Harold Skania

Allen's son Rodger has kept at it. In this TEDx talk from last year he discusses the plan to green the Imperial Valley in California.

Vat and Vlam from the Netherlands has been making some gorgeous rocket mass heaters.

Martin has been integrating the classic RMH look into the decor of whatever room he is building in. The photo album shows a kitchen that he matched into really well.

photo album

paul wheaton wrote:I think a person could plant sunchokes, walking onions and kale into a patch of dirt.  Maybe even a lawn.  And then be done.

Of course, there are better food pumps.  This is the minimum.

I gotcha. An Automatic Backyard Food Pump can be started in dirt. That sounds easy enough. I just ordered my first batch of sunchoke roots ever!

So if I were to build one of these Automatic Backyard Food Pumps, I wouldn't need solar pumps or aquaponics gear, right? It looks like you usually set up a hugel to keep the ABFP moist for most of the summer?

I have fed dock seeds to my chickens and they really enjoyed it. I haven't made anything from the dock plant for people to use yet, but I understand that it is a medicinal plant.

The one time I tried to process acorns I let them soak to long and they grew mold. Have you been able to use the ones you processed?

I think Hugels are one way to add texture to the earth and grow food all year, right?

I just requested it from my library. That was fun; are their other good permaculture books to request? My library already has Paul's SKIP book.

That is a gorgeous RMH. I think it deserves to be in the list of beautiful rocket mass heaters.

That sounds like a job for a cottage rocket! It is built entirely inside a barrel. It's probably heavy still, but you could probably move it with a handtruck.

Sometimes when I want to go shopping I browse the library instead. It is just as much fun. But I don't have to spend any money.