It's started!

I have mentioned before that the first thing we plan to do is to build a shed in the potager. We will then move tools and loads of other junk... er useful things... out of the workshop/utility room in to the shed. We can then concrete the workshop floor and move boxes and furniture from upstairs in to there, finally giving us room upstairs to work so we can demolish some stuff, treat woodwork, get some windows done and insulate.
We have decided to build the shed from hempcrete (called chanvre chaux in French, which is a common insulation material for out houses in France, and sometimes used to build new ones) round a timber frame and on a concrete base. We are thinking perhaps a green living roof although along with most details of the shed this is not decided yet.
The ground where we are going to put the shed is not really flat, it doesn't really show in the picture, but where Doug is sitting is probablu 50cm higher than the corner nearest to the camera. The string shows the proposed edge of the concrete, the shed will be 5cm smaller than that on the outside and about 15cm on the inside.

This is the shed location after half a day removing first the luxurious grass and weeds and then some of the topsoil. So we have started - hurrah! But still plenty more work to go - boo!