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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Properties
John Stuart Mill stated that all men have an inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. we've got life, we're looking for liberty, and we need property.
Post as a response any links to properties we might be interested in, or any guidelines you believe we should consider while shopping.
Post as a response any links to properties we might be interested in, or any guidelines you believe we should consider while shopping.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
A Layout
I'm back from a week sleeping in a blueberry field, and I have never been more excited to get this project started!
Necessities
Food
-where are we going to store it? how much will we need? we need to have enough room to store the products we will create as well as the capacity to store it for a relatively long time. I recommend a workshop/storage barn where we could keep tools and vehicles when they aren't being used, with electric to run a freezer. We will be designing this project to be low-maintenance and user-serviceable whenever possible, so having a designated workspace will help in keeping things organized when we have so many things going on at once.
Water
Rainwater collection seems feasible, and seems like the best option or the start. Off of a 100 square foot tarp in Maine I collected 10 gallons of water in about 20 minutes. If we organize things properly, we should be able to meet our requirements. I would like to have a well on the property, but to save money at start-up, it looks like we'll have to do without for a little while.
Shelter
We will need immediate shelter for those who will be moving to the property at the beginning. That could be a tent village if we can construct housing quickly, perhaps a trailer so that we can move right in. So far as trailers go, I am concerned about their resale value, since it wouldn't be something I'd like to have on the property as time goes on.
Sanitation
The thing that I found most important this week was finding a place to poop. We went up armed with shovels but after just 2 wildershits I found myself breaking into an outhouse on a neighboring property. it's really nice to sit down, and having a roof over your TP can't be overrated. This is really something we need to have integrated into our living space, but if we start off as tent city, I recommend that we build an outhouse.
Electricity
Where we'll want to put the equipment is open for debate, and will depend to a degree on the property we get, but I would like to use a combination of solar/wind for power.
http://www.mrsolar.com/page/msos/sizingindustrial has a template to help decide what we'll want to do, and from there we can decide on solutions.
Necessities
Food
-where are we going to store it? how much will we need? we need to have enough room to store the products we will create as well as the capacity to store it for a relatively long time. I recommend a workshop/storage barn where we could keep tools and vehicles when they aren't being used, with electric to run a freezer. We will be designing this project to be low-maintenance and user-serviceable whenever possible, so having a designated workspace will help in keeping things organized when we have so many things going on at once.
Water
Rainwater collection seems feasible, and seems like the best option or the start. Off of a 100 square foot tarp in Maine I collected 10 gallons of water in about 20 minutes. If we organize things properly, we should be able to meet our requirements. I would like to have a well on the property, but to save money at start-up, it looks like we'll have to do without for a little while.
Shelter
We will need immediate shelter for those who will be moving to the property at the beginning. That could be a tent village if we can construct housing quickly, perhaps a trailer so that we can move right in. So far as trailers go, I am concerned about their resale value, since it wouldn't be something I'd like to have on the property as time goes on.
Sanitation
The thing that I found most important this week was finding a place to poop. We went up armed with shovels but after just 2 wildershits I found myself breaking into an outhouse on a neighboring property. it's really nice to sit down, and having a roof over your TP can't be overrated. This is really something we need to have integrated into our living space, but if we start off as tent city, I recommend that we build an outhouse.
Electricity
Where we'll want to put the equipment is open for debate, and will depend to a degree on the property we get, but I would like to use a combination of solar/wind for power.
http://www.mrsolar.com/page/msos/sizingindustrial has a template to help decide what we'll want to do, and from there we can decide on solutions.
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