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Summary
Paul calls up Mark and Katie to discuss the rules and regs of building on his
land, but get sidetracked into talking about the wofati
greenhouse, kickstarter, and citric acid.
The wofati
greenhouse is now operational with tracking thermometers in the bottoms of the thermal
wells each reading 46.2 degrees for the last month, but adding the destratification pipes didn’t do much. There’s much theorycrafting going on as to why, but the
boots added half-pipe inlayed with foil to act as a basic reflector to augment the pipes, and lo and behold, the air started moving and over the course of a month boosted the temperature at the bottom of the wells by a degree. This is after a mere 1 month of operation, so after a year, it
should be even warmer. Another effect of the thermal mass is, as one might expect, to limit extreme high temperatures during the summer, for example the greenhouse only hit 106 degrees so far even during a hot day.
Paul’s set up a poor man’s poll on what his next kickstarter
project should be, with the 10 potential ones being open to vote on. (link in the “relevant threads” section)
1: Second deck of
permaculture playing cards, focusing more on warm climates this time.
2: New
Rocket Mass Heater “
Rocket Mass Heater Analysis and Design” book to compliment the
RMH Builder’s Guide, co-authored by Uncle Mud
3: Use about 10 different bits of excess footage from the 2021 RMH
Jamboree to make a movie about it
4: Prepare for making a movie of the next Permaculture Technology Jamboree
5: Record next summer’s
PDC with
Alan Booker, if he agrees to the recording, and maybe a five-day intensive
PDC
6: Release a draft of Paul’s “
Permaculture Thorns” book and finish it
7: Record Hellen Atthow’s “Garden Master” course
8: Write a wofati book that also covers the Annualized Thermal Inertia test
9: Similar to wofati greenhouse project, but focused on a) willow tree mulch pit activity during winter; b) see if the same principals can be used to grow a lemon tree
10: Finish the
hugelkultur book
Relevant Threads
Poor man's poll on future Kickstarter projects
2022 Permaculture Design Course with Alan Booker
Clean With Cleaners You Can Eat by Raven Ranson
Podcast 579 - Permaculture Smackdown 19 - The Paul HOA - Part 2 - where citric acid was first discussed
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