In this final installation of this natural building how-to series demonstrating an earthen plaster repair and alis application, we see the finished product of all our hard work. I finished it just in time for the new tenants to move into Wisteria Lodge.
The Stunning Results of My Clay Alis Natural Paint Pt 3
Continuing this natural building how-to series and my earthen plaster renewal and alis on Wisteria Lodge, in this video I show you the technique for applying the alis. The transformation of the ugly worn earthen plaster begins and we see what a difference the alis makes in the aesthetics of this tiny house.
I Made a Non-Toxic, Super Cheap Paint From Clay: Alis Part 2
In this video I continue my renewal of the earthen plaster in Wisteria Lodge, now mixing up the alis clay based paint. This process is so simple and the ingredients are so cheap, anyone could do it. And as you’ll see in the next video, the results are incredible.
Natural Building: Repairing and Refinishing Earthen Plaster Part 1
One of the great things about natural buildings is that they are recyclable. The earthen plaster in Wisteria Lodge has been around for nearly 10 years and it’s gotten a lot of wear and tear, so this season before a new tenant moved in I took some time to repair it and finish it with a natural clay alis paint. Earthen plaster is all organic and so malleable that you can chip it off, add some water, and it comes back to life for reuse in the same repair project. This little project transformed the house from kind of a junky looking quaint tiny house inside, to a beautiful, warm, and inspiring little space.
3 Rare and Easy-to-Grow Permaculture Plants You Might Not Know About
At Dancing Rabbit we are always looking for new useful plants that will grow in our climate and soil since it can be challenging given the poor land we inherited. I’ve been trying out many in the last two seasons. Two of these plants are new to me and one I’ve grown for many years and find a vital part of my harvest every year. I was really surprised by how easy these were to start from direct seeding outdoors. I’d tried them indoors the previous year with minimal success. See my other video from last year of me starting a number of permaculture plants.
How to Easily Start Fig Cuttings for Temperate Permaculture
A lot of people don’t know that figs can grow in a lot more places than the tropics. You see them in California and Florida, but there are people that get fruit off their fig trees every year here in northern Missouri. Of course, the trees do die back to the ground every winter, but they still come back and produce a crop every season. If you have a greenhouse or hoop house in a temperate region, your figs won’t die back to the ground. I knew someone who had a full-sized fig tree in their passive solar greenhouse in central Wisconsin.
In this video I show you how you can easily propagate your own figs trees. It’s really easy to turn one fig shoot into several fig trees in a short time, and within a couple years you can be harvesting fresh figs even in northern regions.