Claudio Nirvana

thomas rubino wrote:Hi Claudio;
First I will say, bigger is better when getting your heat into the horizontal pipes.
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I think that leaving as much area open over the manifold as possible is the better choice.
I can not tell how big your transition area is going to be from the photos.
It must be large! It should also (if possible) have a clean out access and an ash collection area.  

Hi Thomas,
thank You so much for your reply and for your explanation, I really appreciated it and you were very helpful in carrying out this beautiful project :-).

I will continue to take photos and document the entire construction of the rocket stove.
Thank you and have a good day :-)

Hi Guys,
we are building our first rocket mass heater, and we need an help for one technical information please.

we would like to know if is better to build an air chamber under the barrel , all around the chimney, connected to the manifold or if it's better to fill the base with clay all the way up to the level of the barrel, and connected to the manifold with only one point for air exit.
Hope it would be clear by these photos and that someone of you could help us.
thank you and have a nice day!

hello everybody!
We are a couple of dreamers who are investing their time, their energy and their lives, in creating a small vegetarian ecovillage in southern Italy.
We are looking for vegetarians / vegans interested in a woofing experience in our small Permaculture center.
You will find us halfway between Bari (30 minutes by car) and Matera (40 minutes by car).  In exchange for 4 hours of your time, we offer an experience in close contact with Nature, the Earth, our small nursery laboratory, the care of fruit trees in the foodforest area, the synergistic vegetable garden, the social life of goats,  sheep, hens, ducks and of course our horse;  a healthy cuisine in harmony with the vegetarian lifestyle and with the goodness of the extra virgin olive oil we produce;  a place where you can sleep and rest in respect of yours and our privacy, and an unlimited amount of beautiful sunsets among the olive trees.
We are also looking for other couples and families (always vegetarian), who want to invest and participate in our vegetarian ecovillage project to be carried out in this land full of energy, beautiful ideas and advantageous prices.

Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/lanticatorre/

Thank you all :-)
Claudio

Alice Griffin wrote:***Trying again and widening the search having found no leads in the UK.. we're open to ANYWHERE in EUROPE!***

Nature-loving, permaculture-inspired, home-educating, woodworking, creative vegan family (two adults, 11-year-old daughter, 2 well-behaved dogs) seeking a way to live in a more natural environment where we can develop our permaculture dreams.

Our plans include yurt-living amidst nature and the creation of a space where we can invite others to enjoy simple-living/yoga/vegan/writing/art and craft retreats.

If you have land that you need caretakers for or want to share, where we could bring our dreams to life, do let us know!!!

Would love to connect with anyone who has any ideas... our thought behind this ad is that if you can't find what you're looking for, perhaps you need to 'put it out there' so someone else can find you!

~ Love the Little Loquat Family ~
www.alicegriffin.co.uk

Hi Alice, I've just sent you an email from Italy
We are looking for people that help us to let our dream comes true. We are two, a woman, 28 years old and a man, 40 years old, we live with many animals, we are vegan, so we love and respect them so much!
We love permaculture and we made sinergic garden all the time.
We have not child, but we want so much to realize in our place a green school, a place where kids can learn in the nature, from their parents and from us and from all the peole that have something beautiful to teach.

I hope to hear from you soon :-)

Hi Fabio,
welcome, I'm Claudio and i write from Italy too, near Bari. I do permaculture and sinergic agricolture.

I hope to hear from you soon

Bye bye from a Snowy Puglia

Burra Maluca wrote:That is seriously impressive!

simply ingenious!

Hi all,
I've found this project very interesting and maybe could be helpful for someone:


Ice Stupa site project

Have nice day
Claudio

Hi David,
Fortunately I do not have these problems, except with the foxes. They are very clever!
And you?
Do you have problems with boars?

Have you truffles in your land?
Claudio

Hi David,
this is really a beautiful place to learn, have fun and improving yourself

I saw the link. Congratulations for the wonderful work you are doing! (and for the beautiful place you live)
maybe one day we could organize an exchange of seeds

like you, I'm always looking for plants and trees.

We currently have these types of fruit trees: olive and almond trees, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, mulberry, strawberry, jujube, walnuts, hazelnuts, figs, lemons, oranges, mandarins, apples, elderberries, carob, pink pepper and many of acacia trees, maritime pine and leyland.

different kind of plants: rosehip, sunflowers, onions (white and red), carrots, chicory, tomatoes, basil, mustard, celery, radishes, chicory, eggplant, zucchini many, marigolds and nasturtiums, rosemary, thyme, celery, chard, mint, sage, oregano, potatoes, pepperoni of all kinds, strawberries , arugula, lettuces, lavender, beans and green beans, and plenty of clay balls scattered full of lots of kinds of plants and trees which I hope will bear fruit soon

Vanda, the "goat mum", has given birth for the first time this year and so i decided to not milk to avoid stress. But in future we'd like.

We don't have bees yet, but if I learn how to handle them, with the acacia trees i think it would be a good idea.

Claudio

Hello everybody!

It was wonderful discover this forum. And it's great to know that in the world there are many people who decide to take their own life to make it a rich treasure of happiness.

We are a couple of south Italy who loves nature and animals, both vegetarians, and we live on a small farm that is spread over 2 hectares of land surrounded by nature, mostly planted with olive trees and almond trees.

Since last year we made a synergistic garden (self-taught) and we are trying to realize a small foodforest (always self-taught) and alternative cultivation techniques (such as tomatoes in bales of hay and aquaponics system).

The idea is obviously to achieve self-sufficiency, especially being away from the hustle and the daily grind, but it seems very difficult and complex doing ourselves, especially considering that we live with so many dogs, four goats, two sheep, 1 horse, 6 ducks, 13 chickens and two cats which implies a high volume of expenses to bear.

We would like to confront, by Skype, here on the forum or even live hosting for short periods, loyal and sincere people, preferably couples with whom to have an exchange of experiences and ideas and sustainable farming. All animals are of course welcome.

Thank you and sorry for the grammar mistakes.
Have a nice day