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Commenced:
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01/06/2005 |
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Submitted:
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10/03/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine, US |
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Phone:
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207-370-7697 |
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Website:
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http://www.pressherald.com/life/foodanddining/backyard-garden-farm-blooms-in-cape-elizabeth_2010-09-08.html |
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Climate zone:
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Cold Temperate |
This project is demonstration site for converting a "typical" 1/3 acre residential property to a model of abundant post-carbon living using permaculture design and techniques.
The first iteration of the design for this project was created in 2005 and then redrawn in 2006. The home is a 1500 square foot cottage built in 1930 (in need of retrofits) located on 1/3 acre in a residential neighborhood approximately 3 miles from downtown Portland Maine.
The owners are Lisa Fernandes and David Whitten.
Elements already implemented:
House insulated & air-sealed
Heating with wood
Solar Hot Water
Unheated greenhouse (polytunnel) for season extension
Drip Irrigation
"Quick Hoops" and portable hoophouses
Espaliered fruit
Various Perennial Food Plantings (Berries, Nuts, etc.)
Herb Spiral
Kiwi Arbor
Grape Pergola
Rainwater Collection System
Composting & Vermicomposting
Frog/Pollinator Pond
Perennial Vegetables
Muscovy & Ancona Ducks
Chickens (eggs & meat)
Extensive "Lawn Eradication"
Swaled hillside
No-Dig Garden Beds (>20)
Edible bamboo
Clothesline (outdoors) + Airer on Pulleys (indoor)
Hugelkultur beds
In the plan, being implemented near term:
Outdoor oven/kitchen/rocket stove
Root Cellar
Cistern
Thermally massive sunroom
Sauna/Hot Tub
Edible Forest Garden
Teahouse/playhouse
Rocket Stove
Biogas Digester
Larger pond/aquaculture
Flowforms
Cool Cupboard
Wood Cookstove Indoors
We welcome visitors on Fridays, by appointment.
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