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Summary
Paul is with Beau, Fred, Dez and Stephen doing a fundraiser for BEL (
Bootcamp Experience Log). The idea is they will extend the podcast for each $10 which is contributed. BEL is a rolling fund which pays out to boots who make 100 posts in their BEL
thread, each one containing at least 3 pictures or a video of the projects they've been recently involved with. The payout is 10% of whatever is in the fund.
The original GAMCOD didn't get off the ground but there's a new small-scale GAMCOD which involves a 200 sq ft plot. For the current round they are looking at colder climates: to qualify, you must have hit 0°F at least once in ten years. The idea is to grow 5 different foodstuffs such as you could buy in the grocery store and harvest approx 20,000 calories. You start from dirt and don't apply any extra manure or bought-in
compost or any such stuff. There's one such bed already up and running, with no cash input at all and about 30 hrs build time, after which it's just taken half an hour or so a week for watering.
There's a new offer Paul has come up with: If any boot arrives between now and March, and they stay for 4 years, they get to have Allerton Abbey and its surrounding things. People said what if there are a bunch of boots, to which the reply is "we'll build more places".
In the first year of the passive
greenhouse the minimum temperature in winter got to 34°F, while the temperature in the heat
wells averaged 46°. However recently Steven got new data and the well temperature has gone up to just over 50°. This means the system is working, and this season they managed to grow sweet potatoes in it, which normally want a warmer climate.
They
answer a question from the audience: "what major projects are coming along which a new boot could expect to be involved in?
The list that emerges is
* more GAMCOD beds
* more hügelkulturs
* paddocks for
chickens
* finish up the bark park/dog house
* finish up Allerton abbey
* replace the uphill wall on Cooper cabin and adapt it for the giant round door.
Relevant Threads
GAMCOD 2024: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy
Back the BEL, Ring the BEL (Bootcamp Experience Log)
Getting Started With Hugelkultur Beds
the first wofati - allerton abbey- version 0.7
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Dr. Hugh Gill Kultur
Kyle Neath
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