East pergola with Laserlight partial roof and grape vines providing summer shade. Firewood stack (enough for 4 months cooking and hot water) protected from rain and easily accessible via greenhouse doorway (right). Small gas bottle adequate for 12 months use of back up cooktop External flue pipe of slo combustion stove between windows. Herbs and other plants in garden bed retained by stone wall atop natural rock reef (left). Closable vent to underfloor crawl space in concrete block sub wall below mudbrick. |