Shop - www.ErnieAndErica.info. These as-built drawings don't come with any official warranty or license. But they do come with our personal guarantee that they are based on proven products: each example has performed to their owner's satisfaction for at least 1 year, including a full heating season. Any improvements or modifications made during that year are documented. Purchasers make their own decisions about the suitability for any particular purpose, or may consult a licensed building professional for informed local advice. Bonny Convection Bench: Rocket Mass Heater, 8 inch ducting, with air channels over hardwood floor. This large system heats a 3-story, multi-family house in redwood country. Cabin 8" RMHeaterThis compact layout takes up less than 4' x 9' total footprint, yet stores a lot of heat.
Daybed 6" RMHeater: a compact heater for occasional-use spaces (the original heats a 120-sf detached guest room, as a built-in twin bed). The "baby book" for important project records. 4 titles make up the set: Books: Home Page: ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. Corn, soybean, wheat fertility and crop management.
Rocketstoves - www.ErnieAndErica.info. Ianto Evans, Leslie Jackson, Ernie Wisner, Kirk Mobert, Paul Wheaton, and other friends are among the researchers developing efficient, clean-burning, affordable stoves for a variety of heating and cooking needs. This group developed and published the current editions of Rocket Mass Heater, or Rocket Masonry Stove, designs. The technology combines an innovative clean-burning combustion chamber, with an earthen masonry thermal mass, resulting in extraordinary heat capture and low waste from an incredibly small amount of wood.
The goals of Rocket Stove researchers include - meet human needs for food, warmth, comfort, and safety - conserve fuel (over-harvesting of firewood affects droughts, famine, and climate), - clean air, reduce smoke-related health and environmental problems - turn wastes into resources, e.g. find new uses for junk & scrap - encourage resourceful thinking and hands-on problem solving - offer affordable, clean alternatives to conventional technologies.
Raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation. Raised garden bed hugelkultur after one month raised garden bed hugelkultur after one year raised garden bed hugelkultur after two years raised garden bed hugelkultur after twenty years It's a german word and some people can say it all german-ish. I'm an american doofus, so I say "hoogle culture". I had to spend some time with google to find the right spelling. Hugal, hoogal, huegal, hugel .... I learned this high-falootin word at my permaculture training. Hugelkultur is nothing more than making raised garden beds filled with rotten wood. I do think there are some considerations to keep in mind. Another thing to keep in mind is that wood is high in carbon and will consume nitrogen to do the compost thing. Pine and fir will have some levels of tanins in them, but I'm guessing that most of that will be gone when the wood has been dead for a few years.
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