http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry may the forest be with you Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:11:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_288" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Stool for our little Toad. A late June Pleurotus?"][/caption] Hello Friends of our Forest. It is a little over a year since we kicked off our Community Supported Forestry Project here at Driftless Farm. Since its inception, we have hosted over 8 workshops, countless ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=287 Yesterday some of the Whole Tree staff was honored to participate in the Home Blessing Ceremony held for the Kara Woods residence which is currently in construction.  Roald, Amelia, Della and Christopher Cooke (who is visiting to do a detailed LCA on whole trees as a part of his graduate ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=280 Nearly the entire Whole Trees crew was on site in Fairfield Iowa last week for the raising of the main timber frame structure at Maharishi University.  The process went amazingly well - the clear weather lasted just about exactly as long as needed (and not a bit more).  The guys ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=263 While we really prefer to work close to home with our construction projects, being a nationally recognized architecture firm does tend to draw us out our immediate vicinity every once in a while.   We go where the work is.  And we've been thrilled to work with Maharishi University of Management ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=252 [caption id="attachment_247" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Elevations for the Karawoods Dwelling, facing South and North"][/caption] Toward a residence in Willard, WI, affectionately titled, "The Karawoods Dwelling", we've selected rafters, beams, and even the white oak for the custom kitchen counter tops. [caption id="attachment_239" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="The "Hag Tree" standing in the woods, 150 years ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=236 [caption id="attachment_225" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Melissa has joined our farm and forest for the season. She will garden our earth, and type us poems.  "Following her on the deer trail, past all the footprints from last week, side by side with the spring, she hopped, and I cautiously stepped to ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=226 [caption id="attachment_210" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A rendering of the Albertson Cottage, prior to the addition of a loft."][/caption] We have been pulling inventory and pre-fabbing structural bents for a 1000 square foot home in Potosi.  The beams, rafters and columns, as well as much of the trim work, will come from our ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=208 [caption id="attachment_187" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Footage from the LAST Driftless Forest party"][/caption] Come Join us to Celebrate Fire!! The Community Supported Forest's first event of 2010... January 29th, from sunset into the night, as the full moon rises. Bring a snack or drink, and a fire trick if you've got one.  We plan on ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=186 [caption id="attachment_194" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="here it is all loaded up and ready to roll away"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_199" align="alignright" width="228" caption="isn't it lovely?"][/caption] One of the many options that our members have to participate in the Community Supported Forest is to take advantage of our beautiful lumber options.  Member Scott Reber is planning ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=183 [caption id="attachment_173" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Here's what the formwork looked like on the previous trip, ready for the concrete grade beam to be poured. We've come such a long way since then!"][/caption] Our intrepid construction crew has been battling the elements to undertake some winter construction recently.  We are building the ... http://wholetreesarchitecture.com/communitysupportedforestry/?p=166