Troutbeck, Zimbabwe!
Building a real log cabin – 18 months on
As with all good building projects progress takes time! We are now ‘semi-finished’. The building work is long since complete. Fit-out of the interior is just about there (room partitions, doorways, wall lining, stairs, built in beds and storage, bathrooms, toilet cubicles, showers, and more). Plumbing….mmm tough one but it’s coming. … Continue reading
Free ranging the female pigs
Just out side the extensive pen we built last year out of thin logs.
Skidding hardwood logs by hand
There is a new hydro scheme planned on the Gairezi river and they have just cut the transect for the route of the pylons. Being Nyanga this includes cutting down two of the three invasive tree species – Pine and Wattle (the third is Eucalyptus). Here we are skidding logs onto the trailer: … Continue reading
Eastern Highlander 