Weekly Meeting #1

Well our first meeting lacked structure and functioned pretty much like a report out for me.  Hope it was not a complete loss and OK as a first shot.  We will do better.  Arlo's observation is that there was little actionable. I said, I have a very long backlog of work to do that I have already forced into categories that may be useful. I include the list at the end as may be useful.  In addition we talked about the central problem of prioritizing the work, placing a partial list of categories and subs for critical areas as follows:

• Farming
• Cover crop
• Lower east side garden finished
• Lower west side needed (check with Wayne on seed broadcast and cultivator incorporation.)
• Upper garden top six rows needed next (I made some of this up and filled in after the fact)
• Winter garden
• Fava
• Garlic
• Repair hoop house #1 and remove hoop house #2
• Design plan and schedule greenhouse with ground to air heat transfer (gaht) system
• Construction
• Barn
• Floor (3 weeks out so order immediately)
•  Cabinets and shelves, (we need this to organize the kitchen but it is a secondary at this point)
• Shower grouting and curtain
• Finish the upper room barn doors for light and air
• Install kitchen fan for venting pollution from stove, (we have this temporarily handles so it is secondary.
• Seal and waterproof the stove pipe bonnet before winter
• Events
• Connie will work with Rama on known existing events and another event came through today for a "Healing" group lead by our friend Ellen.
• Much of the construction section below is in support of events as well as Rama's residency.
• Kitchen Garden
• Get compost (I will do this Monday)
• Set up 8) 45 gallon fiber pots and plant with chard and dino kale right outside barn above the basil (check with Wayne for formula for potting mix)
• Grounds
• clear wood from path by pizza oven and distribute chips from path to other locations
• purchase fabrics for road and watercourses
• Call lydia arrange for bus moving
• Schedule concrete guy labor and machines and truckers availability for hauling and rent steam roller from Hertz in preparation all earth work
• Dig all water courses by hand prior to delivery of rock and clay.  (Work with Wayne directly on this.  Perhaps we can do this together with Juan and Wayne on Tue, Wed and Thurs of the week.)
• Take delivery of concrete rip rap
• Take delivery of rock, gravel and clay (3 - tranfer truck full, approx 110-120 tons)
• Canning (Most of these project take many hours to complete)
• One more run of tomato for sauce (6hrs)
• One more run of plum for syrup and juice (6 hrs)
• Can roasted peppers and eggplant (4 hrs)
• Can Baba-Ganoush (This project uses the pizza oven for roasting and is kind of an experiment so is certain to take at least 6 hrs)
• Cloths line
• install a temporary line on the scaffolding behind the barn and clear the weeds for walking around and using it.
• Gather materials for installations (including repair of post hole digger)
• Mow/cultivate so we can walk around it and to the construction
• Install all in 2-4 hours

Other projects that were talked about but not prioritized include above:

Path light project:

I dislike the disposable crap and long term want a wired system but I am willing to install the existing crap lighting on metal posts so the don't just get knocked over all the time on their little, puny plastic stems.  This should actually improve visibility in the short term so I am OK with it.
Below is the actual project  which requires substantial investment and some installation cost.  It is best done after all of the water course and path work is complete as it is a permanent 22 year infrastructure.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Low-Voltage-Bronze-Outdoor-Integrated-LED-Light-Kit-8-Pack-IWV6628L/206265491These will require a solar dawn to dusk sensor that I would install on the ac box so that the transformer is switched off as well as the lights. Here is one that can run 3 sets from the little house to the big house and down to the driveway  http://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Low-Voltage-Bronze-Outdoor-Integrated-LED-Light-Kit-8-Pack-IWV6628L/206265491 All plugged into the hoop house power supply.
Another transformer could be located at the side of the house and run three other sets up to the barn, around the path and down to the maple past the oven. so a total of  48 separate light and a total cost of $1000.  The lamps if used 6 hours daily have a life of 22 years. Transformers will last under 10 years.

Recycling:
This project need a leader as I have not been able to nail it down for interpersonal reasons. Outside input on location of the barrels, aesthetics etc and details of procedure are needed.  Interesting approaches include shredding aluminum, paper and soft plastics for stockpiles (sort of joking).  I am not surprised after all the dysfunction and failure in this country that this has proven as stupid problem for us as well.

Additional items for farming list

prune berries
Weed and extend raspberries
Trim the tree over the path
Weed the figs
Weed the Kitchen Garden

Project	Description
Barn	anchor pre rinse support
Barn	build 2 chair dollies
Barn	order oak
Barn	install flooring
Barn	Move fridge freezer and gumball machine to Barn
Barn	Moms art
Barn	scub rugs
Barn	make chair dolly
Barn	install shower curtain
Barn	finish insulation
Barn	install hood
Barn	paint rafters
Barn	paint walls
Barn	grout tile
Barn	install sprinklers
Barn	remove stove
Barn	install bonnet
Barn	install exhaust fan
Barn	plan pad for air handler with outlet and roof
Barn	finish plumb sink
Barn	repair toilet
Barn	secure sinks and counters
Barn	install doors and knobs and trim
Barn	build cabinets, bookshelves and wardrobes, repair wardrobe
Barn	finish barn door remodel
Basement	Clear basement fix office
bookkeeping	ouch 2016 pers
bookkeeping	account exit job
Events	Revenant July 29 at 8
Events	promote
Events	canning workshop
Events	chefs dinner, bring stuff and we cook it here dinner
Events	green screen studio or recording stage
Events	work day for lites
Events	buy and chalk parking
Farming	Roof potting garden shed
Farming	Remove old chicken pen at Barn
Farming	install fence at barn
Farming	repair middle drip
Farming	fence and gate at chicken barn
Farming	Install chicken Trench and drain
Farming	weed basil
Farming	harvest carrots clear and plant carrots
Farming	hoop greens
Farming	trellis tomato
Farming	kill gophers
Farming	majore buck wheat planting middle and upper
Farming	remove goat burr
Farming	Build Amish raised bed former
Grounds	Burn permits
Grounds	finish tent cabin order sides
Grounds	Cut up shed
Grounds	Clear drains fix grey water
Grounds	repair drain at Oak below Road
Grounds	Fix drainage behind rocket stove and build the Swale and keep it mowed
Grounds	Provide steps Bender retaining wall at crawl space path
Grounds	big mulch 40 yards
Grounds	big gravel
Grounds	mow and restore pastures
Grounds	major renovation of fig orchard
Grounds	renovate path at butterfly also install water
Grounds	repair rip rap at wash out
Grounds	pull fire permits
Grounds	remove dirt and grass from parking area at gate
house	patch roof
Meetup	Rethink the greenhouses see if John's Greenhouse can go here
Meetup	write up camp gear
Meetup	meet up with
Meetup	show and tell recycle
Meetup	develop site plan
Meetup	little house plan
Meetup	report on convergence

• Design new dog and cat poop disposal protocol
• Dog run
• landscape and rockscape behind little house
• Tent cabin finishing
• Recycling enclosure and possible bamboo forest
• Provide reflectors on all barn lights
• create a daily ongoing task list of ongoing jobs and a set of house rules
• Develop a permaculture plan begining with a planting of perenial hedgerow and wind break
• Clear out the lower shed and reconstruct it as a studio/office
• Repair golf cart
• Design and build an decorative iron front gate.  This is the beginning of our learn to weld project
• Design and build constructed wetlands for gray water recycling
• Build shade and hoop structure at propagation shed, perhaps out of old hoop material
• Finish the fire sprinklers in the barn
• purchase and plant more lavender and consider oregano or other perenial herbs in that location above figs
• New things for the Kitchen Garden
• Lemon grass (needs to be protected from frost) so a temporary hoop in winter is good
• chives
• garlic chives
• Malabar Spinach want trellesing (needs to be protected from frost)
• French sorrel
• Lovage tastes like celery but very strong
• Celery
• Parsley
• Cucumber
• Peppers (hot and sweet in pots that can be moved into the greenhouse for winter)
• Myer Lemon (needs to be protected from frost) perhaps a little get away tropical)