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Commenced:
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01/08/2014 |
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Submitted:
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30/05/2015 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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Coast guard lighthouse point, East Ismailof Island, Halibut Cove, Alaska, US |
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Phone:
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907 299 7591 |
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Climate zone:
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Cold Temperate |
This project is the evolution of a home site on 1/10th of an acre on an island cliff in Alaska's Kachemak bay. Focus is passive solar design, rainwater harvesting, and food forest.
My wife and are living on 1/10 of an acre on a 3/4 acre property. I have converted a sauna to a passive solar cabin and we are harvesting rainwater. We have some small garden beds, and a greywater mulch basin, and are just beginning to establish a food forest. We use a typical outhouse with sawdust added after every use and plan to harvest the fertility on a long cycle. We would like to increase the rainwater harvesting capacity of the property for garden water and convert to sustainable sources of electricity and cooking fuel, as well as expand garden space and productivity. Ismailof Island is a rural setting but the immediate feel of the project site is more suburban with 2 other houses less than 100 feet from ours.
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fast cheap sub irrigation for pots
mini swale
Mulch Basin home greywater system
low cost rainwater harvesting at East Ismailof Island Permaculture homesite
some perennials we are trialling here
pictures of little perennial plants we are establishing here and brief description of our efforts.
site built double pane acrylic windows