• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Anne Miller
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • r ransom
  • paul wheaton
  • Timothy Norton
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Andrés Bernal
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • Thekla McDaniels
  • May Lotito
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Greywater and Willow Feeders.

For this Badge Bit you will build a large cold-climate greywater-fed mulch pit for a willow feeder system.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
   Hole 4’ diameter, 8’ deep hole
       6’ Wood chips in hole
   Bucket turned upside-down, top of bucket is at least 6 inches below grade, with pipe feeding into top of bucket
       Allows at least 12” drop from pipe outlet to water / wood chip contact
       a “standard” 5 gallon bucket should work nicely
   Then lots of wood chips on top of the bucket to make a mound
       1’ above existing ground level, at top of mound
   Ensure that pipes never freeze
   Ensure that as the mulch pit settles and the bucket is pulled down, the pipe can slide in the bucket at least a foot.
   Plant poop beasts around the mulch pit:
       Willows / poplars / cottonwoods
       Plant at least 6 (at least one of each species

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must show proof of the following (as pictures or a video < 2 mins):
 - show before, progress, and after of building the greywater-fed mulch pit for a willow feeder system
 - demonstrate that the greywater-fed mulch-pit meets the above requirements
 
I miss the old days when I would think up a sinister scheme for world domination and you would show a little emotional support. So just look at this tiny ad:
A rocket mass heater heats your home with one tenth the wood of a conventional wood stove
http://woodheat.net
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic