Mike is a homesteader, gardener, engineer, wood worker, blacksmith and most recently a greenhouse designer. He heard about permaculture in 2015 and has been learning ever since.
Hi Saria, it sounds like you're looking for land. If that's the case, you would need to start doing the BBs to earn the interest of someone with land. Here are the basics: All about SKIP/PEP
This is timely and interesting. I just started looking for a bigger solar generator for my upcoming winter camping trip. I didn't see Pecron on review sites but they popped up on Amazon and seem ok? I'm looking at either the F3000LFP or E3600LFP. Just curious if folks tend to like them or think they're junk... Sorry if this hijacks the thread
Howdy permies, I'm planning a winter journey to the SW US. Primarily AZ, CO and NM but UT, NV and CA are possibilities. I'm seeking events/conferences/festivals/fairs/??? to consider attending as part of my journey. Last year I attended the AZ renaissance fair and the Gem and Jam music festival which were both amazing. This year I'm hoping to do the Winter Count primitive skills gathering. It's hard to find things like that to do cuz google sucks so I figured I'd throw it out to my permie homies. Any ideas of other things to add to my agenda? Thanks!!!
ps. I'm not getting emails from permies so my responses may be delayed.
It's my only sweetener for coffee, cocoa and tea at home. It's a large component of my homemade lemon-aid. That could be because I make 12 gallons most years and I don't have bees or sugar canes.
I just checked an unfinished part of my basement and learned a couple things. The sub floor is actually 1x8 t&g and the joints are cut at an angle and meet on the floor joists (as in the pictures above).
I believe the main reasons are for racking prevention on floors above grade, and to keep the t&g joint from accidentally lining up with a nailed hardwood floor joint above. If the nails all went into a t&g joint below, it would probably squeak like crazy.
I'm open to suggestions but I'm trying to stick with something affordable and that I can get my hands on. Houses around here are often insulated with blown in cellulose insulation which is paper fibers treated with stuff.
Planer shavings are fluffier than general wood shavings with what I believe to be good air gap properties, even when packed down. Saw dust wouldn't be as good in my opinion.
I tested a clay slip shaving at a recent permaculture convergence and it packed nicely and stayed put. It "seemed" like it wouldn't settle with how hard it was packed. The session leader said that 1 cup of borax in 20 gallons of clay slip (or water) mixed in with the shavings is enough for bug discouragement.
I'll take a R 2.1 any day for a free insulation option. That would give me R8.4 in the walls and R 12.6 in the floor and ceiling. Plus another R2 for the boards that make up the interior and exterior cladding. I'd be very happy with that.
I agree that loose shavings are a great fire starter but if they're packed in a wall cavity, I'm not worried about fire.
Water is my biggest concern, thus the focus of my questions above
Mike is a homesteader, gardener, engineer, wood worker, blacksmith and most recently a greenhouse designer. He heard about permaculture in 2015 and has been learning ever since.
