greenhouse

A project in Missoula, MT by paul wheaton
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A story of a new frontier in greenhouse design: a greenhouse that stays warm through a Montana winter with zero electricity or fuel
Backers: 2140
Average Pledge Per Backer: $46

Funded: $97,975 of $14,390
Dates: Jun 23rd -> Jul 24th (31 days)
Project By: paul wheaton
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Latest News

We hit $95,000! One hour to go!

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
http://permies.com/bwb Next up $100,000! If we hit this, we will double the interior size of the greenhouse, plus add two more tests for the 20 foot well casings.   Plus we will finally get a proper well for the lab.  To raise your backer level... (Read More)

Greg Martin will mail you sunchokes!

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
https://permies.com/p/1130806 To get the full details of Greg's offer, click here. To raise your backer level click here to go to the kickstarter click "manage your pledge" click "change your pledge" scroll down to select your new backer level click... (Read More)

3 hours to go!

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
The numbers are chugging away and we are staring at the screen intensly wondering if we will hit $100,000 by the time the kickstarter finishes! A few more bits of info about stretch goal #11 ($100,000) The original plan was for two passive heaters,... (Read More)

We hit $90,000!

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Lots of people raised their backer level to get the pile of stretch goal goodies!  And now we have even more! All of the stretch goals we have now reached: "The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book" by Mike Oehler The movie "Living the Change" by... (Read More)

We hit $85,000!

July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
https://permies.com/t/111481/Backyard-Dairy-Goats-ebook We're cruisin' now! https://wheaton-labs.com/skip/ I think that SKIP might become more popular than permaculture https://permies.com/wiki/skip-pep-bb http://permies.com/bwb I think that if my... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #7 is reached!

July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Everybody backing at $100 or higher gets all the regular stuff at at that level, plus these seven extra bonus goodies due to reaching so many stretch goals! "The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book" by Mike Oehler The movie "Living the Change" by... (Read More)

51 hours left!

July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We've done a bold and possibly arrogant thing.  We posted a bunch more stretch goal images to the kickstarter.  Too soon?  We would like your feedback - please comment on this update. We are super close to the next stretch goal!   If seven of you... (Read More)

We hit stretch goal number 6!

July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks Nicole! These are fun! https://permies.com/wiki/141614/videos/Sepp-Holzer-Permaculture-documentaries-Farming My guess is that this alone is enough for a few hundred of you to raise your backer level!  It really is THAT good! And, for your... (Read More)

Hot digitty dog! Stretch Goal #5 reached!

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
https://permies.com/t/93610/Scrounging-eBook-James-Juczak Upgrading from the $10 to the $100 level gives you: early access to part of the movie as they are developed live participation access to the design and build meetings a copy of the final... (Read More)

We hit stretch goal #4!

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
https://permies.com/w/rocket-oven-plans And now for the super exciting time!   It was on this day in the last kickstarter, that we started cranking through several stretch goals every day - mostly because existing backers were raising their... (Read More)

We hit stretch goal #3!

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
This year's kickstarter seems to be on a very similar path to last year's kickstarter. And last year's kickstarter ended up hitting 21 stretch goals, so we have now made a giant pile of 26 stretch goals.  These are the most recent: The Sepp Holzer... (Read More)

We've reached $55,000!

July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Two stretch goals down and ... well ...   we've been having some fun talking to lots of people that have stretch goals to add.  So here's a list of all the stretch goals that have been nailed down as of today!    "Compost Everything" by David... (Read More)

$50,000!

July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it!   We hit our first stretch goal!  Now everybody supporting the kickstarter at $100 or higher is getting the eBook version of Mike Oehler's "Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book"! More information about the book here.  And you can get... (Read More)

We have announced our stretch goals!

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
To see the kickstarter page, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/greenhouse-1?ref=7htz2p yesterday's Q&A Yesterday I learned that I have a lot to learn about how to make this work well.  But I think we came up with... (Read More)

come participate - today at 4pm mountain time

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We are gonna do a youtube live thing at 4pm mountain time.  You are invited to come and ask questions about  the greenhouse  the kickstarter  the bootcamp  whatever else   To get notified of the link, go to https://www.youtube.com/paulwheaton... (Read More)

We are now DOUBLE FUNDED!

June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Before starting this, we made a list of all the new video equipment josiah wanted, plus extra gear and tools and other things.   And we ended up with a budget of $25,000.   "That's way too much" - so we whittled and skimped and cut until we got... (Read More)

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