Category: A Daily Tree

This tree is in a treehouse. It’s my young coast redwood tree (sequoia sempervirens) planted in a bucket.

Meanwhile, here is my garden’s entire seasonal production of potatoes, with a few late carrots included.

[daily log: walking, 3km; retailing, 6hr]

This tree oversaw the attachment of the first of the south-side roof panels on the treehouse. I’ve now completed 6 out of 10 roof panels.

Here is a nice view of treehouse from down on the beach – I’m standing right at the high-tide line, looking up. I’ve put plastic over the north-side windows to help actually rain-proof the interior, somewhat.

[daily log: walking, 3km; banging and lifting, 5hr]

This tree saw me working hard, very high up, attaching more roof panels to enclose it. Now it and its younger sibling is growing up through holes in the floor and ceiling of the treehouse.

Here is an expanse of roof: I’ve now attached 4.5 out 10 panels. I count as half a panel the one I had to cut for the tree – I’ll get the upslope portion of that panel later.

Here is a not-very-good view up the north eaves, now complete.

[daily log: walking, 2km; lifting and attaching things, 6hr]

This tree was present as I attached my first roof panel (1st of 10) to my treehouse.

I got a view of the roof panel from above – yes, I was very high up, standing on my temporary scaffolding.

Here’s another view of the roof panel.

A lot of my work in the treehouse feels like a kind of live-action tetris game – I spend a lot of time rearranging building materials in limited space as I try to work around it, and with the rafters and cross-braces in place, it’s hard to get large pieces of things moved – I have to solve a puzzle each time I want to move a large piece around, as the space is littered with obstacles.

[daily log: walking, 2km; lifting and attaching, 5hr]

This tree was there when I completed my rafters for my treehouse.

Here is a view from down below.

Next for the treehouse, I want to put in small stretches of exterior wall covering above the windows, before adding the roofing material.

[daily log: walking, 2.5km]

This tree was near some water.

I worked on the treehouse a lot today. But it was small things, and in the end the only visible change was the addition of a 4th rafter, and a sort of temporary scaffolding to enable me to more easily reach the top of the south wall. It was a hard day with a lot of reversals and frustrations and acrophobic delights.

[daily log: walking, 1.5km; banging and lifting, 6hr]

This tree saw me finally finish my wall sections (10 of 10!) on my treehouse over the last two days.

Here is an inside view of the south wall.

I realized I need to buy more brackets before I can proceed to more work on the rafters.

[daily log: walking, 2.5km]