Foxfire started out as an essay project at the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in northern Georgia. It evolved into 12 anthologies covering all sorts of folk craft and wisdom. The first one has a short segment on splitting wooden shingles, which jumped to mind when it was clear that the roof needed replacing. I can’t reproduce … More Splitting Oak Shingles the Foxfire Way

The roof of the institute needs to be replaced. The old sawn cedar shingles have reached the end of their use-life. At first glance, wooden shingles might not be the intuitive choice for the ecologically minded, but let’s take a deeper look. The Usual Material The standard roofing material in the US is asphalt shingles. … More The Economic and Ecological Implications of Wooden Shingles