The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More by Abigail Gehring

Author:Abigail Gehring
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Remodeling & Renovation, EBC Converted, gardening, Caretaking & Organizing, Reference, Garden Design, Herbs, Cleaning, Design & Construction, Organic, Small Spaces, House & Home, Sustainable Living, Techniques
ISBN: 9781629143668
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-05-25T20:31:53+00:00

into another log on the edge of the streambed or even into stone to make it more permanent.

After you have the two base logs secured, find some sticks that are long enough (and relatively thick) to lay across the tops of the two logs. Or, if you have extra plywood or other boards, those can be used as well. Just make sure to place the sticks or boards fairly close to one another, leaving only little gaps between them. Then, once all the sticks have been laid down, secure these by tying twine or rope to them and the base logs.

If you’d like your bridge to last a little longer, you can pave it with clay or fine cement. Using a shovel, coat the bridge with the clay or cement until it’s about 2 inches thick. Then shovel dirt onto the clay mixture, packing it down all over, and make the bridge as thick as you like. However, for just a simple bridge across a narrow stream or creek, the wooden sticks or boards will work just fine and won’t require as much time and energy.

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