Boulder Gardens Fieldstation — Off-Grid Experiments in the Mojave Desert

Welcome to the Boulder Gardens Fieldstation!

Greetings, fellow Permies!

Welcome to a little corner of the Mojave Desert where giant granite boulders, Joshua trees, solar panels, and an assortment of curious humans coexist in varying degrees of harmony.

I'm a retired educator, permaculturist, off-grid tinkerer, and enthusiastic believer that a better world is something we can build together.

What we're experimenting with

Boulder Gardens is an off-grid sanctuary near Joshua Tree, California. Our adventures include solar power, battery storage, water conservation, off-grid communications, desert ecology, and community living.

I've been developing the Boulder Gardens Fieldstation to document what we're learning along the way—what works, what doesn't, and what seemed like a brilliant idea until we actually tried it.

An open invitation

I'll use this thread as an ongoing journal of our projects, discoveries, experiments, and occasional misadventures. I hope it becomes a place to exchange ideas, compare approaches, and learn from one another.

Explore the Boulder Gardens Fieldstation:

Boulder Gardens Fieldstation — Field Reports & Experiments

Questions, suggestions, wild ideas, and friendly conversations are always welcome!

Robert