PHOTOS Summer 2007 New Bark Lodges

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TULIP POPLAR BARK COVERED LODGES AT WILDROOTS
For more information on the bark-lodge method, check out the essential book, "Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills" by the Society for Primitive Technology, ed. David Wecott OR, the equally essential "Practicing Primitive" by bark lodge neo-pioneer Steven M. Watts

The second bark lodge at Wildroots was built in 2006, as a wigwam (dome-shaped).		The third bark lodge is also a wigwam.
Twine and strings were later replaced by rawhide lashing.		Lashing is cut from a piece of wet raw deerhide.
Saplings are fastened onto the exterior to hold the bark against the frame.		A site is cleared on a hillside for our 4th bark lodge.
The 4th bark lodge is more of a "longhouse" style, like our original structure (on the front page).		The bark is laid on the roof in a dome shape, with vertical walls of bark, and a domed entryway
The near completed bark longhouse.		A new shelter for two folks and two dogs.

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