Special BRK JUST for the permaculture bootcamp!

Debi Baker wrote:I will send something, not sure exactly what yet, depends on when it is. Likely a bar of homemade soap plus either a home canned/home cooked treat or sewn item like a cloth bag, etc... So basically a couple surprise treats

Greg Martin wrote:If this gets much better we'll all want to become boots! :)

Looking forward to lots of great posts.

paul wheaton wrote:

Debi Baker wrote:I will send something, not sure exactly what yet, depends on when it is. Likely a bar of homemade soap plus either a home canned/home cooked treat or sewn item like a cloth bag, etc... So basically a couple surprise treats

Maybe you could just say "one care package"?  

Zachary Simone wrote:How can me and my sister get in on this we want to be apart of Wheaton labs and the ant village!!

paul wheaton wrote:Nicole,

I have just now received $1000 to be put to where I think it would do the most good for wheaton labs.  And I think that this spot is the best spot.  

Maybe it could be $200 added to this BRK, for up to five times?  

Maybe this could be "from" "Anon A & D" - and I will forward the funds when the time is right?


If you are cool with this, I think this brings the total to $1265 plus 2 bonus gifts plus two care packages?

paul wheaton wrote:I think I understand what you are suggesting:  let dave be the generous gift giver?

We recently received a care package full of books.   We don't even know who sent it.   And another person sent a box full of tools from a garage sale.  Su Ba has sent many packages from hawaii - including chocolate covered macadamia nuts and lots of warm clothes.  It does seem odd that she is sending warm clothes from hawaii!   One guy sent two boxes filled with DVDs - for evening entertainment!  Somebody sent a box of naturally dyed wood yarns and lots of knitters and crotche-ers have used up nearly all of that wool.  

I'm asking jocelyn and she is suggesting handkerchiefs and travel mugs.  

I don't know what a specialty item from the netherlands would be.  ??

Dave Burton wrote:I don’t know what would be useful for other people. So, I will just speak for myself.

I would find a variety of autumn and winter planting cold climate seeds and tubers useful for when I eventually start doing stuff on my plot. I’m particular, if it is considered a tasty edible “invasive” plant that would be awesome, because I think that the qualities of an “invasive” or pioneering plant would be good for getting things started.

I think that long thick wool socks would be useful.

I would not call this useful, but it is something I enjoy. I enjoy very dark chocolates.

paul wheaton wrote:I should tell you that dave is almost as tall as i am, so i suspect that his feet are pretty big.