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The first Retreat of the LINK project
When we drove to the LINK Retreat I at Haltian Pappila I didn’t knew what I have signed up for – actually I did, but I didn’t fully…
Lumia's Diploma arrived
My Diploma is finally here! After three months of waiting and a few hiccups, it's finally here! Its first round to Finland and back to the UK took about three months, and the second try of sending resulted in arriving here in about 3 days.
An automated solar air heater for our indoor food forest
Some time ago, I wrote about our solar air heater, which we attached…
Growing mushrooms on logs using the slit cut method
In 2017, we started our little mushroom production.
A Week of Peer Exchange – The LINK Project
We've started a cooperation with Luna Red from Spain to create the LINK (Learning, Inspiring, Networking, and Knowledge-sharing) project. Thank you EU and Erasmus+ for co-funding our project!
The two barrel biogas digester - welcome the "Warp Core"
For some month, even years, I claimed that my initial biogas system “Jean Luc” was too big for a family of two. A 1000 litre IBC digester with an Hydrolic Retention Time (HRT) of 20 days can be fed about 50 litres / day. The most we fed over the…
Hoop house reimagined
This project gives new life to an old hoop house frame that’s been sitting unused for two years after its plastic cover wore out. The aim is simply to find good use for the unused hoop house frame. Rather than buying a new cover, I’m reimagining…