This little building is located in a beautiful ridge top garden at Hillsborough Permaculture in Hillsborough, NC. The design includes a greenhouse for starting plants and storing tools, and a cabin to accommodate an overnight guest and serve as a studio for writing, painting, and refuge.
This project has been an exciting opportunity to utilize many materials directly from the site, which really is my ideal natural building scenario. The foundation is built with beautiful
stone gathered from outcroppings around the property. The very week I began building I was presented with the material for the timberframe, as
a dozen pines fell in an ice storm. The walls are composed of light
straw clay and cob infill, with clay soil coming from the site as well. (The
walls were just being started in this photo). Lumber came from a sawmill 10 miles down the road.
This photo was taken in July, and I've been working on another project
in New York since, but look forward to finishing this building when I return to NC next week, as well
as sharing photos and info about the lovely Strawbale and lime plaster house in
NY.
