Michael Cutts

Hello!  Now that I've gotten started on these BBs, I find it's hard to stop! Next on the agenda: the famous wooden spoon. I went to my branch pile, picked out a branch (a big smaller diameter than I would have liked), got my tools, and got to work. Took me about 6 hours total. I found my knife noticeably dulled from the beginning to the end, and I may have a sharpening stone somewhere, but I'm not sure where.

In any case, here we go.  It's a bit smaller than I would have liked, but that just makes it more portable!  I'll do a bit more finish work, but it seemed ready to submit.

Hi guys,

Here are pics of my bidet installation. The before pic is different quality because I took it about a year or so before the installation.

Hi all,

I've replaced several (8 and counting) of our ungrounded 2-prong outlets with modern grounded 3-prong ones. The existing electrical boxes ARE  grounded, so I'm able to run a grounded pigtail from the box and ground the new outlet. Here is an example.

Hi everyone,

I'm interested in attending.  This would be my first time at "The Labs" and meeting any of you. I haven't been very active on the forum, but have listened to maybe a dozen podcast episodes. I completed a PDC back in 2013 or so, and want to start learning, leaning-by-doing, and doing more!

This is also kicking my butt into gear as far as submitting some BBs. I don't know if I'll make the 20, but hopefully I can show I'm dedicated enough to be accepted :-P

I'd probably stay for 2 weeks in one of the solo buildings, but I don't know them enough to pick one out. I'd appeciate some help in setting this up sending payment, finding out what you normally send out to new people that come out, etc...

I'll be driving from Pennsylvania. I used to live in Seattle and do enjoy long road trips. Tiny car, but if someone east of Missoula needs a ride, I'd consider it.

Thanks in advance,

Michael

Hi everyone,

This is my first badge submission, so forgive me if I don't do everything optimally :-)  Also please correct me... nicely if possible.

Here are 2 pics for the 2 pic method for the urine on plants badge, showing me 1) diluting the pee jar, and 2) applying it near some rhododendrons in the yard (notice the deep leaf mulch I applied?) :-)

I'm hoping to do enough of these quickly to be accepted for the metals workshop coming up this month. I'll contact the organizer separately.

Thanks!

Michael

Check out 'Matthew Human and the Human Revolution' (I think he also used to go by 'Matthew Human and the Other Humans'

He's a singer-songwriter into all things permaculture. I met him at a fruit festival in Costa Rica about 10 years ago. He's since moved there and started a permaculture village.

'Breathe' is my favorite song by him:


'The Farm' is another song a lot of permie people would probably resonate with.

His website links to some free tracks on Soundcloud (under 'listen') as well as some videos:
https://matthewhuman.com/

On germinating pawpaw seeds, I planted 14 seeds outside in pots, way later than I would have liked (I forgot them through most of the summer, "chilling" in the fridge).  I planted them in late July, and when I returned from a 2-week trip on August 28th, at least 8 had sprouted visibly.  They're 2-4" tall on average-- my first pawpaw sprouts!  This is in SW Pennsylvania.

For any pawpaw fans in the area, Plumline nursery outside Pittsburgh currently has some Peterson pawpaws. They're pricey but quite nice and full, about 3 feet tall. I bought some earlier this summer. I haven't found any others in this area.