Nina Surya

Thanks Jay, I'll alternate between soaked and dry wheat from tomorrow on.
They're free ranging, like always, so getting all the exercise they want (moving around freely on 3000m2).

Jackson Bradley wrote:[
How old are the egg bound hens, roughly?

They're only 2.5 - 3 years old. They come from the same commercial breeder - that's the other quirky factor in the equation. One was a Sussex, the other is a Rennes hen.

Important update!
I had one hen die from being eggbound. I tried giving her a warm surroundings and a warm bath, but it didn't help the matter.
Now it seems as if a second hen has the same condition.
I've had chicken since 2012, and this is the first time I'm encountering this problem.
In the previous two years (this is the third year) I also supplemented them with meal worms. The only difference is that this winter has been colder/cooler than the previous.
I'm going to stop feeding them mealworms for now. The health of the chicken is more important to me than eggs.

Nancy Reading wrote:
How about to be able to see four dimensionally which plants are going to thrive and which fail? I'm getting better at it, but am always hopeful I'm wrong!

Or better yet, the ability to communicate with plants to discuss their wishes and which ones are feeling super powerful and abundant, and which ones would like to rest for a season thank you very much

A 360 degrees video from February 3rd, about 5 p.m.   https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTVEIQDFtZ/

I wrote a blog post about Purpose and Permaculture , and was looking around here on the forum if there's already a good place to plug it in.
This looks like the perfect place! (do read it and let me know what you think!)

In the blogpost (also published on Substack ) I list and unpack some of my favourite principles about permaculture.

If I had to choose two, they'd be diversity and stacking functions, along with the observing and intellectual challenge of minimal change for maximum effect-aspects

Teleportation. Just walk through a portal and zooommmmmmmmm! - appearing at the destination in a blink of an eye.

Hi Scott, I believe the photo is an example of a traditional Japanese heating system called Irōri.

Alex, as R Scott has said, if you insulate base and sides of the rocket mass heater under the floor, it should be an option.

I think I can imagine how you want the design to look like, but could you perhaps provide us with a drawing?

The riser and the bell would be higher that the floor level.

You would have your ash clean outs under the floor... or maybe you could make little hidden lids that you can open in the floor, and an ash clean-out access from above?

I'm just musing here, based on an imaginary image of your project...but if you can dream it, you can do it!

Congratulations with the first steps in showering without shampoo/soap!
It's even more satisfying when you're off the products all together. Just a rinse with water will do. The transition period from using shampoo to only water can be a bit tricky at times, but if you just use a minimal amount of shampoo as seldom as possible, the intervals will get longer until you don't need shampoo at all.

For more information on the clean and economical burning Rocket Mass heaters - the heating system of this house - you'll find a compact, clear description here .

For the rocket mass heaters forum here on Permies, click through here .