• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 4 years ago

  a 3 minute tour of a mud house near missoula, montana

  Well, mud and logs. And a bit of straw bale. Most of the materials came off the land where it is built. A house the sequesters tons of carbon. Zero paint, glue or…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 4 years ago

  an off grid rocket cooktop

  This is a special creation by Peter van den Berg, and enhanced by Kirk "Donkey" Mobert. It was further enhanced by the permaculture bootcamp here at wheaton labs. Kirk…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 4 years ago

  three cob floor experiments

  There are multiple floor experiments going on up at the Allerton Abbey wofati at the moment, and Jen is here to explain what's going on with the current state of the floors. We…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 4 years ago

  Gin Pole mounted on a tractor loader bucket

  Two different experiments with a gin pole. We needed to lift heavy logs higher than the tractor bucket would go. Wasn't it Plato who said "Necessity is the mother of all…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  building a junk pole fence

  A fence made of waste wood (this wood is typically burned in an effort to reduce wildfires). It's a bit like making fence out bamboo, but in an area where these conifer poles…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  the things to do to get a post in the ground to last a long time

  In this case, it is a pole structure. And the number one thing to do is to keep the post dry. Next, make sure that when the post is put in the ground, there is a bit of gravel…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  harvesting a few potatoes from a hugelkultur

  Grabbing a few potatoes for dinner. Jennifer, Bella, and Dave harvesting the volunteer polyculture potatoes from the hugelkultur berms here at Wheaton Labs. These potatoes have…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  I am now an author!

  Shawn and I started writing this book about 20 months ago. About six months ago we had a kickstarter - which was one of the most funded books at kickstarter! And now the book…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  drystack retaining wall for a trail

  Covering the basics of building a drystack retaining wall. And there is a giant rock sloping the wrong way right where the drystack needs to go. You always want to start with a…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  drystack step - one over two and two over one

  Jocelyn showing you how to build a dry stack stone step! First, you want to prepare the area for your stone step by clearing out the dirt, and raking through it to collect the…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  off grid rocket water heater and showers!

  Jennifer’s first time lighting the rocket water heater! Featuring Josiah's narration. Both wonderful Boots in the Boot Camp here at Wheaton Labs. As you can see in the time lapse…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  building a 7 foot tall hugelkultur bed for a PEP BB

  Ashley is here to get her hugelkultur BB certified. She has to build a hugelkultur 7 feet tall and plant it. Not the logs going to side to side - this helps to keep the sides…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  building a simple road gate

  The folks in the permaculture bootcamp built a quick gate. This is the kind of gate to keep vehicles out. The whole gate is built from logs. There are three posts: two for…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  Sealing a pond without a liner

  Josiah digs a hole and pours the water in. The water runs out because this is a patch of sand. Then he packs it and pours the water in again ....

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 5 years ago

  It's that time of year to think of wood heat

  It's the time of year to put up your firewood. And as you might be bringing in yet another truckload, you might be thinking of ways that you can get more heat out of less…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #investment • 5 years ago

  interview with jacob lund fisker, author of Early Retirement Extreme

  Shawn and I finished the chapter of our book "Building a Better World in Your Backyard Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys". This chapter is called "Radically Deviant Financial…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #permaculture • 5 years ago

  honey bee care as an example of quality animal care

  Shawn and I are writing a book - we hope to do a kickstarter in a few weeks. So here we are, reading a chapter into this youtube live thing, and then we take that and push it…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #permaculture • 6 years ago

  podcast 412 - building a better world instead of being angry at bad guys

  Shawn and I have spent the last nine months working on a book. We are about 80% complete. We explore the idea of mashing it into a podcast as we finish up. And, in this…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #permaculture • 6 years ago

  threshing grain by hand with a pillowcase - and some winnowing too

  We're calling this the pillowcase threshing technique. The seedheads go in the pillowcase. Close the end with clothespins. Smash with gloved hands for about a minute. Do the…

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• paulwheaton (56)in #homesteading • 6 years ago

  a little chop and drop and an alternative way to keep deer off of an apple tree

  A yellow transparent apple tree was dropped off by somebody and left to where the deer could get at it. Somehow it has survived! So we are going to do things that will improve…

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