Brand New Permstead in KY
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:11 amHey Everybody,
Our family is in the middle of buying a property in Kentucky. It has an old house we want to renovate to suit permaculture. We are on here to learn as much as possible about installing rainwater catchment for drinking and other use, hot water heating, house heating, passive cooling, you name it; we need it. We're even looking into making our own milk paint for the inside walls. Anyone with good experience is welcome to share their thoughts/ideas. We're loving Matt's threads on his rocket mass heaters so far! Unfortunately, I think that would only work for us a few months out of the year, so we'll be looking for other ideas for other times of the year. Also, our fireplace area is on floor trusses, so I think we would have to strengthen them before they could hold a RMH . . .
We hope to do swales, animals, gardens, orchards, the whole nine yards, so I'm sure it's going to be a very long process. We'd love to share if anyone is interested in the progress.
Our family is in the middle of buying a property in Kentucky. It has an old house we want to renovate to suit permaculture. We are on here to learn as much as possible about installing rainwater catchment for drinking and other use, hot water heating, house heating, passive cooling, you name it; we need it. We're even looking into making our own milk paint for the inside walls. Anyone with good experience is welcome to share their thoughts/ideas. We're loving Matt's threads on his rocket mass heaters so far! Unfortunately, I think that would only work for us a few months out of the year, so we'll be looking for other ideas for other times of the year. Also, our fireplace area is on floor trusses, so I think we would have to strengthen them before they could hold a RMH . . .
We hope to do swales, animals, gardens, orchards, the whole nine yards, so I'm sure it's going to be a very long process. We'd love to share if anyone is interested in the progress.
