Low-cost, knock-down, outdoor shower house
Here is some information about the progress we are making with our outdoor shower house projects. With campers coming to our Stelle (Il) and Bending Oak
Epic Greenhouse Rocket-Mass Heater
This is an April 2016 Blog Post on how we built a Thermal Mass Rocket Stove at Jordan Rubin’s ‘Heal the Planet Farm’. Bill Wilson
Year-Round Greenhouse
Why A Year-Round Greenhouse is part of This Permaculture Design It doesn’t take much for those of us in temperate climate zones to imagine the
Wood Gasification
Why Wood Gasification is part of This Permaculture Design Wood Gasification is the process of converting wood (any kind of scraps or trimmings) into flammable gasses
Building a Jean Pain Style Compost Pile
This past Sunday the Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup and Living Off The Grid Meetup joined forces to build a compost pile that would provide heat for
Thermal Mass Rocket Stoves on our Minds…
Why Thermal Mass Rocket Stoves are part of This Permaculture Design We cover the foundations of rocket stove building at every Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)
The Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup Builds a Rocket Stove
This Labor Day weekend the Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup traveled to Woodstock, IL to build a rocket stove. Here’s a time lapse video I made of
Heating His Home with Compost?
Meet Our Friend Rob Frost from the Milwaukee, WI Area Back in the 1970s, a Frenchman by the name of Jean Pain of built a
Fall Update
The dust has settled following our full schedule of trainings in August. It feels good to be home and to be getting into the garden