posted 3 years ago
There are projects and artifacts that I think are good, but in the end, what is in my head might be quite different from what people actually want. So this poor man's poll is an attempt to do a bit of a reality check.
Please give a thumbs up (or "+1" on mobile view) for all of the ideas below that sound so good that they add a small bit of enticement to the idea of buying a ticket and traveling here.
(note that adding PIE to any post counts as 20 votes!)
Vote for as many as you like!
UPDATE! Here is a list of the best from below (grouped by "track")
rocket
- Cottage rocket (take your own core home)
- Rocket hot tub
- High quality 8” rocket engine
- add forge, and kiln
- Rocket heater
- rocket water heater (for large tub)
- Rocket that generates electricity
- Rocket oven in outdoor kitchen
earthworks
- Passive garden heater
- Holzer root cellar in a day
- Natural swimming pool
spring terrace
- Holzer technique to get water from dry land
apothecary
- a full track to build a robust apothecary
- infusions, decoctions, tinctures, salves, etc.
roundwood timber
- pavillion
bodger
- shaving horse
- skiddable bodger shed
- two types of mallet
- heavy kitchen chairs from log wood
- three legged sawbuck
- three log bench
- seven more projects
textiles
- window quilts
- large basket weaving
- pine needle basket
- oil cloth
- a spinning wheel made from a used bicycle wheel
- Big shade projects
solar/electric
- Permanent solar to a tiny house
- Electric tractor hayride tour
- Heating water with the sun without needing winterizing
natural building
- Trombe wall
- Cob sinks and showers
- Homegrown mushroom mycelium panels
- Install a yurt, complete with platform
- Homemade cement from wood ash
- Natural plasters/paint
- Sheep wool insulation (suet fermentation, etc)
- Felted walls for insulating a space
drystack
- dry stack moon gate
- dry stack stairs
homesteading
- humane harvest and preservation of a sheep or goat
- build and plant a large hugelkultur
- Storing food for winter without electricity (6 ways)
- Plant a living fence
- Lightweight portable chicken coop
- make lumber on the sawmill
- Make pottery from on-site harvested clay
wofati
- freezer wofati
- work on different phases of different wofatis
tech
- Pedal powered devices (grain grinder, water pump)
- install a heliostat
- Solar glass recycler
- Moving water up – windmill, solar, hand, etc
beekeeping
- build a few hives
- build a swarm trap
- extract honey
- Log beehive
Here is the list in order of votes (plus adjustments)
Cottage rocket (take your own core home)
Passive garden heater
Spring terrace
Roundwood timber framing (pavillion)
Permanent solar to a tiny house
Rocket hot tub
Trombe wall
Cob sinks and showers
High quality 8” rocket engine
Dry stack moon gate
Holzer root cellar
Slaughter/butcher/preserve a critter (ht)
Homegrown mushroom mycelium panels
Hugels and gardening (ht)
Freezer wofati
Pedal powered devices (grain grinder, water pump)
Yurt
Fiber (textiles) track (tt)
Honeybee track (hbt)
Bodger track
Sawmill stuff
Window quilts (tt)
Rocket heater
Electric tractor hayride tour
Heliostat
Homemade cement
Storing food for winter without electricity (6 ways)
Solar glass recycler
Pottery making
Plant a living fence
Moving water up – ram pump, windmill
Robust apothecary (ht)
Rocket water heater at Cooper
Lightweight portable chicken coop
Rocket that generates electricity
Work on a wofati
Big shade projects
Natural swimming pool
Practical basket weaving (tt)
Natural plasters/paint (ht)
Oil cloth (tt)
Build a pond
Hobbit door
Rocket oven in outdoor kitchen
Dry stack stairs
Heating water with the sun without needing winterizing
Upcycled spinning wheel and make yarn (tt)
Sheep wool insulation (suet fermentation, etc) (ht)
Felted walls for insulating a space (tt)
Weave a willow basket, weave strap to carry with (tt)
Log beehive (hbt)
Pine needle basket (tt)