Ellena log

Wed Jul 16, 2014

Arrive at the farm!

Thurs Jul 17, 2014

Build shelves in the old workshop to organize into an outdoor kitchen space. Assist with hydraulic tubing, installing quick couplers on tubes for CEB

Fri Jul 18, 2014

hydraulic tubing for brick press. assisted with installation of the shaker, and the grate. Pressed 2 bricks! -the soil was too wet.

worked on publicity for microhouse workshop, reaching out to several colleges and universities in Missouri

Mon Jul 21, 2014

morning:

removed hopper, grate, and shaker from CEB press in order to manually produce bricks. conducted several soil tests on piles 1,2,3 of soil. pressed several bricks manually, and recorded data on brick uniformity

afternoon

assisted with installing metal siding of pool

Tues Jul 22, 2014

finished pool-

CEB press

Wed Jul 23, 2014

morning:

cleaned out old workshop space for outdoor kitchen

afternoon pressed bricks with different measured quantities of dirt, sand, and cement recorded data

Thurs Jul 24, 2014

built a second picnic table!

pressed bricks with varying quantities of dirt,sand, and cement to test different proportions for stabilization