The One Tree is no more
That’s because we‘ve just planted another 118 trees to join our single eucalyptus!! And at the end of the weekend, standing on our soon...
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the1treefarm
Mar 21, 20211 min
And in the blink of an eye, the house was gone
Not our house, thankfully. But that was the message I saw this afternoon after asking our architect/builder for an update. As I said, the...
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the1treefarm
Mar 21, 20214 min
A grass roots story
As the house makes good progress attention turns to getting the land ready. We’re coming to the peak of hot season when daily...
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the1treefarm
Mar 16, 20211 min
A sabotaged post
Argh! You know that thing where you write a blog post and then the site crashes and manages not to save your story? It was a piece about...
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the1treefarm
Mar 12, 20211 min
Would you call it a balcony?
Strictly speaking our outside area isn’t a balcony is it, as that would mean it should be enclosed by a wall or railings, and typically...
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the1treefarm
Mar 10, 20212 min
Raising the roof
Catching up with some photos from the weekend, so expecting another update by the end of the week with more work done on the roof....
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the1treefarm
Mar 2, 20211 min
We’ve been framed
After a wee break and switch of teams work started again on the house. If you’ve been keeping up with the project schedule, and I’ll be...
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the1treefarm
Feb 26, 20213 min
Reading room
Google has all the answers, we are told, and we've been able to learn a ton of stuff online. But we've also turned to books for deeper...
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the1treefarm
Feb 24, 20214 min
How does your garden grow?
As the house build moves on to the steel structure for the roof, attention now turns to our land. And the question may not be how does...
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the1treefarm
Feb 16, 20211 min
Solid foundations
We are making progress. Had a little communication issue this week and this is not quite looking how we expected, but I guess...
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the1treefarm
Feb 14, 20212 min
Naming The One Tree Farm
Giving names can be a tough job. When you name people it identifies them for life. It must carry a huge amount of responsibility. But...
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the1treefarm
Feb 10, 20211 min
Building momentum
Been busy recently so haven‘t has much time to post, and also in the process of writing a couple of stories that need a little more...
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the1treefarm
Feb 2, 20212 min
Moving on up
As another day dawns work continues on the house, and good progress is being made. It's a little frustrating not being on the site, but...
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the1treefarm
Jan 24, 20213 min
January...
It's been a whirlwind start to the year for us and we're really pleased about the progress made so far. We have an extremely long list of...
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the1treefarm
Jan 19, 20211 min
Digging these skills
Skill level: Expert Task: get a digger onto a truck without using a ramp Warning: do not try this at home (pretty sure this warning is...
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the1treefarm
Jan 15, 20212 min
We’ve got the power
Supplying water and electricity to a house in a field
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the1treefarm
Jan 13, 20211 min
You're moving where???
This morning we're getting ready to make our trip to the country, the site of our future home. Now I guess you may be wondering where...
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the1treefarm
Jan 7, 20211 min
Our house, in the middle of a field
Been waiting on these and they’ve just arrived. One week until the building begins. Getting excited. Travel restrictions permitting we...
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the1treefarm
Jan 5, 20213 min
Budgets are meant to be broken
Did I tell you we had a budget? We're going back to talk about the final house design today and the first thing we found out was kind of...
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the1treefarm
Jan 1, 20213 min
2021 - Land of opportunity
As it's the 1st of January, and the start of a pretty big year for us, it feels like the right time to look back at what got us to this...
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