Mike T Jones

Thanks for the input thus far. From what little I know thus far, it's flooded once in the last 17 years & comes from the creek.

Also I should rephrase, 20% of the perimeter of the property includes the creek... as in the property line goes beyond the entire width of the creek, while more like 50% of the perimeter is the edge of the creek, pretty much all of the southern & western perimeter.

As for cutting down trees, that would be for Hugelkultur... but only if necessary. I wouldn't do it right away & would look for places where I could get old or rotting wood first.

Anyone here have a non-traditional house? Particular the earth roof types?

Hi all! This is my first post... I've been occasionally following Paul & other permaculture gurus for years, supporting kickstarters as far back as World Domination Gardening DVDs, but have always lived in St. Louis City/County with only dreams of finding a way to get out of town enough to do more than small hugelkultur beds... Well coronavirus may have actually given me that opportunity as I've been working from home often enough that I think I could get away with only heading into the office once or twice a week...

I'm looking at a 5.4 acre property in a couple of weeks near the Missouri Ozarks where I love to go to get away as often as I can... Not a ton of land by any means, but affordable, close to a small town (I see that as a perk, it's just what I'm used to & the only way I can work from home is with a solid wired internet connection which looks possible there). It's in a flood plain as it borders a spring fed creek along about 20% of the perimeter. Pretty flat as of now. I was thinking if it looks promising in person & I go for it, that I'd buy a manufactured lofted barn & build out the interior... like a 14'x32' with 8' lofts on both ends... Mainly because I am handy as far as traditional houses go & I could rent it out later when I eventually build something more, but I could get that up & fully functional to my needs pretty quick. As for being in a flood plain, I'd have to do some dirt work to elevate the home & then I'd hopefully be able to cut down trees on the property & build Hugelkultur mounds along the creek for the start, hopefully digging out a pond on the property & transferring much of the dirt to build the mounds along the creek. I'm thinking along the lines of Sepp Holzer's "Water is Life" video on youtube.

So, from a building on a flood plain perspective, does anyone have any alternative suggestions for something say similar size-wise that could be done relatively quickly with a decent amount of research or educational courses or whatever necessary ahead of time? From the land perspective, any suggestions as to what to do with this kind of land (flat next to creek)? I consider living right next to a spring fed creek to be a big perk, at least eventually... I just love live water & I'm an electrical engineer, I'd think I could build some small hydro generators in the creek & do some thing with that at some point... any comment on pros/cons of having a spring fed creek on the property?

Thanks so much for any ideas... very much a newbie & I appreciate all relevant feedback!!

Mike Jones

I'm not familiar with dwolla... Sent with Paypal again after a few tries. It seems to have worked once I re-typed your email rather than just clicking your email in my paypal history...

Here's the message after just sending the money again today (9/:

You sent $202.00 USD to paul@richsoil.com

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Same email address... I'll put it on my calendar to check that it doesn't get cancelled again in 30 days.

Thanks,

Mike Jones

Paul,

I've called paypal twice on the way to work & just sat on hold both times for 30+ minutes until hanging up. Thursday night I emailed them & they haven't gotten back to me. Can I just send you a check at this point?

Thanks,

Mike Jones

Well at least it sounds like it was just my payment... I'll make sure you get your money. Can't wait to sit on hold!!! Yay!!

Paul,

I paid the $202 on 7/22, then just saw that I was refunded the $202 on 8/22 via Paypal. You sent me my stuff & I'm very happy with it... No idea why I got refunded. I'd be happy to send it again, but especially thought you should know ASAP in case I'm not the only one this happened too...

Thanks,

Mike T Jones

Great. Payment sent.

I'd like to get in on this as well if it's all still available. I'd like to order the 2 dvd sets, the jump drive, 2 decks of cards... Also, are there any men's tees available at this time?