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 for brick press

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 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