Yesterday's heavy rains gave the footbridge its first serious threat since last week's attempt at shoring up the base with fence posts and concrete.

It seems to be holding fine with no shifting or additional erosion.

I'm in the process of researching different designs to hopefully discover a low budget answer to a wider and taller bridge complete with handrails and stability.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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