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East Ismailof Island Permaculture homesite
East Ismailof Island Permaculture homesite
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Commenced:
01/08/2014
Submitted:
30/05/2015
Last updated:
07/10/2015
Location:
Coast guard lighthouse point, East Ismailof Island, Halibut Cove, Alaska, US
Phone:
907 299 7591
Climate zone:
Cold Temperate





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Jan Åberg Megan Anderson Nathan Dow Olesya Fursova Richard Larson
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East Ismailof Island Permaculture homesite

Project Type

Rural, Residential

Project Summary

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.

Project Description

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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mini swale

Posted almost 9 years ago (5 comments)

Mulch Basin home greywater system

Posted almost 9 years ago (0 comments)

some perennials we are trialling here

pictures of little perennial plants we are establishing here and brief description of our efforts.

Posted almost 9 years ago (2 comments)
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Corey Schmidt - Admin
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