Come visit Wheaton Labs: The Seppers Program!

Samantha Lewis wrote:
It would be great to have you all visit this spring.  
We do have a bunch of options for being here, trying to make it work for everybody's schedule and their needs.

It sounds like the sepper program would be perfect for your group!

Tuesday is our community night when we all get together.  We share a meal and talk about community business.

Boot camp:  The work here is pretty easy going and at the pace folks are comfortable with.   We encourage people to take breaks and have a great time.
When someone is here as a sepper they can jump into the boot camp projects if they want to.

If you rent Cooper Cabin your whole crew could stay there together.  It is big, has lots of bunks and is right near the sauna!

Sadly we won't be there on a Tuesday, but it seems like one of your sepper rentals will work for us. How far are Cooper Cabin and the Fisher Price House from a place we can park a 45ft bus? Either of those seem like they could be a good fit for us. Can some of us stay in our bus(/rv) while others stay in sepper accommodations? When I pay to reserve the cabin or house bunk room on your website, how do I specify which day(s) it's for? I am expecting we'd arrive around 4PM on Sunday March 24, explore and possibly pitch in on some boot camp projects before dinner, stay overnight, then depart in the morning. Would it be possible to get a tour and/or arrange to sit down for a conversation with some of your longer term community members in that timeframe?

Sparr Risher wrote:
Sadly we won't be there on a Tuesday, but it seems like one of your sepper rentals will work for us. How far are Cooper Cabin and the Fisher Price House from a place we can park a 45ft bus? Either of those seem like they could be a good fit for us. Can some of us stay in our bus(/rv) while others stay in sepper accommodations? When I pay to reserve the cabin or house bunk room on your website, how do I specify which day(s) it's for? I am expecting we'd arrive around 4PM on Sunday March 24, explore and possibly pitch in on some boot camp projects before dinner, stay overnight, then depart in the morning. Would it be possible to get a tour and/or arrange to sit down for a conversation with some of your longer term community members in that timeframe?

Hi Sparr,

While we wait for Samantha to chime in more, I thought I could answer some of your questions.

Cooper Cabin is up at the Lab, a couple of miles from the Base Camp. I'm quite sure that driving a bus up there is not possible.

The Fisher Price House in the other hand is close to a parking spot. And yes, some of you can stay in the bus (camping fees apply).

At Base Camp, there also is the Solarium which could be a nice option, it has 6 bunks in total, and a nice rocket mass heater. It will be soon added to the SEPPer page with pictures from the inside.



The bootcamp runs Monday through Friday, so there will be no bootcamp activities for you to join in on Sunday. A tour can be arranged for a fee.

If you want to pay for the whole thing (camping fees for people staying at the bus and the SEPPer stays for others + a possible tour) the easiest way would be emailing us at bunks (AT) richsoil DOT com.
If paying through the links at this SEPPer page, we will email you to confirm the dates. There is availability on the dates you are planning.

Samantha Lewis wrote:Hello Sparr!

Sounds like a really fun trip!

It would be great to have you all visit this spring.  
We do have a bunch of options for being here, trying to make it work for everybody's schedule and their needs.

It sounds like the sepper program would be perfect for your group!

Tuesday is our community night when we all get together.  We share a meal and talk about community business.

Boot camp:  The work here is pretty easy going and at the pace folks are comfortable with.   We encourage people to take breaks and have a great time.
When someone is here as a sepper they can jump into the boot camp projects if they want to.

If you rent Cooper Cabin your whole crew could stay there together.  It is big, has lots of bunks and is right near the sauna!

Come on out and play with us!

Sadly I wasn't able to coordinate a cabin or bunk stay; the pricing for one night vs ten was somewhat prohibitive, and I was told that having a tour or visiting for our intended times would be too short.

We're still going to be driving through Missoula. If you or anyone else in your community would be up for meeting us off-site just to have lunch or dinner and a conversation about your community, I'd still like to arrange that, even if we can't come on-site.

Hello,
I just signed up to come to the jubilee and I wondered if I can be a sepper at the same time July 1st-12th, maybe longer. Is that possible and if so, do I just click and pay?
Thanks, Eve

Eve Fischer wrote:Hello,
I just signed up to come to the jubilee and I wondered if I can be a sepper at the same time July 1st-12th, maybe longer. Is that possible and if so, do I just click and pay?
Thanks, Eve

Hi Eve, we have discounted prices for rentals during events. We will contact you about the bunk rentals after the ticket blitz is over if the 24 tickets are all sold. Staying as a SEPPer after the event is possible.

Sparr Risher wrote:

Samantha Lewis wrote:Hello Sparr!

Sounds like a really fun trip!

It would be great to have you all visit this spring.  
We do have a bunch of options for being here, trying to make it work for everybody's schedule and their needs.

It sounds like the sepper program would be perfect for your group!

Tuesday is our community night when we all get together.  We share a meal and talk about community business.

Boot camp:  The work here is pretty easy going and at the pace folks are comfortable with.   We encourage people to take breaks and have a great time.
When someone is here as a sepper they can jump into the boot camp projects if they want to.

If you rent Cooper Cabin your whole crew could stay there together.  It is big, has lots of bunks and is right near the sauna!

Come on out and play with us!

Sadly I wasn't able to coordinate a cabin or bunk stay; the pricing for one night vs ten was somewhat prohibitive, and I was told that having a tour or visiting for our intended times would be too short.

We're still going to be driving through Missoula. If you or anyone else in your community would be up for meeting us off-site just to have lunch or dinner and a conversation about your community, I'd still like to arrange that, even if we can't come on-site.

Hello Sparr!

Do you know the dates you will be in the area?  Paul just opened up a block of freaky cheap tickets to our next event!

https://permies.com/w/ptj-tix-blitz#2301183

Saana Jalimauchi wrote:

Eve Fischer wrote:Hello,
I just signed up to come to the jubilee and I wondered if I can be a sepper at the same time July 1st-12th, maybe longer. Is that possible and if so, do I just click and pay?
Thanks, Eve

Hi Eve, we have discounted prices for rentals during events. We will contact you about the bunk rentals after the ticket blitz is over if the 24 tickets are all sold. Staying as a SEPPer after the event is possible.

Thanks so much, Saana!

Hi!

I'm really interested in staying with you all for a month in the SEPP program for the month of July if that's a possibility this summer. I'd also love to get up there for 5 days or so before the end of May to come be a SEPPer and make sure we're a good fit. I do have a tow behind camper that I could bring this spring if there is not a structure available. I also have a sweet dog who I am really hoping I can bring along as well. She comes with me everywhere and is well behaved. Would these things be a possibility? If so, how shall I reserve dates?

...I also am open to the bootcamp. Not exactly sure what route I should take! In July, I would have to leave for strong wifi 2-3 days per week for my mental health therapy job, but otherwise would really like to participate in learning with you all!

Frances Saalfield wrote:Hi!

I'm really interested in staying with you all for a month in the SEPP program for the month of July if that's a possibility this summer.

Hi Frances,

Unfortunately during July Wheaton Labs hosts the Permaculture Technology Jamboree and the SKIP event, and the SEPPer program pauses for that time.

hi
is boot camp still exists? last message dated 2016! who I may contact to discuss visiting boot camp? a little about my aim to visit, I'm from Kazakhstan completed PDC 2015, skilled in a lot of fields, running regenerative agriculture project 6ha, planning to travel 43° lattitude(and close to it) with similar climate to my place.
wishes
Askar

Askar Seitbattalov wrote:hi
is boot camp still exists? last message dated 2016! who I may contact to discuss visiting boot camp? a little about my aim to visit, I'm from Kazakhstan completed PDC 2015, skilled in a lot of fields, running regenerative agriculture project 6ha, planning to travel 43° lattitude(and close to it) with similar climate to my place.
wishes
Askar

Here is a thread where you can find all info about the bootcamp!

https://permies.com/wiki/bootcamp

My husband and I are interested in learning more about visiting your Wheaton Labs to see the Rocket Mass Heater that was featured in ‘Homestead Living’ magazine. We live in the Bitterroot. How can we schedule just a day visit?

We are not currently set up for day visits, but we encourage you to rent a cabin and fully experience a rocket mass heater.

as luck should have it, we recently posted a 2 minute video of 41 rockety things we have built



And recently we made this infographic about heat https://permies.com/heat   and i like what we did with our movie page here https://woodheat.net/

Within the last few days I priced a tent site at a KOA in nowhere special Iowa.  It was $50.00 a night.  That did include electricity, but my tent isn’t wired for110. On the flip side, it did not include firewood.

Hello! We're looking to come out to Wheaton Labs from 7/19-7/26 and had a couple questions: What will everyone in the bootcamp be working on during these days? Will there be a bootcamp work day on 7/20? Thanks!

~Russ and Emma

R Nay wrote:Hello! We're looking to come out to Wheaton Labs from 7/19-7/26 and had a couple questions: What will everyone in the bootcamp be working on during these days? Will there be a bootcamp work day on 7/20? Thanks!

~Russ and Emma

The bootcamp is 40 hours a week monday through friday.  They meet at 8am sharp, and 1pm sharp, in the library.  Seppers are welcome to join for each half day segment when they are in the mood!

Right now, stephen (the high commander) is focused on building soil.  This involves getting water to a lot of stuff designed to not get water.  Combined with testing the soil and adding mulch.  

There are also a lot of other projects going on each week.  Junk pole fence, and timber work at allerton abbey.  We are doing some harvest combined with drying food and canning.

Seppers can have some influence on projects.  Once you are here, let stephen know what skills you would like to try your hand at.  We don't guarantee it will happen, but there is a decent chance!

R Nay wrote:Hello! We're looking to come out to Wheaton Labs from 7/19-7/26 and had a couple questions: What will everyone in the bootcamp be working on during these days? Will there be a bootcamp work day on 7/20? Thanks!

~Russ and Emma

Do you know what cabin you want for that time frame?

paul wheaton wrote:

R Nay wrote:Hello! We're looking to come out to Wheaton Labs from 7/19-7/26 and had a couple questions: What will everyone in the bootcamp be working on during these days? Will there be a bootcamp work day on 7/20? Thanks!

~Russ and Emma

Do you know what cabin you want for that time frame?

Hi Paul, thanks so much for the info! Looking forward to learning more soil improvement skills, harvesting, preserving and natural building.

We'd like to stay in the RMH tipi.

click on this https://permies.com/pp/250.00/tipi-7-nights

Hello.  My daughter and I would like to visit for two weeks in September.  She is interested in working in the boot camp but because of health issues I will only be able to partially help with things. She is studying architecture and is very interested in sustainable design so is really excited see and learn about everything you are doing.  We are both very interested in rocket mass heaters. I’ve been wanting to build one for years but would like to get some hands on experience first. We are also very interested in the wafati buildings.  We can’t decide if the tipi or the abbey would be better or if you would allow us to stay in each for one week to get the experience of both.  Is there a time in September that would  best to come to get experience with building rocket mass heaters?  We are interested in everything, but if possible would like to arrange our time there when those types of things are being worked on so we can get some hands on experience.

my guess is that your daughter is 18 or older?

If you are interested in wofati stuff, then allerton abbey is your best choice.

Rocket mass heater builds don't happen all that often.  If you want to build experience with cob - then some of our rocket mass heaters could use some updating.