Driving around the residential hills of Dhahran, a city near Dammam, Saudi Arabia, one sees some lots left empty for rain water drainage. The lots are concave with a drain coming in toward the top. They usually seem empty of plants; just a place for the water to go away.
These lots might be a g...
We went and purchased six hens at the local farm store last week. They are still in the brooder and will be for a few more weeks. We still need to build the coop and hen house. Have to hurry on that now that they are here they are growing fast. A new experience for me and my family.
Picked up s...
The machine produced in various sizes, for both industrial and home
uses, can easily transform a kilogram of plastic waste into a liter of
oil, using about 1 kW·h of electricity but without emitting CO2 in the
process. The machine uses a temperature controlling electric heater
instead of ...
VOLUNTEERS INVITED:What is needed, and who can help?1. Digging 1 1/2 miles of swales: Anyone who can wield a shovel is welcome! The use of dirt moving equipment (excavator, back hoe) would obviously greatly speed up this initial phase, but that costs money.2. Sheet mulching. Anyone who can provid...
THE PLAN: From sandbox to Island of Green.The picture below shows where we'll work and what we start with: a 10-acre sandbox. legend of the colors used on the pictures: orange: don't touch, taboo, protected area.green circles = non-mesquite trees that are still alive.azure circles = mesquite tree...
I planted my first tree!The tree on the right in picture #1 will be remembered (at least by me, if no one else ) as the first tree that was planted in this project, that made "Island of Green" more than just some lines on paper. It was a bit unexpected. I came back from town and saw a distant ne...
I'm currently working with a fairly typical basic design, 6" heat riser which dictates the size of j tube and fuel feed----very small, so the first conclusion i have come to, since there is not much difference in external size of the stove which is dictated by the bell, not the heat riser, i have...
The blank slate:
2.2 Acres, 1900sqft mobile home, 900sqft detached building, well pump, septic tank, 98ft elevation.
Year 1
Moved in Thanksgiving, 2011
Installed backyard fence
Year 2
Year 3
Minutes of PSADB Meeting No. 6, Weds, March 5th, 2014, 2pmAttendance: 4 (Welcome David! Even if you had to run!)We
talked a little about the event with Philippe Derruder but decided a
discussion about that should wait everyone is around so we can decide how we want to proceed with setting up ...
Within the scope of 10-Week permaculture practical internship, we have Paul Taylor with us at Zaytuna Farm, giving us a two-days crash course on soils. What a big chance and privilege. Paul is very experienced on soil structure, soil creation and compost. We are so happy that he shares his knowle...
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The Recyc...
This is one of the first steps from the Lost Theory Festival towards an ecovillage. We work together with Croatian permaculture teachers who live at The Recycled Estate, an ecological farm near Zagreb. Soon we start working on composttoilets, purifying water of the river, clear the reedbeds and ...
A renovação do espaço da garagem foi um trabalho bem gostoso, com muito aprendizado.
Para saber mais, é só ir acompanhando o blog da Casa da Montanha.
Colhemos os bambus no inverno, na lua minguante
Depois de secos, usamos na construção... pilares duplos e amarrados ao alicerece.
Te...
