This time of year each night gets darker and colder and the frost seeps deeper into the earth. In a few short weeks the ground will be clamped solid four feet down. I can’t wait.
In the meantime, I worry. November was wet, very wet, we nearly set a record for rain. Walking in my yard was like walking on a gigantic sponge. You could dig for clams in my yard, it was so wet. When the ground is this saturated, it has no strength, no holding power; the trees of my forest just stand there–floating more or less. And November means wind; usually the first big blows (50 mph+) of the year. And that means that I worry about the treehouse. Soggy ground, huge tree floating, enormous treehouse to catch the wind–a recipe for apprehension.
I hope it goes below zero and stays there for a week.
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December 4, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Jeff
I often think of the Tree House when the wind really blows. What if you open up all the windows & doors when the wind is really blowing? Think it would help?
And, don’t get curtains. What are curtains for, dress up windows? Sp people can’t see out?
December 4, 2006 at 4:21 pm
treehouseguy
Opening all the windows would let some air pass through the treehouse (reducing the overall sideways force on the tree, which is a good thing), but I would have to figure out some way to fix the windows in their open position. Otherwise, the wind would just batter the windows to death and blow all the glass out. I’ll leave them closed.
In a random poll I took recently (i.e. a poll of those people I knew would agree with me), the resounding answer to the question of whether or not to have curtains in the treehouse was a resounding “NO.” It may be a guy thing.