BlogHide Resteemspaulwheaton (56)in permaculture • 5 years agoREALLY saving energy: Paul Wheaton at TEDxWhitefishMy TED talk where I break down that carbon footprint is really about home heat. I think most people think there is no way to really save money on heat, but I show three things that hardly anybody…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoa 3 minute tour of a mud house near missoula, montanaWell, 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 cement. The heat from the…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoan off grid rocket cooktopThis 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 insists that we cannot…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agothree cob floor experimentsThere 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 have a cob floor…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoGin Pole mounted on a tractor loader bucketTwo 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 invention"? I do believe…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agobuilding a junk pole fenceA 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 are considered a…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agothe things to do to get a post in the ground to last a long timeIn 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 in the hole so that…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoharvesting a few potatoes from a hugelkulturGrabbing 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 been growing in…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoI 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 is available as an…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agodrystack retaining wall for a trailCovering 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 strong foundation…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agodrystack step - one over two and two over oneJocelyn 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 rocks and gravel.…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agooff 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 taken of the rocket…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agobuilding a 7 foot tall hugelkultur bed for a PEP BBAshley 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 of the hugelkultur…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agobuilding a simple road gateThe 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 holding the gate when…paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoSealing a pond without a linerJosiah 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 ....paulwheaton (56)in homesteading • 5 years agoIt's that time of year to think of wood heatIt'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 wood. A rocket mass…paulwheaton (56)in investment • 6 years agointerview with jacob lund fisker, author of Early Retirement ExtremeShawn 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 Strategies". Jacob…paulwheaton (56)in permaculture • 6 years agohoney bee care as an example of quality animal careShawn 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 into our podcast…paulwheaton (56)in permaculture • 6 years agopodcast 412 - building a better world instead of being angry at bad guysShawn 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 podcast, we cover the…paulwheaton (56)in permaculture • 6 years agothreshing grain by hand with a pillowcase - and some winnowing tooWe'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 twist for about a…
