permaculture

[Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>]

My mother in law lives in Taos in a Mike Reynolds inspired earthship 
that her son Peter built about 10 years ago. For the most part it 
functions well but the greywater system from the kitchen is prone to 
overwhelming the planters that it drains into. In more recent greywater 
systems Peter installed valving to allow for sending the water to 
different places, both inside and out, and they seem to function quite 
well. I think that Ontario will provide some different challenges than 
Taos though with shorter winter days to keep interior planters in rapid 
growth and more freezing issues outside, even on the south side of the 
building which is typically not a problem in Taos.

I'm in Maine, so I'll be very interested to hear what you come up with 
for a system. The most successful system I've seen here, was a long, 
deeply buried perforated pipe draining to a series of small ponds with 
lots of plants. I'm installing a similar system which ties into my 
foundation drain around my root cellar. I'll keep the group posted as 
we get our sink drains on line this winter.

Good Luck,

Scott Vlaun
Otisfield ME USA



On Sep 4, 2004, at 7:05 PM, Golden Love wrote:

> If you are building an Earthship you must know Michael Reynolds the
> architect who designs them. He has greywater plans and I am sure would 
> love
> to help you. All my Earthship books and videos are loaned to friends, 
> but I
> think he is near Taos,New Mexico.....just do a Google search on 
> Earthships
> or greywater and you will find him and tons of info.....
>
> Good luck!
>
> Golden
>
> Golden Love
> Love's Gardens
> Creating and Maintaining Sustainable Urban Landscapes
> California Licensed Contractor C27 363672
> 127 National St.
> Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jocelyn
> Paquette & Bob Ewing
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 4:23 PM
> To: permaculture
> Subject: [permaculture] earthships and greywater
>
> Greetings, an earthship is being build about 90 minutes northeast of
> her, in Nolalu, Ontario. We are ready to design and install a greywater
> system but lack experience and good information. We could use
> references/suggestions on how best to proceed.
>
> The region has short summers, and long cold winters, A warm winter day
> is minus 25-20 C, there are often longs stretches, (1-2 months of minus
> 40). The  first frosts have come in some nearby areas.
>
> Bob Ewing
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