Day 3 Progress

Just when we thought the weather would get better it didn't! Today would have been a typical Auckland day, with 4 seasons in the few hours we were building today. The rain and wind didn't make things easy but at least it helped us test the green house against the ever changing Auckland weather and it seems like it did well. Sadly, we did not finish the green house today. With all 4 walls put up and everything else done, all there is left to do is put the roof up. Another slight change in the plan today. We decided to change the design of the roof as we did not have enough stilts to cover the whole roof. Initially, we decided to put plastic bottle stilts (just like the walls) on the roof but we realized there was not enough stilts for us to do that, so we changed our plan and decided to use milk bottles. We would cut the milk bottles in half and attach them together to create tiles that would cover the roof without using as many stilts as the original plan. The roof is all there is left to do for the main green house. Other things such as signboards and planters etc will be sorted out later on in the term.

Behind the scenes where the tedious work gets done. The team cutting bottles and putting them onto stilts. 

Half the roof done with the chicken wire.
Skies were blue and the sun was shining but it started pouring moments after the photo was taken.

Didar finishing off the last wall.

Brian nailing the very last stilt onto the wall.

Last nail of the wall, moments before the hammer missed the nail and got Brian's finger.

Mathew, Sabeeha and Didar trying to form the milk bottle tiles.

At this stage, we still haven't decided which day we will meet up and complete the building as the team has already been working on this project for 3 days in a row. As you may know, the students are in their senior year and have other commitments to attend to. Despite this, we will definitely finish this in the near future. We are sure that the team is as excited for the completion as you are so stay tuned for updates! For inquiries, email forthefutureac@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,
For the Future.