! the first wofati - allerton abbey- version 0.7

Wow! It's great to see the rocket stove in action - excellent video.

If you had a spare large pot with a tight lid, would it be worth it to fill it with water and let it get as hot as possible with any residual heat from the fire and let it just sit to cool slowly in an effort to keep the Abbey warm longer? I've always been amazed at how long my canning kettle exterior stays warm to the touch hours after I'm done. The lid is good enough that if it's not actively boiling, it doesn't add humidity to the kitchen.

Hello very nice this concept. Can you give some recent feedback about how Allerton Abbey do the job this winter with all these add on and up date *strawball wall, good door etc ) ?
Do you find i'ts a success ?

Allerton Abbey was ready to do the test in the late fall.   So the mass was not charged.  A year from now will be the first real ATI test.

Josiah got the drone running and took some aerial shots of the Abbey plot.


We are discussing design ideas on Josiah’s thread.

Some beginning of design from this week

A couple of videos from josiah's bootcamp thread.  

Making cob in the middle of winter and doing some finish work in the abbey:

Design session for Allerton Abbey



Lots of progress thanks to the permaculture bootcamp:  https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp/

I just found this, and this is exactly what I am planning to build.  I was calling it an earth sheltered greenhouse, I have never heard the term Wofati before.  My modification would be a more traditional peaked roof with the southern half glazed, and the northern half under earth.  I was thinking that on the northern side there would be clerestory windows for venting, and the southern wall would be fully walk-out.  I am in the missouri Ozarks so I plan to use eastern red cedar logs "log cabin style" to form the stepped retaining walls.  I was also figuring to line the back side of the cedar walls with old worn out barn tin to keep dirt from washing between the logs.  I am hoping to achieve a totally passive freeze free greenhouse.  At worst I believe I will be able to raise hardy tems like lettuces and spinach etc through the winter.

We are currently planning on building a greenhouse near allerton abbey.  It will be a "wofati greenhouse".  The brainstorming thread for the kickstarter is here:

    https://permies.com/t/141473/kickstarter-wofati-greenhouse

Lovely picture of Allerton Abbey snapped by Jen Tuuli in her awesome Bootcamp journal!