August Update

August was construction month. Local builders came in to upgrade the downstairs kitchen and build a second grey water tank. 

The main work in the kitchen was to demolish two walls, insulate, rebuild and  tile. Frances did a great job repainting the walls, thank you! 

The second and smaller grey water tank is connected to both the upstairs and downstairs kitchens, so now all the water in the house is reused. It is split into two sections. The first to catch bits of food and oils in the straw, then the water is sent through a layer of sand, gravel and rocks, before entering the bigger tank where it is filtered through soil, then more sand, gravel and rocks. ​