Trish and I are still hiding out in the West Indies, waiting for spring to arrive in Floyd, but progress continues. This past week the guys put together another octagon timberframe for the second floor of the “minor tower”. This one, because it is a bit bigger than the ones below, and because the driveway is extremely muddy, had to be put together on site.
Starting Assembly
Finished Assembly
This section is all walnut, cut partly from Crooked River Farm, and partly from neighboring farms. All sustainably harvested, and all produced with local craftsman. Should be really cool once it’s finished.
In place
From below, the timberframe casts quite an interesting profile on the sky
From Below
Crooked River Farm 
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March 29, 2010 at 7:36 am
Jason Rutledge
The walnut in this section is all DRAFTWOOD, horse logged forest products from restorative styled forestry. The Cherry section is the same sourcing.
Most came from the Crooked River forest the rest from the local community through the same methods. Can’t wait for it to be complete. Lots of work yet to do. Fantastic project, wonderful one of a kind structure.