Nine's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

Nice, thank you....somehow it always makes more physical sense to me with a picture.  I think I just have a minor fantasy of having a bed on a RMH thermal mass.  Not sure how practical that would be or not.  :)

Greg Martin wrote:Nice, thank you....somehow it always makes more physical sense to me with a picture.  I think I just have a minor fantasy of having a bed on a RMH thermal mass.  Not sure how practical that would be or not.  

It would be fairly practical, I'd imagine. It worked well in the tipi when I stayed in there. Snuggling into an already warm bed for the evening was such a delight.

Let's just say if I was building this for /only/ me, it very well might have the mass go under the bed as well.

Plant id anyone?

Looks like the curlly dock seed stalks I was planning on sending to you.

Hans Quistorff wrote:

Plant id anyone?

Looks like the curlly dock seed stalks I was planning on sending to you.

Yeah! Fred ID'd it for us while he was out here today. Looks very similar to the St. John's Wort, but the curly dock has half-a-pea-sized triangular seeds while the SJW has tiny little black seeds.

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Chris and I used chisels, a pickaxe, and shovels - well, the ones I used were most of a pickaxe (chipped adze head side) and a shovel head sans handle (make do with what I've got on site) - to start deconstruction and reconstruction of the mass in our little house. See the picture a couple posts ago for today's progress.

We're working on a design for a smaller barrel (15 gal), 6" system for our RMH. It will go into the mass away from the barrel, turn around and rise a bit as it returns toward the barrel, then pop out of the mass, meet near the ceiling, then leave the house under the rafters through the exterior "siding", and stand up once clear of the roof. If we can find and afford the required elements for said project (the barrel, pipe for inside the mass, pipe outside the mass to supplement what was left, refractory insulation to wrap the riser (or figure out an alternative), and possibly more fire bricks), I'm hoping to get it done within the next couple weeks. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

We'll also be building a bed with cubbies under it. I'll be looking to get an electric chainsaw at some point so I can get the lumber I need to make all the things. Maybe a bow saw or fancy katana saw too? 🤔

Today our neighbor Fred 😁 came by to see what we were up to and walk the plot with us. I learned we have loads of Saskatoon (service berry), some happy Egyptian walking onions, burdock, a couple curly dock, St. John's Wort, ninebark, common teasel, hound's tongue, possibly sunchokes, yarrow, mullein, maybe currants/snowberries, golden clover, ceanothus, lots of kinnikinnick and Oregon grape, a couple little willow, baby maple trees, a hopefully alive apple tree, a blackberry, Doug fir trees, larch trees, a grand fir, ponderosa pines, and probably a few more I can't remember at the moment.

Learning all of those delighted me to no end. 🤓 I plan to continue on my plant knowledge journey! I love learning about what's growing around me and being able to identify it. 😍🌲💚🌱

I'd really like to get more fruit trees growing over here, so if y'all have suggestions or want to send some, holler! 🤓😁💚 Or if you want to send seeds in general, I'd love to go on a planting spree!