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aquaponics

Can aquaponics really be permaculture?

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earthen floor

The beauty of earthen floors

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grey water

High watertable and clay soil

6 months ago 12 replies 3 4

natural building

Adobe, cob, etc. -- in engineered panels?

6 months ago 16 replies 1

greenhouses

Walipini greenhouse

6 months ago 2 replies 1

natural building

A House Built of Bottles

6 months ago 5 replies 5 1

thermal mass

looking for a geothermal valve

6 months ago 4 replies

toilet alternatives

Help me making a compost system accepted by the municipality

6 months ago 11 replies 1 2 3

greenhouses

Solar cooker / greenhouse?

6 months ago 6 replies 1 3

natural building

Concrete slabs

6 months ago 6 replies 2

natural building

Understanding how to work with strawbale, rubble trench, timber frame and living roof

6 months ago 6 replies 2 4 1

roundwood and timber framing

Wavy roundwood rafter & batten roof structure. What are my roofing options?

6 months ago 21 replies 13 10

natural building

Shipping container home covered with cobb/ earthen walls

6 months ago 15 replies 1 2

stone work

Not quite stonework, Bond Beams, Cinder Blocks and Slip Form Masonry

6 months ago 4 replies 3 4

straw bale house

Timber portal frame building wrapped with straw bales

6 months ago 4 replies 2 2 3

cob

Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

6 months ago 24 replies 5 67 11

finishes

I need the recipe for tadelakt

6 months ago 29 replies 2

roundwood and timber framing

Mold forming on roundwood timbers after stripping bark

6 months ago 6 replies 1

natural building

Small DIY backyard sauna - collecting tips and ideas

6 months ago 12 replies 6 1

stone work

How hard can it be? Rock wall repair

6 months ago 21 replies 1 1 7

tiny house

Saving for a tiny house

7 months ago 4 replies

natural building

Region and Material

7 months ago 3 replies

rainwater catchment

Native easy to direct sow plants for swales in clay soil in sierra foothills?

7 months ago 2 replies

greenhouses

Please send recommendations for perfectly clear plastic film

7 months ago 30 replies 1 5 9

toilet alternatives

Fifteen Years of Humanure

7 months ago 2 replies 1 8

natural building

Ideas for a natural building materials for a first floor floor, and roof

7 months ago 9 replies 3 1

passive solar

Passive solar as source for in-floor air-based heating?....

7 months ago 10 replies 2

natural building

Rubble Trench foundation

7 months ago 18 replies 3 1 1

straw bale house

Wanted: No spray hay/straw bales (w MT)

7 months ago 8 replies

toilet alternatives

Hope for a sewer lagoon?

7 months ago 25 replies 5

natural building

Stem Walls and Frames

7 months ago 2 replies 1 1

passive solar

House oriented North-South. How do I warm the northern bedrooms?

7 months ago 18 replies 1 7

finishes

Wax for lime tadelakt?

7 months ago 5 replies 1

stone work

Curved dry stacked wall

7 months ago 11 replies 1

rainwater catchment

Ways to get water for low cost/free to offset costs?

7 months ago 14 replies 14

tiny house

Exterior stain

7 months ago 2 replies

fencing

junkpole fence: freaky cheap chicken/deer fence made from wood typically thrown away

7 months ago 155 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 11 83 52

natural building

Terre argileuse autours de Montréal / Clay dirt around Montreal

7 months ago 1 reply

cob

Pallets as cordwood?

7 months ago 7 replies 2 1 1

stone work

concrete canvas / cement fabric

7 months ago 2 replies 3

grey water

Grey water in northern climates

7 months ago 15 replies 1 1

grey water

Grey Water in Winter (-40 C)

7 months ago 10 replies 1

cob

Cob house flooring and moisture barrier

7 months ago 16 replies 3

natural building

Question for builders out there on budgeting for a build

7 months ago 22 replies 2
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