I've been working away on the door throughout the summer. It's a bit difficult because I am having to strip the paint and the surface of the door is uneven. But it's almost done, just need to sand and reassemble, cut, adjust, insert windows, and paint - and when finished, I should have a TARDIS style door ready for my yurt.
Adding to the expenses list are paint scrapers and sandpaper - let's say about $30.
During the last two years, I've accumulated a few sheep fleeces that should be good for felting. I think this is going to need a lot of practice to make large sheets of felt. But I don't mind, any excuse to work with wool.
The thing that really has me down with this project is that I've run out of funds. So I think I'll start selling seeds on my etsy shop. I have some winter vegi seeds ready, like medieval fava beans, and bread poppies. Soon I'll have some Mongolian Giant sunflowers that grow 12 to 15 feet tall. I grew mine this year with zero irrigation, in a nasty drought year. Ground water and dew were all it seemed to need. DEEP roots that grew quickly to draw up moisture and deep nutrients. Huge seeds, not to mention the stems can be dried and used as firewood (I'm also experimenting with them as a textile source). I think, for selling seeds for this project, I want to only use my more resilient seeds, ones that have been selected to grow with minimal external input like water and organic fertilizer.
