Today I'm publicly announcing for the first time the upcoming release of book number 14:   POLYFACE DESIGNS.    Another collaborative effort like the just-released BEYOND LABELS, this book presents in living color and beautiful diagrams step-by-step building techniques for a lifetime of Polyface infrastructure.

             My partner in this project is former apprentice Chris Slattery, who came to us from an engineering background.  His gift for capturing design is remarkable and over the next few weeks, one day a week, we'll be featuring a page or two from the book in these posts.  We'll do it on Friday so you have the weekend to enjoy looking at these diagrams.

             Beyond the step-by-step construction techniques, the book contains numerous basic engineering tips that can be adapted to numerous farmstead projects.  Whether you're a hobbyist or a commercial farmer wanting to duplicate some of these tried-and-true designs, this book contains a wealth of practical information.  I did the text, but the design illustrations are all Chris.

             It's nearly 600 pages and a full 8 1/2 X 11 format, so it's hefty and won't be cheap.  This will be a reference book you'll refer to time and again.  In each section I explain the history and goal of how we arrived at the final design.  So for today, here's the first public look inside this upcoming book, available in about 10 weeks.

Enjoy.  And let me know what you think.