Too hot outside, so tackled some work in the kitchen.
The wall where we tore out a rotten old shelf looked ugly. The logs are in reasonable shape for their age but the limewash was due for renewal about half a century ago, mostly flaked off and mixed with a few spills.
There were also gaps where the logs had shrunken from drying.
Last winter we gathered some sphagnum moss in the forest and dried it in the sauna.
Great material, as evidenced by the original moss still being intact after 90 years. Nature's spray foam, minus the cancer.
I used a piece of scrap metal to push it in, which worked well, bit like caulking a wooden boat, although it took the entire bag of moss as it compresses a lot.
#Homestead #DIY #Renovation #LogHouse #Moss #Repair #Limewash
