder pallets of course must be harvested for their quality building material. Nothing says off-grid like a massive fire-pit with a comfy surrounding area for access and leisure. The fire-pit was christened under the full moon with 6-8 ft flames. I look forward to the weekend and my return from city to country. Life in Raleigh is getting overpopulated and chaotic. Life in the country...divine.

Adding to the functionality of my little tiny sCRAP house by adding some shelves. Having stayed in the house for a year now I also decided to take some pictures to tour the place to give you an idea of how the mini home flows. I also began to build a small containment box for the Titan 1000 solar kit that provides our site with power. Given that, in winter, we have here in NC lots of cloudy weeks the solar kit isn't sufficient during long cloudy periods so it is time to get the almost thirty year old generator up and running. In order to do that I had to remove and clean the carburetor. Both the choke and the throttle had seized up with some residue before Dad passed it on down to me.

Still digging and prepping for the biogas support platform to go in. Unrolled all the scrap flooring I had available over the second greenhouse plot to ensure no more battles with incessant weed growth. Next week will have to put some more work into the house as the fire compromised some of the structural elements of the Western wall, of course.

Spray foam can explosion for independence day, work on the rain barrel water tower manifold, clearing of some of our field and addition to the compost pile and some additional fun in pursuit of independence. Happy Independence day!