Samantha Lewis

Allen Jackson wrote:October 5th - 9th still works, and in order of preference, Allerton Abbey, Red Cabin, or RMH Tipi, as I don't think I'd fit very well in a twin bunk.  I'm too tall for most of them.  I've sent email to bunks (at) richsoil . com and was awaiting a response/confirmation of what was available.

Hello Allen!


I just sent you an email.

You can go to our rentals page and pick out your cabin.  Just click the like to reserve it.
https://permies.com/wiki/sepper

I look forward to meeting you!

Thanks,
Samantha

Candice Bonner wrote:I am definitely interested if I can get away from work. Coming from Alabama 😁

Hello Candice!

Welcome to permies!

I hope you can come.  We can give you a ride from the Missoula airport.

Ticket are on sale at this price until today at 2pm Mountain time!
Here is the link:

click here to buy a ticket!

Come see all this stuff first hand!  

You can immerse yourself in community and the permaculture lifestyle.

Here are our next two events!

Last-Minute free PEP event - March 24 - 30, 2026
Click here to sign up:  
https://permies.com/t/368999/Minute-free-PEP-event-March



Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree October 5-9 2026
Ticket Blitz is on now through Sunday!  You can get a ticket to this great event for the freaky cheap price of $720!!
Click here to sign up:
https://permies.com/t/369866/rocket-mass-heater-jamboree-October




Here is the link to all our stuff about cabin rentals:
https://permies.com/wiki/sepper


Step outside your cabin and pick food straight from the garden.



Join the bootcamp to learn the skills you need to build your own home and create permaculture gardens.
Here is the link to learn more about the permaculture bootcamp:
https://permies.com/wiki/bootcamp



Wheaton Labs has openings for long term residents too!  You can live on an acre of community land.  Build your own humble home and large garden with the help of our community.  You can raise livestock, grow veggies or other cottage industry to sell or trade within the community.
https://permies.com/t/58899/visiting-wheaton-labs




Learn to build beautiful, lasting structures with mud rocks and sticks.






Learn about skid-able structures.  Build your own tiny home so you can live anywhere!

Hello Joshua!

That looks like Creeping Woodsorrel.

I like to nibble on them, they have kind of a lemony flavor.  They are a common weed that comes with nursery transplants.   I think they are nice but some people find them to be trouble because they will spread.  You can just pull them out and give them to your chickens or rabbits.  
They can be beneficial by providing ground cover, suppressing other weeds, adding organic matter and attracting pollinators,

We try to grow our own food as much as possible.  There are still lots of things we need to buy though.   I find most everything I need at  Azure Standard.  It takes some planing a head because our pick up is every two weeks.   It is great to be able to buy organic food in bulk and at reasonable prices!

Hello Austin!

That looks like a lot of fun.  
Thanks for posting this!

Allen Jackson wrote:Just for my own education, as I've never been to WL, what's the difference between a "Jamboree" and a workshop? Are these like boot camps?  If not, what's the difference between a boot camp and a workshop?

Just trying to set my expectations correctly and make the most of my visit...

Thanks!

Hello Allen!

Our permaculture bootcamp is a year round education in permaculture, homesteading and community building.   Folks come from all over to learn how to build a humble home and a large garden, maintain tools and meet their own needs with hands on skills mentoring.
Tons more details here:
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp/


A few times throughout the year we, we offer some kind of fun event.  A Jamboree is an event that runs for a week or two.  We will be working on multiple projects simultaneously and each project will have an instructor.   This gives folks who travel from far away the opportunity to learn many things while they are here.  

For the rocket mass heater Jamboree, we have a bunch of different builds we would like to work on.  Someone who comes to this event will learn how to build a rocket mass heater to safely heat a home with very little wood.  They will also learn to build with this technology.  A rocket hot tub and rocket oven are two ways the same technology is applied to bring luxury to your homestead.  

Allen Jackson wrote:

Samantha Lewis wrote:
Hello Allen!


Here is the link to our cabin rentals:

https://permies.com/wiki/sepper

Thanks!

My wife is onboard, as long as we can bring our dogs (2 well-behaved great danes).  I'll show her the cabin options tonight when she gets home from work.

Hello Allen!

Your dogs are super cute!

Here is a little video of the dog area right behind the Dog Star cabin.

Hello Paul!


There are lots of options.  
We burn a lot of cardboard.   Walnut shells work great.   Pine cones are good too.  

I also burn just tiny twigs from bushes.    

The smaller the diameter of the wood, the hotter the fire will burn.   Because you are storing the heat in the mass this means you can heat your home with a very small amount of sticks and twigs.  

Rob Norman wrote:I’m not in the USA.
Is there any chance this stuff will be recorded and released for the rest of the world?

Hello Rob!


Here is a great movie we produced.  It comes with plans to build your own rocket mass heaters.  

https://freeheat.info/