Full Moon Ranch

Full Moon Ranch Full Moon Ranch is a 20 acre plot of land in Pershing County, Nevada that is being transformed into an off grid farm, event venue, campground, and brewery.

The Full Moon Ranch is an off-grid organic farm set on 20 acres of beautiful land in Pershing County, Nevada. Our goal is to produce the highest quality organic produce and livestock possible to improve our health and health of the earth. We are currently raising funds for "earthbag" homes which we will build to house the residents and guests of the farm. A campground will be provided to travelers

and campers who wish to explore the beauty of natural Nevada and detoxify from their usual routines. One main focus of Full Moon Ranch will be live music. We will be constructing a stage area for live music events and all night full moon parties. We urge all bands and musicians who support local organic farming to contact us for booking. If you would like to donate, please contact us via e-mail or facebook message. [email protected]

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Pretty neat.

Important gear.
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Important gear.

When Rachel and her husband first decided to have a pizza oven in the garden as part of their permaculture design, they never realised it would become the heart of the garden. Here's how they built it step by step.

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04/30/2018

Bamboo charcoal is a clean, sustainable and reliable source of energy that helps countries reduce the use of wood, protect fragile forests, while still meeting the energy needs of their growing populations. It should be an integral part of national climate change strategies and a key contributor to....

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History of vegetables reaches the most distant years of modern humankind, when hunter gatherers exited the Africa and started spreading across entire planet earth. As the birth of modern human civilizations, vegetables were identified as the sourced of great medicinal and nutritional power. Potato F...

02/12/2018

Here you can see the completed grill. You see the fuel chamber at the bottom, with a screen separating the fuel from the air intake. This ensure maximum oxygen for a nice hot fire. The views on the right are looking down the vertical element. The opening flares out to create a wide enough space for the grill to sit.

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He built a real Hobbit house in Scotland—and loves visitors.

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UNDERGROUND GREENHOUSE FOR YEAR ROUND GROWING

If eating fresh vegetables and fruit year round is important to you and your Family, you might consider building an Underground Greenhouse. It will keep the temperatures warmer in the winter and help prevent overheating in the summer; making it possible to grow your garden vegetables year round. https://theseedguy.net/15-seed-packages

For the vast majority of the country, 4 feet below the surface will stay between 50° to 60°F even if the weather above the ground gets to 10°F or colder. This is what they call the thermal constant, and what the Underground Greenhouse is based on.

The original design for an Underground Greenhouse was invented in Bolivia, and was called a Walipini, an Aymara Indian word which means “a warm place.” A Walipini is a rectangular shaped Greenhouse that is dug down 6-8 feet deep in the ground. The longest area of the rectangle will face towards the south (in the Northern Hemisphere) to take advantage of the most sunlight.

The design of the Underground Greenhouse isn’t that complicated, as it can be as simple as a hole with plastic sheets laid on top. The roof seals in the heat and insulates the area to keep a warm, moist environment for your fruits and vegetables.

The location of your Walipini will depend on how big you want it to be. You’ll need enough space to grow your plants and have a small area to walk into your greenhouse. The bottom of the Greenhouse will need to be at least 5 feet above the water table in your area. The recommended size for an Underground Greenhouse is 8 x 12 feet.

When planning where your Greenhouse will be located, remember that your roof will need to receive light during the winter, also. This means that you will have to make sure that trees or buildings don't block it during the winter time when the sun is in the South. In most cases, your Underground Greenhouse should be set up East to West, with the roof facing South to take advantage of the Winter Sun.

Once it's decided where your Underground Greenhouse will be located, you can start digging. Plot out the area above ground to keep track of where you should be digging. While you’re excavating, dig at least 2 feet deeper than your desired depth. Keep your soil close by to help prop up the roof.

The walls of your Underground Greenhouse should have a minimum 6-inch slope from the roof to the floor. This will greatly reduce the amount of crumbling and caving that will occur with the soil. You can also layer the walls with a clay to prevent erosion, or use bricks to stabilize the walls of the building.

While you’re digging the hole, dig an extra 2 feet below the desired depth. You’ll fill this area with stone or gravel and then 8 inches of soil. Ideally, you’d lay larger stones and gravel on the bottom layer and the gravel would become progressively smaller until you reach the soil.

The bottom of the greenhouse should be slightly sloped from the center to the edges. Along the perimeter, you should leave a space of 2-3 feet just filled with gravel. This is designed to help the water drain more easily. Many people have also created open gravel wells in the corners of the greenhouses that allows them to collect the water. This will allow you to draw a bucket into the hole and pull out water if you find you have too much.

Once the floor is filled in with the drainage system, and the soil required for growing, the doors can be installed. Place the door frame at the base of the ramp and fill in the areas around the door as much as possible with dirt and clay. Filling in these gaps will prevent heat loss in your greenhouse.

Many times, people will use 2-inch door frames that have holes drilled into the top middle and bottom of each side. They will then use wooden stakes, dowels or rebar to secure the door frame into the soil wall.

The angle of the roof will make a big difference on the sun’s ability to heat your greenhouse. Ideally, the roof should be facing directly at the winter solstice at a 90 angle. This angle will maximize the heat during the winter solstice and minimize the heat during the summer solstice.

Now, you can use that extra soil that you have left over to create a berm. The berm is basically an extension of the north wall of the greenhouse. This allows you to control the angle of the roof by adding or taking away dirt. Build up the berm to continue the slope that you used on the wall. If you’re using bricks – continue using them on the berm.

The most economical, durable material for your roof is 4-inch PVC pipe. Using PVC elbow pieces, joiners, etc, you can create a flat roof frame that will cover your Underground Greenhouse.

After you’ve created a PVC frame, lay it in place on the top of your hole. Then lay plastic sheeting across the top of the frame and make sure that it extends past the edge of the frame by at least 1 foot. This flap will prevent run off water from the roof from running back into the greenhouse itself.

Once the plastic material is put on top of the roof frame, move inside and tack another layer of plastic wrap along the inside of the roof frame. This internal plastic sheeting will create a 4-inch barrier between the inside and outside of the roof, and will act as an insulator that will keep the heat in more effectively.

You’ll want to make sure that you leave a few inches of plastic hanging down on the lower (south) end of your roof. This will force moisture that collects on the roof to drip off above the drainage system or on top of your plants instead of at the base of the roof. If you allow the moisture to run to the base of the roof frame, it may affect the soil at that location and break down your wall, etc.

Ventilation is always crucial. You have 3 options, such as: Installing two doors, one at each end; installing a vent roughly the size of the door at the top of the back wall; or installing a chimney at the center of the back wall. Good Luck on your Greenhouse.

When you are ready for some great Small Farm-Grown Heirloom Seeds for your Greenhouse, here at THE SEED GUY...we have our 60 Variety Heirloom Seed Package Special that is Non GMO, all individually packaged, and then put in a 10 x 14 silver mylar bag. There are 35,000 Seeds in the package, fresh from the Spring 2017 harvest, with a 90-93% germination rate. You get 49 Vegetable Seed varieties, and then 11 FREE Herb Seed varieties as a Bonus.(This includes the Wonder Herb Black Cumin or Nigella Sativa)

The package is reasonably priced at $59, so more Families can affordably grow their own Non GMO Healthy Gardens. You can see the Seed varieties in this package, and Order on our website at https://theseedguy.net/seed-packages/50-60-variety-heirloom-seed-package.html You can also call us at 918-352-8800 to ask questions and Order, and we are available 7 days a week, and up to midnight each day.

If you LIKE US on our page, you will be able to see more of our great Gardening Articles, New Seed Offerings and healthy Juice Recipes. Thank you and God Bless You and Your Family. :) https://www.facebook.com/theseedguy

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Italian company WASP starts 3D printing its first housing model with 40-feet-tall printing machine.

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Comfortable.

Designed by Melbourne-based company Giant Grass, the Froute Pod is intended as a semi-permanent structure, to be raised off the ground on a platform, to protect inhabitants from ground moisture (recycled pallets were used in this demo). Giant Grass founders are architects and Munir and Mittul Vahanv...

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Decent read.
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Useful.

01/18/2017

How to Grow 100 Pounds Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet

On many occasions, we've been tempted to grow our own potatoes. They're fairly low maintenance, can be grown in a pot or in the ground, last a fairly long time if stored properly, and can be very nutritious (high in potassium and vitamin C). Here's more incentive: according to this article, you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 sq. feet.

According to this article from the Seattle Times, potatoes planted inside a box with this method can grow up to 100 pounds of potatoes in just 4 square feet. All that is required:
Lumber
Seed potatoes
Soil
Careful attention to watering
The Times' guide for building a potato growing box yields up to a 100 lbs. of potatoes in a mere 4 square feet is shown below:
Plant as early as April or as late as August 1, with an approximated 3 month till harvest turnaround time.
Cut apart larger seed potatoes, making sure there are at least two eyes in each piece you plant.
Dust the cut pieces with fir dust, which seals the open ends from bacteria.
Fertilize with 10-20-20 fertilizer at planting and a couple of times during the season.
Water so that the plants are kept at an even level of moisture.
Don't plant in the same area in consecutive years or use the same soil to fill your potato box, as potatoes can attract various diseases.
"To save space, Lutovsky recommends building a box and planting inside it, adding sides to the box as the plant grows and filling the new space with mulch or soil. When the plant blossoms, it starts setting potatoes in this added soil. Soon after that, you can start removing the bottom boards from your box and "robbing" the plant, reaching in carefully and pulling out new potatoes."

Source:
apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-grow-100-pounds-of-potatoes-in-4-square-feet-81760
seattletimes.com/html/homegarden/2002347126_potatoes25.html

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