Red Gate Farm is an educational, sustainable, permaculture farm. We are vlogging our journey as we raise our children, develop our farm, grow in our stewardship of God's creation, and help educate others.
I screwed a 1"x 2" to the end of the fabric to keep it from fraying over time and so I can pull it out and set between the box and cab of the truck. That way it will stay there and not fall back while loading material.
The Lord once again called us away for another ministry down south in Florida. We kept the farm in hopes to come back in a few years to continue that work.
Sorry to hear that happened to you and glad to hear at the end you didn't get totally taken. Do you have any legal recourse in Florida since the inspector didn't find some major flaws? Also, did you keep your farm?
We checked with the lawyer and unfortunately home inspectors are protected pretty well and only liable for the cost of the inspection. As far as The Farm, we still have it.
So, I have a question. If you purchased 2Xs from the mill for your vertical planks, why did you not just send them through a band saw or table saw to split them into two 3/4" (minus your loss from the blade) boards, doubling your output instead of planing the boards down and only getting 1 board? That pile of saw dust seems quite wasteful to me?!?!?!
That’s a question that completely makes sense in most average situations. In our case, however, we mill our own lumber, so there’s no expense in purchasing the wood. And oak was something we had plenty of. Secondly, we actually use tons of shavings around our farm, and the planer shavings are also used in our compost toilets in the house, so that does not go to waste either. So in our case, every bit of it was used!
Your proof of concept Walipini has been very informative. I have been working on a design for our Passive Solar & 6th Grade Science Concepts home & attached Greenhouse. Our ideas are a combination of houses past & present plus Walipini, Chinese Greenhouses, underground Thermo Tubes and a Passive Solar/Solar Trombe Wall. Even with a computer design program and a big tote fully of Legos, the design has been reconfigured many times over. We have finally reach the stage where the Draftsman will fine tune the design and combine it with the environment. Thanks for doing the honest videos and adding the "Could have, Would have, Should have" items and information. Good Lucky & Planning with your Walipini 2.0
As a matter, fact, we can offer better than a diagram! If you check the links under the video in the description section, we actually have a book that includes all the details as well as how to customize for your specific latitude and so much more! Be sure to Check that out!
Excel NE: I don't understand why the tray is so small. Like you said, if the drum is half full, you'll have to do 5 or 6 tray loads out. That doesn't allow the drying process to occur and you are unloading wet poop. They should have made the tray larger. Defeats the purpose of composting. Also, the tray loads too high on the left side and when you remove it, the poop rolls out on the floor. Finally, the poop smears all over the outside of the drum. There are so many design problems that would be an easy fix. $2 Grand for this product! I wish I would have stayed with the bucket method. Typical engineering. Those engineers only look at the blueprints and specs, but never get into the practicality of actually using the product. I totally regret the purchase. Now what do I do with this monstrosity?
Thanks for the input, I want people to see the good and the bad. The clean out tray is undersized, but I think it’s because they were trying to make a small unit for small cabins. I myself have tried to think how that problem could be solved. If they added another 6 inches, they could potentially allow that drawer to go under the evaporation chamber. That could increase the holding capacity approximately 5 times and allow for drying. That would be one trip outside with a significantly lighter load.
I don't know why your videos don't have tens of thousands of views! I've watched a bunch of series on ICF builds and I find yours to be the most informative and entertaining. Thank you for putting them up. I hope to come across some budget video later. Have you ever considered putting your house plans up for sale? I like the layout of your home and may want to do something similar where I am in south of you.
I had a small amount also leak from that weep hole. I’m guessing it just takes any milk spilled over the milk dispenser (the first dispenser on the bottom) and allows it to escape. When you set the setscrew to heavy cream, it happens more, because I’m guessing more milk is going through that funnel, and it has more of an opportunity to overflow.
There are a lot of variables-length offense, number of electric strands, power source available, moisture in ground, etc., which means it really boils down to what’s right for you and your situation. My personal favorite is a good electric charger, we have used Parmak for many years, but we also have one Stafix brand plug-in variety we love. As far as fence, I prefer white electric rope, with copper wire, as it tends to transmit current more efficiently. Most are not copper, as copper is more expensive. Hope that helps!
Good video. You could have included price for each splitter. I thought each one had a couple pros and cons. I like the first one for the kids to use. Please wear gloves and safety glasses just in case. Thanks
I might be too late for the show and people might not respond but I have been thinking about replacing the northern wall in this design with a two foot brick wall. Is this a good idea? Maybe even some XPS on the outside of it and heck even drainage to keep the water out and prevent any leakage!
Totally loved your setup there , the horses are happy doing what they are supposed to do being horses. Stimulating and keeping them healthy , I love how you thought about the design and how it was going to work for your lovely equine heard , only issue I see here is the trees taking down the electric fence at times , the trees In The middle could have tree protection like wire mesh wrapped around them so the horses don’t kill them but if your not concern it doesn’t matter . Great video and great content ,thanks.👍
This toilet is absolutely terrible and the fact it was designed in 1981 really shows. It is mind blowing that this product is still sold as is when there are multiple obvious design flaws. The barrel is too close to the collection tray, meaning that the entire barrel gets smeared with feces when rotated while emptying. This is made worse by the fact the bar used to rotate it has plastic cogs instead of metal, which jump out of place causing the rotation wheel to spin dangerously while emptying when full, meaning you have to physically reach inside and move the barrel by hand to empty it safely, touching smeared fecal matter. This problem also causes the barrel to overflow into the interior base of the toilet resulting in a permanent damp moldy carpet of feces forming underneath it which is almost impossible to access and clean. The collection tray is cheap plastic and cracked/breaks when lifted from the front due to the weight of the collected compost. It has to be reinforced with epoxy to be usable. The toilet has a gap under the seat giving insects easy access. The plastic quality is very poor and after a few years it became very brittle and started cracking, requiring reinforcement with epoxy resin. The bar used to rotate the barrel is cheap plastic and snapped off completely within the first year of normal use. It doesn't compost at for the colder half of the year as it lacks internal heating. basically, it is a glorified bucket made of cheap plastic that will give you endless torture. Buy something higher quality and save yourself the headache.
Fortunately for me, I haven’t had any of those problems yet. However, people need to see the good with the bad and make an informed decision. Thanks for your comments.
Looks nice cooker and boiler. Would like to neaten up the pipework above tank and at least clip it to the wall neatly. Would of looked better in copper pipe.
Agreed on both accounts. I’ve made some modifications since this video and I do intend to change the piping around once I install a heat exchanger for the hot water heater. I was a rookie at this and relied on some professional plumbers to help me out. Unfortunately, they didn’t have a lot of experience with it either, but I think it’s safe if not attractive.
Eliminate pipe on the bottom altogether, just use over flow tube's from barrel to barrel, if using for watering, just put a hose spicket on every 3rd or 4th barrel
After I installed the whole thing, I realized siphon tubes would have worked much better. Overflows won’t work because you would only drain barrels that have a spigot. If you use siphoning, all barrels go up and down at the same rate. I would then drain the gutters into several barrels at a time to handle the heavy rains.
Sorry, if someone already mentioned this. One thing we use with our tents and teardrop camper are rubbermaid type storage boxes. Our shoes stay in the closed boxes either under the camper our outside of the tent. The shoes stay dry, snake and bug free, and the tent/camper stays a lot cleaner. Thanks for this video - very helpful.
Avec un ingénieur français... C'est vrai que ce concept se développe. L'idée d'être hors réseau n'est plus tabou mais il reste du chemin pour que nous approchions le savoir faire américain
@@ADifferentWay Thank you for the reply. We have a SunStar freezer for 7 years. Its has been great. We are thinking about going from our propane frig to 24v. Thanks again!
I hope the new season is going well! I'm looking at potentially building on a property, similar to you all--any chance you'd be willing to make a blog post, video, etc about how much it cost to build your home while doing a number of things yourself, and any chance you'd ever sell your blueprints? Thanks! Blessings on the new season.
We’ve been reluctant to include cost because of the incredible variation of material and labor cost throughout the country and world. Even within our little neck of the woods, we would sometimes get quotes on things that were vastly different. For example, I don’t feel as confident with major plumbing projects so I wanted to hire a plumber to help out. One quoted $15,000 the other quoted $6000. It was estimated $40-$60,000 for a fully installed solar power system with battery bank and I did it for $15,000 myself. As far as the plans, we’ve considered that, but we can’t get a hold of the individual who drafted our plans to make sure it’s appropriate for us to sell them.
Thank you so much I have the Sunmar Ne and love it but am having fly issues, going to try the spray you said and see how it goes. thank you again for posting
So while you are waiting for the solids to dry out during the cleaning process, are you still able to use the toilet while you wait? This would be the only toilet.
Yes. in fact, with so few solids, I can just leave it there for the next three or four months until I do another clean out. That particular procedure is not recommended by Sunmar, it’s just something I do to make sure the effluent tube does not get clogged.
We had to dig out the corners in order to get the tanks, low enough into the ground. We did use rock for leveling the base, but we had to get it deep enough first.
Unfortunately, although the images look like the heels could be trimmed more, in reality, we trimmed to the point you could see the pink and we were almost to the bottom of the collateral groove. Any lower, and she would’ve bled. We had to balance making her too tender and trying to help her heal. Sadly, there was just too much previous damage Done to allow complete healing.
@@ADifferentWay ok, try to do it very little by little...if you manage to lower them further you will be able to see that in the x-ray the phallus will be parallel to the plane of the ground
Certainly, there’s no harm in applying it to the wall. I never did simply because I didn’t have a need to. If the hoof were extremely flaky and unhealthy, you could do it as a preventative measure while you work on healing the hoof. But if you have a healthy wall to begin with, there’s really no need to.
I did it that way, simply to shorten the span of the rafters. I don’t think it would hurt to put them on the outside, but when calculating roof load every inch counts.
I love this stove, but as an American I'd be a little daunted for the thermometer to be Celsius instead of F. I guess I'd get the hang of it. (Fahrenheit shaming. LOL. Hanging my head.)
So, considering one of these, when i see it i think state park toilets and the horrible smell associated with them. Do these stink when you lift the lid like those do at lakes, state parks, etc?
No. Assuming you are using it correctly, it has no smell whatsoever. The only thing that can smell is the effluent, if it gets backed up, but with proper draining and periodic cleaning, this should not happen.
