Back to the Base-ics

Progress continues at the farm. This weekend we received the necessary bricks to begin working on the floor of the pavilion. Beginning a bit on monday and finishing up today, we were able to complete the floor. The interesting thing about this process was that we did not have to install any draining systems into it. The contractor, Dwayne, intentionally purchased what are called "semi-permeable" bricks, meaning they do the job of a drain without the complex draining apparatus. The way it works, he described, is that the water is able to seep through the gaps in between each brick, and then down into the layer of sand and dirt that we had previously laid down. In this way, even if water gets into the pavilion, it will drain evenly throughout the structure without the need for drains or piping underneath the floor itself. It looks great and the structure is really getting close!