Ash Jackson

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Biography

Hello there!
I've long felt the 'call to cultivate'. I found Paul and his stuff in 2017, and have been steadily watching and learning since.
I'm a Pod People, and have listened to all the numbered podcasts, up to #514.
I've visited Wheaton Labs several times now! Simply put, it's awesome.
I (still) feel pretty un-knowledgable about a lot (all?) of this stuff, but I'm really excited to learn, and learn, and learn.
That's part of why I am really into SkIP and PEP; because I can learn, and also because it is awesome.
My big-wild-crazy-scary-to-say-out-loud dream is to live in a town with no cars that can feed itself, even if I have to build it myself.

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Recent posts by Ash Jackson

PEP BB tool.sand.shifters - Adjust Shifters on Bicycle

This bike has an internal rotary hub for gears, and a twist shifter. It needed the tension in the shifter cable lessend some, the higher gears could not be reached at all.

Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/L1dAZPJFwb8?si=CVqZB_qk6OxiUtvi

1 week ago

pep tool care

PEP BB earthworks.sand.berm - improve a berm

What about adding horizontal scaffolding which doesn't add to the height of the berm? (I'm guessing no, but want to check).

I'm trying to see if my hugel scaffolding from 2019 still meets this BB, https://permies.com/p/1089957 turns out I forgot to submit it back then.

Thanks!

2 weeks ago

pep earthworks

Accountability thread: the "public house" project

I love your idea, and how you've described it. What you've written helps me clarify the ways I want to create community in my own home, as well.

I'm excited to see how your project progresses!

7 months ago

city repair

Repair Flat on Front Wheel of Bicycle - PEP BB tool.sand.fronttire

Another flat, another BB:

I used a new tube to repair the flat. Per usual, needed a wrench to take the wheel off. I thought I would need the tire clips, but I wound up just using my hands to get the tire/tube on and off.

"Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (less than two minutes):
- flat front tire
- repairing a flat front tire
- inflated and reinstalled (mounted on bike) good tire
- show/describe the materials used to repair the tire"

7 months ago

pep tool care

PEP 1 Certification - Apply, Boast, and Certify Here

Congratulations, Rebekah! Way to go!

8 months ago

pep

All about SKIP, PEP, Badges, BBs and More!

Hey Gjt, welcome to permies. Love that excitement!

If you've read all the way through the first post on this thread, this other post might help you get started with a BB: https://permies.com/wiki/147283/skills-inherit-property/Badge-Bit-BB

9 months ago

wheaton laboratories

PEP BB homesteading.sand.little.screen - Repair a Window Screen

Disaster has struck. And Gnomes. Well, just one.

Here are my:
- a picture of the broken window screen
- a picture of the materials you're using for the repair
- a picture of the repair in progress
- a picture of the completed window screen repair

Thankfully the screen wasn't torn when it fell, so I re-installed the existing screen and gasket rubber with the blunt part of an olfa.

10 months ago

pep homesteading