Yay! I actually got up to the cabin site and started work again. The ground was a bit wet still, but the trusty jeep made it (with a little help from the winch).

The first thing I did was remove all of the stickered rough-cut dimensional lumber that I stored in the cabin all winter. I took that back to the workshop to rip into rough-cut 2x4s for the exterior frame. I might have just enough rough-cut wood that I can avoid buying any 2x4s for the exterior frame!

A little aside: so much of this project has involved moving wood around. Moving it from one pile to another. Sorting timbers and lumber. Hauling it here and there. It always takes so much time. I never would have guessed the building something like this involved so much banal wood moving. This little project would make a good study in embodied energy.

I removed the 1/2" plywood temporary floor, exposing the 2x8 joists, and letting a nice breeze and a little light in from under the cabin:








Here is a closeup of my "hybrid" joist system: a mortise/tenon + metal joist hanger. I think it worked out well.



As seen below, I started screwing my 2x2 rough-cut furring strips to the bottom of every joist. This goes relatively quickly:



I laid my OSB panels on top of the furring strips and screwed them down. As with many parts of this project, I pre-cut the OSB strips in my workshop based on my SketchUp CAD drawings. The panels fit like a glove, yet the extra-wide strips give me some room for error if I need it.



I got about halfway done before my battery-powered drill/screwdriver died:



I am going to fill any cracks between panels and joists with an expanding insulating foam to help keep out drafts and bugs. Then, I will lay the UltraTouch insulation batts down between the joists. I will cover this with a 1/2" plywood "subfloor", vapor barrier, and then my gorgeous goat floor!