Camping on the job site is so much better than a hotel, especially when an otherwise wasted rain day can become laundry day without a pile of quarters and hours spent in that man-made purgatory, the laundromat.
Nope. this is just the Dinosaur outside Wall Drug, South Dakota. It turns out the real Dinosaur Park is another hour west in Rapid City, South Dakota and I drove by it without even realizing it. But we are going to find a Dinosaur Park if I have to get fossilized myself.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Park
#shorts
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weE1RJoK9dE
Elaine has made a short video on harvesting your own clay soil for earthen buildings (including cob, slip, rammed earth, earthbag, pise, earthen floors and plasters) to go with our more detailed "Sourcing Earthen Building Materials Cheat-Sheet" found here https://www.unclemud.com/store?store-page=Ebook-PDF-Uncle-Mud-Sourcing-Earthen-Building-Materials-Cheat-Sheet-p211487483 Support us on https://Patreon.com/unclemud and get FREE exclusive content including our extended videos and our latest cheat-sheets.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isj7kiwPxwA
After the Great Pause of 2020 we are really looking forward to getting back to in-person events. One of our favorites has been the Permies.com Appropriate Technology Course (now the Permaculture Technology Jamboree) that we teach just after the PDC every summer at Paul Wheaton Labs in beautiful Montana. Stay tuned as we share clips from previous years to give you an idea of what is coming up.
The purposes of the PTJ are:
1) Participants gain hands-on practice in a fully outfitted homestead fabrication and repair shop with tools from welders to sawmills to excavators under the instruction of experienced teachers--think of it as a shop class for homesteaders.
2) The PTJ is a serious research & development forum for DIY low-impact technologies such as Rocket Mass Heaters, Thermal and Photovoltaic Solar, and Local Natural Materials Building. Participants help us push the envelope on what is possible with appropriate technology.
Click below to register or to learn more. Class sizes are limited.
Permaculture Design Course for Scientist and Engineers (June 13-26, 2021)
PDC: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=86658&f=51
Permaculture Technology Jamboree (June 28-July 9, 2021)
PTJ: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=86659&f=51
Both PDC & PTJ
PDC+PTJ: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=155586&f=51
Mix and Match
First half of the PTJ: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=155586&f=51
Second half of the PTJ: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=86659&f=51
PTJ+ SKIP: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=149331&f=51
SKIP: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=149330&f=51
PDC+PTJ+SKIP: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=149332&f=51
Garden Master Course: https://permies.com/jforum?module=paidTopic&action=buyWithPaypal&topic_id=155586&f=51
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbfap_gij8
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Part 2 https://youtu.be/RndkxthcAkg
Part 3 https://youtu.be/EPClNDk74nY
Part 4 https://youtu.be/LdYV6zfifno
Part 5 https://youtu.be/HZzDr71UM8c
Part 6 https://youtu.be/msYQ9tyFDUk
In October of 2018 I got to work with Kirk Mobert on a rebuild of the Peter Van Den Berg designed Double Shoebox Rocket Stove. The rebuild gave us a chance to clean out and inspect the innards, as well as tweak the design, removing the radiant bell that was taking too much heat out of the exhaust and installing a better manifold and chimney. https://www.unclemud.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm2OAuPHjPE
Belton was a blast as always. We are bringing the Mud and Rockets to a fair near you. check our schedule at Motherearthnewsfair.com
Tickets for our big hands-on building event in July are available now.
https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=51
and the kickstarter for the Low Tech Laboratory movie (including our Rocket Pottery Kiln) goes live any day now. Click on the link and select the big green Notify Me button to get the special Super Early Bird Freebies https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=3xzlmk
#unclemud #naturalbuilding #cob #offgrid #rocketmassheater #rocketheater
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ5IdparvIk
One of the great things about DIY tiny houses built from mostly junk and local natural materials is the love and attention that you can afford to put into details that would be too much on a bigger house. Benito's house here for example is small enough you can polish the finishes, you can use deep, rich, expensive colors burnished into lime in a way that looks extravagant--like on a whole wall--but isn't so bad because its a small wall.
The Steen family has been teaching and pioneering natural buildings as art and science and generously sharing their work with the world for over 30 years. The physical entity of the Canelo Project is their lush homestead in the desert of southern mountains of Arizona. Dozens of hand sculpted buildings and garden walls stand tribute to the thousands of students like us who have left our handprints and heartprints here. More info at https://caneloproject.com/ Tell them Uncle Mud sent you.
Thank you for your support at @ https://www.patreon.com/unclemud
#cob #naturalbuilding #caneloproject #unclemud #earthenplaster #limeplastering #limewash #benitosteen #tinyhouse #tinyhouseheater #athenasteen #billsteen #naturalbuildingworkshops #earthenbuilding
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBDyXLafuA