Awhi farm : Construction : iWindshield

After two weeks intensive building here at the farm, I could sink a nail with three hits, measure and cut lengths of timber accurately, and I can rip a three meter board by hand.


It's amazing what one can find when digging around in what we call the 'industrial area', where most of the construction material we use on the farm are stored.

My first creation was this rack for ripening tomatoes. I found an old bike rack and we tipped moved it into position and tipped it over. Note the warning flag made out of some old insulation.
There has been a number of bad frosts biting into all the crops recently, so all bodies were bent to the task of harvesting anything that was suffering badly. Unfortunately the Basil was beyond saving.
The red tomatoes have been bottled. The almost ripe tomatoes have been laid out in this rack, and the green tomatoes are destined to be processed into chutney.

I then took on the task of construction a windbreak for the gas hobs in the camp kitchen. I was aiming for something that didn't take up much room and didn't dominate the space, hence the use of transparent plastic sheets.



The screws were recycled from the strip down we did, of the prisoner sheds and had strange heads that required an equally novel drill bit.

The plastic was very different to work with then the wood and I snapped a few corners trying to drill therough it. Ended up drilling pilot holes for every screw.

Note the minimalist design and tension of the surfaces (ha ha) I'm calling it the iWindbreak.