Samantha Lewis

Hello Brande!

I hope you find a better situation soon.

What region are you in?

I have found free and close to free camping at some camp grounds.   A community would be really great.  

Maybe post this in the region where you are looking.

Here is the link to our regional section:
https://permies.com/c/3

Hello L!

Wheaton Labs in Montana is pretty warm this time of year.   We are nestled in the mountains outside Missoula.

We have lots of options and ways to be here.  You can rent one of our lovely cabins or join the permaculture bootcamp and learn the skills to build your own dream cottage on one of our raw acres of woodland and meadows.  

https://permies.com/t/359868/montana-community-seeking-people-gardeners

A lot of folks are asking about the automatic back yard food pump idea and how to implement it in their location.  

Beau suggested we run a series of online sessions so people who want to build their own automatic back yard food pump would be able to learn with Paul's personal guidance and have enough support to be assured of success.    

What do you guys think would be good to include in these classes?  

How manny sessions?

Over what time period?

What would you feel good about paying for one on one gardening coaching from Paul and other experts?



Has anybody participated in a program like this in the past?  

What did you like?  What could have been done better?

Coydon Wallham wrote: What can be done to assess/ estimate water needs while establishing a hugelkultur the first few years?

Best application techniques without access to pressurized water?

Got worky duty, sorry to miss the live stream...

Hello Coydon!

If you don't have good water pressure, hugelkultur is a great option for you.  
At Wheaton labs we often fill big jugs of water and leave them to drip out up high on a hugel so a specific plant can get the water while the whole water column benefits.  

Thanks!

Ron Elk wrote:Just bought 10 acres 6 months ago, western Washington. We have a field about 4 acres and the other 5 is forested. I am now working on my first huglekulture. It's 25Lx5W, hoping for at least 5ft high. I already got it up about two feet. I've got lots of thinning to do in the forest to add to the huglekulture.

Base was started with logs from the neighbor. When layering, can I add the grass clippings with the dirt to fill in cavities? Will the grass clippings hinder the decomposition process? Also, we have a high water table (30-60ft down), is it still viable to dig down a foot or two to add to the height of the huglekulture?

Once set up, we plan on making another huglekulture to make a somewhat D shape without connecting the two.  I have a downed cedar tree I'm somewhat planning to use as the base. I know from the huglekulture smackdown(lots of info) video that cedar is rot resistant. I think it will still decompose, just longer than usual. Any tips would be wonderful! Thanks

Hello Ron!

Welcome to permies!

Congratulations on you new property!
These are great questions.   I am looking forward to hearing what Paul and Beau have to say.  
Thanks for posting pictures of your project too!

Christopher Cobb wrote:Hello you guys!

Thanks for following up!  Here is my email to you.

​Hello Christopher!

Paul received your email and asked me to contact you.  

Are you thinking you would like to join our permaculture bootcamp?  

It sounds like you would be a good fit here and you have lots of skills to offer.   We are currently bringing in new folks this spring to hopefully have a full crew this summer.  We have lots of fun projects planned, the gardens are already overflowing with food, we are working on fencing so we can bring in livestock and we will be putting the finishing touches on our existing cabins so we can start to build new ones.  

Here are our next few start dates:
june 7
july 5
aug 2
sep 5
oct 4

Here is the link to sign up to the permaculture bootcamp:
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp/


For more discussion about the bootcamp:

https://permies.com/t/bootcamp

Please let me know if you have questions or if there is anything I can do to help.
I look forward to meeting you!

Thank you,
Samantha

Christopher Cobb wrote:Hello you guys! I sent a message to Paul's account rather than on here. It's a fairly detailed message and I'm hoping somone can track it down from last saturday and give me a shout! I very much look forward to hearing back from someone about what you have going on there and how i could potentially fit in!!

Hello Christopher!

Paul forwarded your message to me and I replied to you.  

We would love to have you come out and join the bootcamp!  
Our next few start dates are:
June 7th, July 5th and Aug 2nd.

Would one of those dates work for you!

Thanks!

Jesse Mulalley wrote:Are you still doing tours? I have really wanted to check the place out!

Hello Jesse!

We do tours sometimes.   Probably the best way to see all the things is to rent a cabin for a few days.  When were you thinking of coming?
Here is a link to our rentals:
https://permies.com/wiki/sepper

If you can stay a week or longer, you can join the permaculture bootcamp.  You will get to see everything, learn permaculture skills and help out with some fun projects.
Here is a link to the permaculture bootcamp:
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp/

We do a youtube live called the Saturday Smackdown.  Usually about once a month.  
Anyone is welcome to join us!




I think doing more of this would be a great way to help folks find community or get started with their gardens and permaculture journey.  

Folks with pie will get a heads up on the topic and can suggest future topics.  


Here is the link to get some pie:

https://permies.com/forums/pie

Daniel Andy wrote:PEP events?

Bootcamp dates?


Trying to plan out our migration routes to various permaculture learning places this summer and would like to be at wheaton labs for some of it

Hello Daniel!

You can still come out to Wheaton Labs and jump into all the fun projects!

We bring new people into the bootcamp the first Sunday of every month.

Here are the next few dates with openings.  If you want to lock yourself into one of these dates, please reply to this thread l and we will get it sorted.



May 3
June 7
July 5
Aug 2
Sep 6
Oct 4


For more discussion about the bootcamp:

  https://permies.com/t/bootcamp


Thanks,
Samantha