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Walapinis
We were all talking about Walapinis last night and Tag asked if I had any video. I kind of forgot I even had this from August. Anyways heres the project as it currently is in line to be completed next on the list. I’ll update you when it is finished up more. We have all the materials gathered up, just need to designate about 3 days with a couple of neighbors to help. Very soon I’m hoping so I can begin trying it out and tuning it in.
Not only will this help with the 50 – 65 mph winds we have for sometimes weeks in the Spring it will also grow fresh veggies all winter long when some nightime temps dip near 0. We however have many 50° days throughout the winter.
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Thank you
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Thanks for sharing that Sojourner!
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Your very welcome sir.
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You might want a tilapia pond then?🤔
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You’re not thinking outside the box. If you want a walapini you can build one above ground level. You will either have to bring dirt in or move it from around your land to the build site. Five feet of earth around it should do for most places and depending on your location you can probably get by with less.
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Just a thought here…. I plan to build my walipini into a hill. I’ll be using IBC totes for many purposes and one is to stabilize the soil. You could build a walipini above ground using IBC totes as a base. Just fill the totes with rocks, cover the outside part of the totes with a liner of some sort to prevent seepage and backfill on the exterior side of the totes. The totes will also act as a heat sink if filled with rock. That’ll help keep things warmer at night as well.
You could also do the walls with earthbags. It’s basically sandbags filled with soil (preferably high clay content) stack the bags like you would bricks where they alternate. A couple rows of barb wire between the bags helps it hold together. That would be my suggestions anyway. Good luck and God bless!
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What a blessing unlimited protien and peaceful relaxation while harvesting. 👍👍😎
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What’s the possibility of borrowing / renting a machine and moving earth from you land?
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Depending on your location often times dumptruck drivers from construction projects are looking for a place to dump fill dirt and you might accommodate them?
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I’ve been working on one in the side of a hill using earth bags as you mentioned. I NEED to get back on it it’s been sitting idle quite a while now. The north west corner is dug in 4 feet going to nothing on the east side. I need to fill and stack a lot of bags and then pile dirt up against them. Believe it or not I dug it with a little 35hp tractor and it’s 8×66.
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Perhaps vids of my unfinished projects will inspire us all to “get back at it some.”
Good to know I’m not alone in needing to do so.
It’s lots more fun sharing vids of finished projects when it’s all up and running smoothly. 😉
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I can believe it my friend. Back at the old place our septic field died on us. We rented a mini excavator and not only did the little thing dig up all that played out soil and rock bed, I was able to extend the field a country mile to accommodate for my larger family. That included digging out a couple stumps and breaking up lots of big roots. The rental we had was only around 35hp. It was a work horse though and renting it saved us a fortune.
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You’re spot on there.
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I hear ya on the busy. Nice sawmill. 👍Is that a bandsaw mill? I almost built a stack wood house in Maine. But ended up in the High desert instead..
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That’s why many of us live this way. We can do it ourselves rather than pay the Big bucks and live as a debt slave our whole lives 👍😎
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Ahh, now I got you😎👍
It’s like an Alaskan chainsaw mill.
I lived in Central America nearly 15 years and we cut every board with a chainsaw. Built lots of stuff. But I had young guys running the saw all day.
We did have to rebuild a few Stihl saws we wore slap out though.
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You’re 💯% correct there. I’ve had people ask me how I learned to do so many different things. I told them poverty is a good incentive lol. It’s a good thing I spent so much time having to fix and repair versus paying for it. Now I have that as an option. I don’t have to pay someone else to fix a leaking faucet or replace a water pump. I respect those doing it for a living but I tell folks all the time that doing it for yourself is not only fulfilling it’s a step closer to independence and freedom. Teaching your kids the same skills gives them more independence and freedom. Personally I think we owe to our founders and every veteran who paid the price for freedom to seek out freedom. Part of that is self-reliance, self-respect and responsibility for oneself. Sadly everyone these days is taught to rely on someone else. There’s no freedom in that especially if you’re relying on the government. It’s okay to pay for someone else’s services but don’t become so dependent on others that you sacrifice your freedom.
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That’s how I’ve learned to do things all by necessity. In the end I’d say I’m much happier and better off not being successful with any of my million dollar ideas I’ve had in life.
I’m pretty sure if I could have paid someone to change my radiator and starter for me I never would have learned how.
That applies to lots of things, additions, plumbing, electrical wiring etc. Which in the end gives you the confidence you need to live life as you choose to rather than being shackled by debt.😎👍
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