Wild Abundance is a unique skills education center nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina, just outside Asheville. We teach in-person & online workshops to share valuable skills in areas we are passionate about: carpentry, tiny house construction, timber framing, organic gardening, permaculture, foraging, wildcrafting and earth skills, herbal medicine-making, rewilding, and skills for homesteading and sustainable living. Our instructors bring deep knowledge, vast experience, and unbridled passion to make learning and reconnecting a joy. If you want a more fulfilling and sustainable lifestyle and enjoy DIY projects , you've come to the right place!
Our aim is to empower people to live with profound knowledge, respect, and appreciation for nature’s wild abundance by offering classes that teach sustainable living. As animals who have evolved for thousands of years alongside nature, it’s time to come home to our heritage. It’s how we are meant to live.
I've said this in other posts. It is clearly vital for us to revive civil defense. It wasn't that long ago that civil defense organizations were a thing, and, actually respected and encouraged by government. Groups like the Civil Air Patrol. Abled bodied men (thought not all men) with training and skills joined these civil defense groups. It used to be boys joined civil defense groups, like the Civil Air Patrol, when they out grew Boy Scouts. We saw what the government did to the Boy Scouts - they killed it. Why? The government wants us helpless and deoending on them and the underlying reason for that is funding. Emergency is declared, the federal government allocates funding and state governments want to get their greedy hands on it. Whether they use this funding effectively is the big big question. And as we've seen since Katrina, government response has been disasterous. I'm not talking about militias, but I'll get to that in a second. Cajun Navy is a good example of a modern day civil defense organization. Operation Airdrop is an example of a modern day Civil Air Patrol. How on earth did we drift away from the concept of abled bodied persons coming together from the community to support, defend and protect the community and everyone expecting tge government go do it? How did we let government "officials" tell us we can't and allow them to block us. We need to get back to how it used to be. Now for militias, which only recently has been made a bad connotation. Somehow we've been led to believe by media that militias are white supremecist, rascist, gun totten freaks. Well it might surorise you to learn what the Founders thought of militias. Watch this video from the Tenth Amendment Center on the Founders view of militias vs. a standing army. They didn't want a standing army. They wanted local militias because they thought militias were better suited for defending and protecting the public. They didn't want a standing army because they feared the potential tyranny a standing military could impose. Remember, they didn't like the British troops occupying their towns imposing the Kings tyranny on them. The video is here. I suggest watching it. ru-vid.comGQwbxFg7Vp0?si=VKLEGSVBCas0RAPz
Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts in the comments. We have certainly seen a lack of leadership and effectiveness and it is worth considering any solutions we citizens can bring to the table.
I am blown away with how much labor costs come up. It is somehow comparable in cost to milling thousands of feet of lumber, transporting the lumber hundreds of miles, having crews build frames, etc. Plywood sheathing, drywall, and more is very energy intensive. I mean, typical homes take a ton of labor, on-site and in preparing materials. Even with labor, I would expect this to be way cheaper.
Thank you for the detailed instruction! On my farm in denmark I often have heavy storms and to fix the covers is very important to me! It was very interesting to see how you attach the row cover!! Thank you!! 🤗🌻
I've always been fascinated by rammed earth construction. I love❤ the idea of creating something durable and sustainable with my own hands. I've been researching different techniques and materials, and I'm eager to start experimenting. I'm particularly interested in learning about the various types of soil, sand, and stone that can be used for rammed earth. I've seen some incredible examples online, from ancient structures to modern homes. I'm hoping to find some helpful tutorials and tips on RU-vid to guide me through the process. Just dreams about for wanna be DIY EARTHMADE home or making wall's around four-sided our harvesting AREA SPECIALY 💯 So everyone now Just 🤔 THOUGHT IT OR tryin to gets SEARCHED ABOUT what's it was how's much this is organically Way for safety for globally warnings
Psalms 41 begins Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him. The first six verse of Psalm 41 is a promise to those who consider the poor. It also goes on the say the Lord will perserve, deliver and strengthen him. This alot of blessings coming to you and your family.
Sure I agree on the qualities of hempcrete but the cost and hassle of obtaining hemp if not locally, outweighs it's advantages over other options. I grow a lot of willow on short rotation; it contains pith in it's first year and successively less each year of extra growth. If mixed as 1 year chips into lime slurry whilst green, the willow will eventually shrink slightly, leaving tiny air pockets with the pith in the crete. Plastered over and the solar bank mass on the interior, this is a very good insulative and heat retaining option at a fraction of the hempcrete cost. I can actually buy locally grown willowchips at £40/tonne, but am not able to do quality control on as it's cut for heating and mulching at 2-4 year cycles.
Really intriguing idea. Have you looked into aircrete? The concept of getting air pockets in there via the bubbles for insulative value seems similar to what you are doing with the willow chips.
@@WildAbundance I've looked at it out of curiosity, but would rather use lime over cement. I've already done small trial panels of willowcrete, and the same using clay slip. The lime-based mix performed brilliantly and is very stable although not yet plastered. (The light-clay-willow shrank a little, so left gaps around the edges). I used our commonest builder's lime NHL3.5, as I'm in the UK. The results are sufficiently good for me to plan a build around this method.
Hey there, just a quick note as I saw your comment-- in the wake of Helene it seems we will be redirecting all future tiny house shells to folks in our community that lost their homes. You can watch our latest video about this and other efforts going on here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qg6C4_OyZFQ.html
As long as concrete basically would be my answer-- a google search is confirming that the estimated lifespan (as if they can really know this) is 300-500yrs
We live in Tasmania, which has cold winters and hot summers. We also have a vege patch that's full of chickweed. Assuming this method will work the same down here? Thanks, very good information 👍
"Generally speaking, you should avoid hardwoods because they behave poorly in a cordwood wall. They are more prone to expansion and contraction and have been known to knock entire walls apart due to swelling. There are ways to build with hardwood if it is the only thing you have available, but I would discourage you from doing so."
Nice video! What do you mean by "it is not structural?" I am working on a project in the Algarve in Portugal where I am planning on growing hemp to make hempcrete and then build a house from the hempcrete. Hemp crops in Portugal are legal with permits.
WOW I found your post and you seem knowledgeable really. BUT I am searching and searching for a home made organic bug spray for my small garden. YUP I have the cut bug, BUT NOT OT BAD. WHAT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY IS FLEA BEETLES. but I really don't want to use anything that is bad for the BEES Even Neem is bad for the bees. I just bought and used PEPPERMINT FUSE, NO HELP AT ALL. I used a spray of cloves, and it may hve done harm. but I am not sure what may have made the leaves turn a bit yellow or look dry etc. but the gardens around me use it. BUT I DON'T WANT TO HURT THE BEES.!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE DIRECT ME PLEASE. I did look up many many of the things to buy and most of th4em really harm bees even NEEM. Thanks lyou for reading this :)
Diatomaceous Earth can be used to eliminate flea beetles. It can hurt other insects that come in contact with it too of course, but so does just about anything. If you keep bees you will know that the queen lays about 1500 new bee eggs per day, so depending how big your flea beetle problem is and how quickly you can deal with it you may find it worth it to risk harming a few bees during that time.
@@WildAbundance I thank you for responding. and yes, hehe I am an over concerned gardner, especially now in my senior years I know all the damage made by chemicals we used in years past. SO FAR. fingers crossed the peppermint is backing them off a good amount. Of course it does not seem to be going after the ??? flower, or new tip eaters or cutters. but so far so good and FINGERS CROSSED. Again thank you
Exactly! Magenta Spreen, a relative of Lamb's Quarters, which you have probably seen but maybe not eaten-- they are both edible and yummy plants that will thrive if you let them.
Not only is learning in a class of other women a different "vibe", after teaching women's basic carpentry workshops for over a decade and finetuning our approach based on our student feedback, we know we have developed a curriculum and teaching style that women students love. The carpentry knowledge and skills obviously aren't unique but this workshop is a different experience than you could get anywhere else.
Check out our course page here and we hope you can come to the next one!: www.wildabundance.net/in-person-classes/permaculture-design-certification-course/
In the aftermath of Helene that we will be directing future tiny house builds to locals who have lost everything in the storm at least for the forseeable future. You can view our recent video about our efforts in this and other capacities here in Barnardsville here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qg6C4_OyZFQ.html
