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- So noticed the other day that this hillside here
is actually a big, huge mound of clay.
My thought is, I can make an earth home here.
So ideally, I'll be able
to just pound this into the ground
and dig out lots of soil.
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The shelter I want to make,
it's going to be highly insulated...
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And it's going to be
small enough to heat up easily,
and it's gonna keep me dry.
It goes so slow, but then you stop and look,
and, like, "Wow.
I've gone 2 feet already."
I'm getting that super thick insulation
that's going to keep the heat into my shelter.
I'm calling it an adobe hut.
I know that my shelf is gonna be, like, right about there.
And bed needs to be about that wide.
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Okay, let's do this.
Really think that I wanna try and get enough rafters up
so that I can move my shelter.
All right, see, I got all these X's here.
They're all pointy on the top.
So my idea is to lock these poles in place...
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And that's gonna keep the poles from moving,
and it's gonna give it a round top
so when you lay the tarp,
it's gonna have a round ridge.
And here's my pine rack.
I'm gonna use these to line the wall of my bed
so I'm not, like, bumping against the clay.
Oh, my God. It's actually cushiony.
I think I can go ahead and move in.
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Today, I'm gonna build a retaining wall.
Just a few sticks to run across and some debris.
Check it out.
I just filled in that whole wall.
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Once the rafters are up, put the tarp on,
and I've basically got
little squares of sod that I dug up,
and that's gonna be used for the top of the roof.
That'll stay just like that.
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There you go.
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Sod roof.
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With all the wind and the ripples on the water,
it's frigid cold.
Yeah, it's coming in right through my front wall,
which I have not finished building yet.
I can add more sticks to the outside if I need to.
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The moss is just gonna keep it from falling inside.
I think it's gonna work awesome.
Need to get the back wall of my shelter done
or I am going to struggle.
Heck, it's hailing out.
Frozen rain.
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So I'm gonna get on with building a door.
I'm going to use this excess piece of tarp
and build my door out of it.
Tie this piece on.
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Gonna use my raincoat
to gather in a lot of moss,
and then I can stuff the doorframe
with as much moss as I possibly can.
I have an insulated door.
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Oh, my God, it is pretty heavy.
That's beautiful.
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It's gorgeous. [chuckles]
I have a sod house.
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Mm.
I'm just making these stronger because--
gonna build this clay wall.
Having a wall there is really gonna retain the heat.
Phew.
Now I'm gonna button it all up.
Here we go.
It's snowing.
To be out here in the structure
during a storm and thriving...
[chuckles]
Is a major deal.
This is it.
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