This event has multiple purposes:
- collaboration, experimentation and innovation to move permaculture technology forward
- experiences for people new to permaculture technology
- building homesteading skills
The Jamboree Format:
Attendees can wander among all FIFTEEN of the tracks and participate or observe as much or as little as they like. The instructors will see a project to completion either with or without help.
Below is the rough outline of the events planned so far:
TRACK ONE – ROCKET:
- Building a Rocket Hot Tub
See design thread HERE
- Building a 8″ Rocket Engine and Adding a Kiln
- Building a Rocket Oven in an Outdoor Kitchen
- Building a Rocket that Generates Electricity
TRACK TWO – Natural Building:
- Build Cob Sinks and Showers
- Create Homegrown Mushroom Mycelium Panels
See design thread HERE
- Install a Yurt – Complete with Platform!
- Make Homemade Cement from Wood Ash
- Make Natural Plasters & Paint
- Create Sheep Wool Insulation
- Make Felted Walls for Insulating a Space
TRACK THREE – FOOD PREP, PRESERVATION & PROPAGATION:
- Preserve a Million Calories
- Store food for winter without electricity (6 ways)
- Stock a root cellar for 20 people for the year
- Make Pottery from Clay Harvest on Site
- Build a Hugel and Plant it!
TRACK FOUR – Spring Terrace:
- Create a Spring Terrace: shape dry land to be able to extract 400 gallons of water per day
See design thread HERE
TRACK FIVE – APOTHECARY:
- Build a Robust Apothecary
- Make a Tincture
- Create Salves
- Dry and Store Teas
TRACK SIX – BODGER:
- Build a Log Picnic Table & Bench
- Build Log Bunk Beds
- Build a Skiddable Bodger Shed
- Build a Shaving Horse
- Build a Three Log Bench
- & More!
TRACK SEVEN – TEXTILES:
- Make Window Quilts
- Create a Spinning Wheel from Used Bike Parts
- Make a Pine Needle Basket
- The Big Shade Project
- Weaving a Rug or Blanket
- & More!
TRACK EIGHT – TECH:
- Add Permanent Solar to a Tiny House
- Electric Tractor Hayride Tour
- Heating Water with the Sun without Needing Winterizing
- Pedal Powered Devices
- Install a Heliostat
- Fire Up a Solar Glass Recycler
- & More!
TRACK NINE – EARTHWORKS:
- Install a Passive Garden Heater
- Build a Holzer Root Cellar in a Day
- Natural swimming pool
TRACK TEN – SKIP:
- A track dedicated to the “Skills to Inherit Property” program
- Build a Basic Birdhouse
- Create Wood Burned Sign
- Build Kindling Crackers
- Create a Tool Handle
- & More!
TRACK ELEVEN – HOMESTEADING:
- Make Seed Balls
- Plant a Living Fence
- Build a Nice Birdhouse
- Foraging
- Make Twine
- Bake Bread in a Rocket Oven
- Make wax Cloths / Lunch Kit / Jar cover
- Create Public Art
- & More!
TRACK TWELVE – DRYSTACK :
- Build a Drystack Moongate
- Create Drystack Stairs
- A Drystack Wall to Protect a Fruit Tree
TRACK THIRTEEN – Wood Working :
- Build a Pavillion
- Build a Round Door
See design thread HERE
- Make lumber on the sawmill
TRACK FOURTEEN – WOFATI
- Build a Freezer Wofati
- Work on different Stages of a Wofati
TRACK FIFTEEN – BEE TRACK See design thread HERE
- Build a Few Hives
- Build a Swarm Trap
- Extract Honey
- Log Beehive Shelter
- Build a Log Style Beehive
- & More!
For more information and to sign up see permies.com