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Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-12-13T22:27:36Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### Independent Studies

- Accessible Housing in Nature with Sara Hendren - Odalys Benitez and Mia Skaggs
- Dynamic Complexities with Linda Vanasupa - Odalys Benitez and Leon Santen
- A Practical Application of Sustainable Community Living with Jon Stolk - Sebastian Calvo
- Off-grid Wind Turbine - Leon Santen - [[Notes - Wind Turbine ISR-G]]

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos, who left a few hours later. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike. Made a prototype for the wind turbine.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls. Bozena left.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon and started putting on roofing paper.

__11__ - cleaning and baking day. Cleaned up main house and baked 4 different sweet breads :)

__12__ - processed deer meat into sausages and dry canned some of them. CADed parts for the wind turbine prototype so we could send them to be 3D printed. Started assembling first tiny house wall.

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__ - all tiny house walls done. Cut rafters for tiny.

__19__

__20__ - Went on a hike in Grayson Highlands state park.

__21__ - made solar panel mounts. Put rafters on the tiny house

__22__ - started tiny house roof. Finished a tree house wall. Put WiFi antennae in a tree. Cut lots of firewood. ODI left :/

__23__ - worked on refurbishing and installing windows on the octagon. Finished the tiny house roof boards.

__24__ - hoisted the first tree house wall up and installed it. Continued work on windows.

__25__

__26__ - light straw clayed tiny house.

__27__ - finished 3 walls of light straw clay on the tiny house.

__28__

__29__ - painted octagon windows.

__30__

## December

__01__ - Mia's bday. First real snow day. Sledding!!

__02__ - Aydan's birthday.

__03__ - put on tiny house roofing paper.

__04__ - put on tiny house metal roof & caulked.

__05__ - Thanksgiving meal.

__06__ -

__07__ - started tiny house deck. Framed octagon loft.

__08__ - Finished octo loft.

__09__ - put on octagon roofing paper & metal roof panels.

__10__ - caulked octo roof & added top panels. Backpacking trip up the nature conservancy.

__11__ - took apart treehouse wall.

__12__ - put in a couple tiny house windows. Put up the rest of the tree house walls.

__13__ - put up tree house rafters. Angle grinded octagon metal roof off.

__14__

__15__

__16__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-12-12T16:44:57Z

Kgoldstein:

Project opportunities for Spring 2021

2020-12-05T16:46:18Z

Kgoldstein:

_These projects are learning opportunities for the Spring 2021 semester. Some of the projects below were started in the current fall semester. They serve as an inspiration rather than a strict to-do list._

## Be part of an experiment
- This experiment is new to all of us. What do you think this experience should look like?
- Sense emerging future opportunities for change, and decide what you want to contribute to and do it.
- Document for the future for others to build on your

## Animal/gardening
- take care of our future pig
- maintain beds, plant seeds
- work on making greenhouses to grow tropical fruits
- learn how to butcher, harvest animals

## Wildlife
- observe the animals/plants/ecosystem and talk about bio-mimicry in tech
- forage for food
- wild-craft herbal medicines

## __Independent studies that need to be continued__
- Wind turbine design - see ISR-G from fall 2020 - [[Notes - Wind Turbine ISR-G]]

## Community building
- What does it take to live in an intimate community of ten or more people?
- Intentional community engagement - how to address conflicts, balance community needs, develop relationships
- Ceremonies, intentional group meetings, parties
- Being immersed in a supportive off-grid farm community

## Direct action/social justice
- Anti-racism literature and talks with Supa and Elizabeth
- Be part of an experiment - this is something new for everyone. What opportunities do you see?
- How to leverage our collective network to co-create lasting change
- Humanitarian outreach and design for people who need your help as an artist, engineer, and thinker
- Learn how to take a stance and become an activist: make stickers, raise money, read about systemic injustice
- Engage in or create an activist community. What does it mean to be an activist and engineer/designer?

## Art, sewing, crafting, cooking
- Light Installation that tells us the battery status in a non-numerical way
- Make your own earrings out of clay
- Thread bracelets,
- Screen printing
- Use the 30 acres on the farm to install your art installations

## Inclusive design and accessibilty
- Inclusive cabin design for the elderly

## Electrical/technical work
- Wireless Arduino-based control system to regulate power consumption from the fridge. Measure input from the solar panels, wind turbine and determine if we have enough electricity to run the fridge.
- Deep-cycle battery maintenance and protection
- Wind turbine power electronics - see [[Wind turbine system]]
- Weather station to data log and measure wind speed, temperature, air pressure
- Internet optimization with LTE antennas, Wifi extenders
- Micro-hydro brushless generator maintenance
- Backup self-starting generator electricity supply

## Carpentry and wood working
- Furniture
- Mechanical prototyping
- Interior architecture
- Small tool cabin building

## Building stuff - mechanical building/design
- Solar panel panning mechanism to track sun; integration of sunlight sensor to self-calibrate
- 3 kW wind turbine blade design and iteration on current design
- Solar hot water system
- Innovative way of washing clothes - potentially a bike-powered washing machine

## Tree house
- Build safely up in the trees in a harness

## Logistics and project/group management
- How do you organize a semester experience for 12 people?
- Project planning and group communication
- Food budgeting for a large group
- Reaching out to sponsors, fundraising, leveraging our communal power
- Sliding-scale monetary contribution, ethical group economics

Project opportunities for Spring 2021

2020-12-05T16:39:50Z

Kgoldstein:

_These projects are learning opportunities for the Spring 2021 semester. Some of the projects below were started in the current fall semester. They serve as an inspiration rather than a strict to-do list._

## Be part of an experiment
- This experiment is new to all of us. What do you think this experience should look like?
- Sense emerging future opportunities for change, and decide what you want to contribute to and do it.
- Document for the future for others to build on your

## Animal/gardening
- take care of our future pig
- maintain beds, plant seeds
- work on making greenhouses to grow tropical fruits
- learn how to butcher, harvest animals

## __Independent studies that need to be continued__
- Wind turbine design - see ISR-G from fall 2020 - [[Notes - Wind Turbine ISR-G]]

## Community building
- What does it take to live in an intimate community of ten or more people?
- Intentional community engagement - how to address conflicts, balance community needs, develop relationships
- Ceremonies, intentional group meetings, parties
- Being immersed in a supportive off-grid farm community

## Direct action/social justice
- Anti-racism literature and talks with Supa and Elizabeth
- Be part of an experiment - this is something new for everyone. What opportunities do you see?
- How to leverage our collective network to co-create lasting change
- Humanitarian outreach and design for people who need your help as an artist, engineer, and thinker
- Learn how to take a stance and become an activist: make stickers, raise money, read about systemic injustice
- Engage in or create an activist community. What does it mean to be an activist and engineer/designer?

## Art, sewing, crafting, cooking
- Light Installation that tells us the battery status in a non-numerical way
- Make your own earrings out of clay
- Thread bracelets,
- Screen printing
- Use the 30 acres on the farm to install your art installations

## Inclusive design and accessibilty
- Inclusive cabin design for the elderly

## Electrical/technical work
- Wireless Arduino-based control system to regulate power consumption from the fridge. Measure input from the solar panels, wind turbine and determine if we have enough electricity to run the fridge.
- Deep-cycle battery maintenance and protection
- Wind turbine power electronics - see [[Wind turbine system]]
- Weather station to data log and measure wind speed, temperature, air pressure
- Internet optimization with LTE antennas, Wifi extenders
- Micro-hydro brushless generator maintenance
- Backup self-starting generator electricity supply

## Carpentry and wood working
- Furniture
- Mechanical prototyping
- Interior architecture
- Small tool cabin building

## Building stuff - mechanical building/design
- Solar panel panning mechanism to track sun; integration of sunlight sensor to self-calibrate
- 3 kW wind turbine blade design and iteration on current design
- Solar hot water system
- Innovative way of washing clothes - potentially a bike-powered washing machine

## Tree house
- Build safely up in the trees in a harness

## Logistics and project/group management
- How do you organize a semester experience for 12 people?
- Project planning and group communication
- Food budgeting for a large group
- Reaching out to sponsors, fundraising, leveraging our communal power
- Sliding-scale monetary contribution, ethical group economics

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-25T15:26:30Z

Kgoldstein:

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-23T02:34:10Z

Kgoldstein: /* Independent Studies */

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### Independent Studies

- Accessible Housing in Nature with Sara Hendren - Odalys Benitez and Mia Skaggs
- Dynamic Complexities with Linda Vanasupa - Odalys Benitez and Leon Santen
- A Practical Application of Sustainable Community Living with Jon Stolk - Sebastian Calvo
- Off-grid Wind Turbine - Leon Santen - [[Notes - Wind Turbine ISR-G]]

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos, who left a few hours later. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike. Made a prototype for the wind turbine.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls. Bozena left.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon and started putting on roofing paper.

__11__ - cleaning and baking day. Cleaned up main house and baked 4 different sweet breads :)

__12__ - processed deer meat into sausages and dry canned some of them. CADed parts for the wind turbine prototype so we could send them to be 3D printed. Started assembling first tiny house wall.

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__ - all tiny house walls done

__19__

__21__ - made solar panel mounts. Put rafters on the tiny house

__22__ - started tiny house roof. Finished a tree house wall. Put WiFi antennae in a tree.

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-23T02:32:29Z

Kgoldstein: /* Independent Studies */

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### Independent Studies

- Accessible Housing in Nature with Sara Hendren - Odalys Benitez and Mia Skaggs
- Dynamic Complexities with Linda Vanasupa - Odalys Benitez and Leon Santen
- A Practical Application of Sustainable Community Living with Jon Stolk - Sebastian Calvo
- Off-grid Wind Turbine - Leon Santen - [[Notes - Wind Turbine ISR-G]]

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos, who left a few hours later. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike. Made a prototype for the wind turbine.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls. Bozena left.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon and started putting on roofing paper.

__11__ - cleaning and baking day. Cleaned up main house and baked 4 different sweet breads :)

__12__ - processed deer meat into sausages and dry canned some of them. CADed parts for the wind turbine prototype so we could send them to be 3D printed. Started assembling first tiny house wall.

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__ - all tiny house walls done

__19__

__21__ - made solar panel mounts. Put rafters on the tiny house

__22__ - started tiny house roof. Finished a tree house wall.

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-13T16:35:44Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos, who left a few hours later. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike. Made a prototype for the wind turbine.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls. Bozena left.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon and started putting on roofing paper.

__11__ - cleaning and baking day. Cleaned up main house and baked 4 different sweet breads :)

__12__ - processed deer meat into sausages and dry canned some. CADed parts for the wind turbine prototype so we could send them to be 3D printed. Started assembling first tiny house wall.

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__

__19__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Micro Hydro Turbine

2020-11-11T15:48:57Z

Kgoldstein:

The Micro Hydro Turbine system outputs around 60-110 W all day long. We currently don't have any accurate information on its original efficiency, head, or other characteristics. Please update this section and the micro-hydro page if you know more.

# Maintenance

You have to flash the magnetic field of the generator if it looses its magnetic field. Residual magnetism in the generator exciter field allows the generator to build up voltage during start-up. This magnetism is sometimes lost due to shelf time or improper operation, among other reasons. Restoring this residual magnetism is possible and is sometimes referred to as "flashing the exciter field". [^flash-batteries]

Furthermore, we could get a flashing module to automatically flash the generator. Another option is to use a drill to excite the magnetic field again.[^flush-1]

https://www.hunker.com/13403116/how-to-flash-the-field-of-a-brushless-generator

http://www.dieselduck.info/machine/03%20electricity/flashing_generator.htm

http://www.jencin.com/Fixing.htm

# References

[^flash-batteries]: http://www.dieselduck.info/machine/03%20electricity/flashing_generator.htm
[^flush-1]: https://www.ehow.co.uk/how_7987906_flash-field-brushless-generator.html

Main House Electricity System

2020-11-11T15:41:46Z

Kgoldstein:

The electricity system consists of a set of four deep cycle batteries, an inverter, the [[Main 1000 W Solar System]], one 250 W solar panel, an MPPT charge controllers for the five solar panels, a 70 W [[Micro Hydro Turbine]], and a diversion controller.

[[File:Power_system_layout.png|1200px]]

## Solar panels and MPPT charge controller

There are five [SUNGOLDPOWER 24V Monocrystalline 200W Solar Panels](https://sungoldpower.com/collections/monocrystalline-solar-panel/products/200-watt-monocrystalline-solar-panel#specification_1)(62.2 x 31.8 x 1.4 inches) that are connected in parallel, which keeps their voltage at 24 V and adds up their amperage. On a sunny day, they output up to 500 W to the [SolarEpic 4125BN MPPT Solar Charge Controller](https://solarepic.com/products/solarepic-mppt-40a-solar-charge-controller-150v-pv-input-tracer-4215bn?variant=12497866457137). The charge controller is rated for 40 A.

The additional, older 250 W panel is connected to a small PWM charge controller. Note that PWM charge controllers are less efficient than MPPT controllers.

For more information on the solar panel upgrade that was done, please refer to [[Additional Solar Panels Research]].

### Wires and connectors

We are using around 100 feet of 2 AWG copper cable for each positive and negative connection. The cables are NOT fully water-resistant. Ideally, we should bury them in PVC pipes underground. The SUNDGOLDPOWER panels used to have standard MC4 connectors that we cut off.

### Mounts and brackets
[SunWize](https://www.sunwize.com/application-item/solar-panel-mounts/) has a large number of solar panel connectors and brackets. [Solar Electric](https://www.solar-electric.com/residential/panel-mounts-trackers/pole-mounts.html) has pole mounts.

__Angles for mounting__:
- February 5th – Set to same angle as your latitude.
- May 5th – Set at the same angle as your latitude minus 15 degrees. At noon the panel will be almost horizontal to the ground.
- August 5th – Set at the same angle as your latitude.
- November 5th – Set at the angle of latitude plus 15 degrees. This tilts your panels towards the sun as it travels low in the southern sky during the winter.

_Our latitude is 36.4037°_.

## Micro-Hydro and diversion controller

The [[Micro Hydro Turbine]] system outputs around 60-110 W all day long. We currently don't have any accurate information on its original efficiency, head, or other characteristics. Please update this section and the micro-hydro page if you know more.

As the micro-hydro system charges the batteries 24/7, it is important to prevent overcharging with a diversion controller that redirects the energy to a heating element. The heating element dumps the electricity and converts it into heat. The diversion controller is the C-35 by Schneider ([Manual](http://solar.schneider-electric.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/c-series-manual-975-0004-01-02-rev-d_eng.pdf)).

For more maintenance information go to [[Micro Hydro Turbine]].

## Meters

The micro hydro input, the small solar panel
input, and the overall energy usage output that leads to the inverter are connected to blue watt-meter displays ([Bayite DC 6.5-100V 0-100A LCD Display](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013PKYILS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_QHpEFb372H267)). The meters are multi-functional and display volts, amps, watts, and watt hours. There is also an option to turn on an alarm when the voltage turns low.

[[File:meter-how-to-connect.jpeg |thumb|This graphic informs you about how to connect the blue watt-meter displays to different inputs and outputs.]]

## Inverter

The current inverter's maximum continuous battery charger input is 3600VA. It's maximum alternating current (AC) output overcurrent protection is 35 A at 110 V.

## Deep-Cycle batteries

[[File:12-FS-210 Rolls Battery.JPG|thumb|Deep-cycle battery 12 FS 210 by Rolls Battery]]
The main house has a 24 Volt [V] deep-cycle battery system with a capacity of 420 Ampere-hours [Ah].
The battery system consists of four deep cycle batteries of the type 12 FS 210 by Rolls Battery ([data sheet](https://rollsbattery.com/wp-content/uploads/batteries/12FS210.pdf)). Each individual battery has an output voltage of 12 V and a capacity of 210 Ah at a discharging rate of 20 hours (please check datasheets for lower discharging rates). The four batteries are parallel- and series-connected, which doubles the system’s voltage and capacity.

[[File:Batteriesinseriesandparallel.JPG|border|thumb|Four 12V batteries in series and parallel]]

As with all deep cycle batteries, they shouldn’t be drained to less than 20% of their capacity, which results in a usable capacity of 336 Ah with 24 V (~8,000 Watt-hours [Wh]) after purchase. Please note that these numbers will be lower after long-term usage. Based on experience, the batteries are severely damaged resulting in a capacity of approx. 40% (3,200 Wh).

### Charging tips

__Always fill the battery with water before charging.__

The most dangerous lead acid battery would be a flooded battery with most of the water gone, which maximizes the amount of stored gas possible. When the battery is filled with water there isn't much volume to store the hydrogen. And, of course, the battery will be happier and give more capacity when topped off.

Most of the reported lead acid battery explosions are caused by charging a flooded automotive battery outside the car with an unregulated battery charger. In this case the battery can be left on charge for a long time, and the unregulated charger can run it out of water. Chargers that are designed for battery tending or maintenance , as well as most of the PowerStream lead acid chargers can be left on the battery forever without causing them to gas. Simple, old fashioned, or unregulated transformer chargers should not be left on the battery after it is charged.[^powerstream]

### Upgrading the batteries

One should refrain from adding new batteries to an already used set as it wears down the old batteries faster. This will result in deep discharged old batteries. Therefore, we could consider moving the current/old set to our future octagonal cabins. As depicted in the illustration above, we could run two independent 12 V systems in different locations. Rolls Battery released a new version of our current batteries, the S12 185 ([data sheet](https://www.rollsbattery.com/battery/s12-185/?pdf=8512)). Here is a [summary of the model updates](https://rollsbattery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Model-Updates.pdf).

## Software and hardware

The Main House Electricity System is connected to an Arduino-based [[Electrical Control Unit]]. Please refer to the aforementioned page for the GitHub repository.

# References

[^powerstream]:https://www.powerstream.com/how-to-use-a-battery-charger.htm

Main House Electricity System

2020-11-11T15:38:14Z

Kgoldstein:

The electricity system consists of a set of four deep cycle batteries, an inverter, the [[Main 1000 W Solar System]], one 250 W solar panel, an MPPT charge controllers for the five solar panels, a 70 W [[Micro Hydro Turbine]], and a diversion controller.

[[File:Power_system_layout.png|1200px]]

## Solar panels and MPPT charge controller

There are five [SUNGOLDPOWER 24V Monocrystalline 200W Solar Panels](https://sungoldpower.com/collections/monocrystalline-solar-panel/products/200-watt-monocrystalline-solar-panel#specification_1)(62.2 x 31.8 x 1.4 inches) that are connected in parallel, which keeps their voltage at 24 V and adds up their amperage. On a sunny day, they output up to 500 W to the [SolarEpic 4125BN MPPT Solar Charge Controller](https://solarepic.com/products/solarepic-mppt-40a-solar-charge-controller-150v-pv-input-tracer-4215bn?variant=12497866457137). The charge controller is rated for 40 A.

The additional, older 250 W panel is connected to a small PWM charge controller. Note that PWM charge controllers are less efficient than MPPT controllers.

For more information on the solar panel upgrade that was done, please refer to [[Additional Solar Panels Research]].

### Wires and connectors

We are using around 100 feet of 2 AWG copper cable for each positive and negative connection. The cables are NOT fully water-resistant. Ideally, we should bury them in PVC pipes underground. The SUNDGOLDPOWER panels used to have standard MC4 connectors that we cut off.

### Mounts and brackets
[SunWize](https://www.sunwize.com/application-item/solar-panel-mounts/) has a large number of solar panel connectors and brackets. [Solar Electric](https://www.solar-electric.com/residential/panel-mounts-trackers/pole-mounts.html) has pole mounts.

__Angles for mounting__:
- February 5th – Set to same angle as your latitude.
- May 5th – Set at the same angle as your latitude minus 15 degrees. At noon the panel will be almost horizontal to the ground.
- August 5th – Set at the same angle as your latitude.
- November 5th – Set at the angle of latitude plus 15 degrees. This tilts your panels towards the sun as it travels low in the southern sky during the winter.

_Our latitude is 36.4037°_.

## Micro-Hydro and diversion controller

The [[Micro Hydro Turbine]] system outputs around 60-110 W all day long. We currently don't have any accurate information on its original efficiency, head, or other characteristics. Please update this section and the micro-hydro page if you know more.

As the micro-hydro system charges the batteries 24/7, it is important to prevent overcharging with a diversion controller that redirects the energy to a heating element. The heating element dumps the electricity and converts it into heat. The diversion controller is the C-35 by Schneider ([Manual](http://solar.schneider-electric.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/c-series-manual-975-0004-01-02-rev-d_eng.pdf)).

For more maintenance information go to [[Micro Hydro Turbine]].

## Meters

The micro hydro input, the small solar panel
input, and the overall energy usage output that leads to the inverter are connected to blue watt-meter displays ([Bayite DC 6.5-100V 0-100A LCD Display](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013PKYILS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_QHpEFb372H267)). The meters are multi-functional and display volts, amps, watts, and watt hours. There is also an option to turn on an alarm when the voltage turns low.

[[File:meter-how-to-connect.jpeg |thumb|This graphic informs you about how to connect the blue watt-meter displays to different inputs and outputs.]]

## Inverter

The current inverter's maximum continuous battery charger input is 3600VA. It's maximum alternating current (AC) output overcurrent protection is 35 A at 110 V.

## Deep-Cycle batteries

[[File:12-FS-210 Rolls Battery.JPG|thumb|Deep-cycle battery 12 FS 210 by Rolls Battery]]
The main house has a 24 Volt [V] deep-cycle battery system with a capacity of 420 Ampere-hours [Ah].
The battery system consists of four deep cycle batteries of the type 12 FS 210 by Rolls Battery ([data sheet](https://rollsbattery.com/wp-content/uploads/batteries/12FS210.pdf)). Each individual battery has an output voltage of 12 V and a capacity of 210 Ah at a discharging rate of 20 hours (please check datasheets for lower discharging rates). The four batteries are parallel- and series-connected, which doubles the system’s voltage and capacity.

[[File:Batteriesinseriesandparallel.JPG|border|thumb|Four 12V batteries in series and parallel]]

As with all deep cycle batteries, they shouldn’t be drained to less than 20% of their capacity, which results in a usable capacity of 336 Ah with 24 V (~8,000 Watt-hours [Wh]) after purchase. Please note that these numbers will be lower after long-term usage. Based on experience, the batteries are severely damaged resulting in a capacity of approx. 40% (3,200 Wh).

### Fire and safety tips

### Upgrading the batteries

One should refrain from adding new batteries to an already used set as it wears down the old batteries faster. This will result in deep discharged old batteries. Therefore, we could consider moving the current/old set to our future octagonal cabins. As depicted in the illustration above, we could run two independent 12 V systems in different locations. Rolls Battery released a new version of our current batteries, the S12 185 ([data sheet](https://www.rollsbattery.com/battery/s12-185/?pdf=8512)). Here is a [summary of the model updates](https://rollsbattery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Model-Updates.pdf).

## Software and hardware

The Main House Electricity System is connected to an Arduino-based [[Electrical Control Unit]]. Please refer to the aforementioned page for the GitHub repository.

Micro Hydro Turbine

2020-11-11T15:36:36Z

Kgoldstein:

The Micro Hydro Turbine system outputs around 60-110 W all day long. We currently don't have any accurate information on its original efficiency, head, or other characteristics. Please update this section and the micro-hydro page if you know more.

# Maintenance

You have to flash the magnetic field of the generator if it looses its magnetic field. Residual magnetism in the generator exciter field allows the generator to build up voltage during start-up. This magnetism is sometimes lost due to shelf time or improper operation, among other reasons. Restoring this residual magnetism is possible and is sometimes referred to as "flashing the exciter field". [^flash-batteries]

https://www.hunker.com/13403116/how-to-flash-the-field-of-a-brushless-generator

http://www.dieselduck.info/machine/03%20electricity/flashing_generator.htm

http://www.jencin.com/Fixing.htm

# References

[^flash-batteries]: http://www.dieselduck.info/machine/03%20electricity/flashing_generator.htm

Micro Hydro Turbine

2020-11-11T15:35:52Z

Kgoldstein:

The [[Micro Hydro Turbine] system outputs around 60-110 W all day long. We currently don't have any accurate information on its original efficiency, head, or other characteristics. Please update this section and the micro-hydro page if you know more.

# Maintenance

You have to flash the magnetic field of the generator if it looses its magnetic field. Residual magnetism in the generator exciter field allows the generator to build up voltage during start-up. This magnetism is sometimes lost due to shelf time or improper operation, among other reasons. Restoring this residual magnetism is possible and is sometimes referred to as "flashing the exciter field". [^flash-batteries]

https://www.hunker.com/13403116/how-to-flash-the-field-of-a-brushless-generator

http://www.dieselduck.info/machine/03%20electricity/flashing_generator.htm

http://www.jencin.com/Fixing.htm

# References

[^flash-batteries]: http://www.dieselduck.info/machine/03%20electricity/flashing_generator.htm

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-11T14:59:49Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike. Made a prototype for the wind turbine.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon and started putting on roofing paper.

__11__

__12__

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__

__19__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-11T14:48:52Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike. Made a prototype for the wind turbine.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon.

__11__

__12__

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__

__19__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-11T14:23:10Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters, put in first window on the octagon.

__11__

__12__

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__

__19__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-10T17:09:08Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__ - dug and planted posts for the tiny house.

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__ - put rafters up on the octagon.

__28__ - put up roof boards on the octagon.

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__ -

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters

__11__

__12__

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__

__19__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-11-10T16:13:47Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

__31__ - Had a ritual for Halloween / Samhein. Collected herbs to make a salve and a tincture.

## November

__01__

__02__

__03__ - Aiden got his first deer while hunting with Carlos. Put up floor frame for tiny house.

__04__ - Installed sub-flooring on the tiny house with Mike.

__05__ - Worked on filling in missing sections between walls & roof on Octagon.

__06__ - Started light straw clay insulation for crones. Almost completed the north wall.

__07__ - cut octagon roof boards with a chain saw.

__08__ -

__09__ - Planted garlic for next year. Cut all boards for tiny house walls.

__10__ - Put up crones rafters

__11__

__12__

__13__

__14__

__15__

__16__

__17__

__18__

__19__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__

__26__

__27__

__28__

__29__

__30__

Art Studio Documentation

2020-10-21T01:41:34Z

Kgoldstein: Created blank page

Main Page

2020-10-21T01:38:39Z

Kgoldstein:

__Welcome to the Woodland Harvest Wiki!__

We will use this wiki to document progress on projects, share recipes and thoughts, and anything else we want to create a wiki page for. This wiki is publicly available, but only users with an account can edit pages.

Please [request an account](http://wiki.olinatwoodlandharvest.com/index.php/Special:RequestAccount ) in the upper right corner or use the guest login (administrator account _Magic_) that Lisa and Elizabeth can give you. Due to high spamming, Leon will have to approve your account first.

On [[Special:AllPages]], you can see all pages. If you want to know more about the electricity system, go to [[Main House Electricity System]]. Furthermore, there is a selection of important pages below.

## Useful Tips

Very excitingly, this Wiki uses [Markdown conventions](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Markdown) for writing texts. Markdown is written in plain text. For example, you indicate the highest level of titles with `# Cool Title` and lower titles with `##`, `###`. To make text bold, use two underscores in front and after the word `__bold word__`. For italic text, use one underscore `_italic text_`. For more help with markdown conventions, check out [this cheat sheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet). You can use [HTML tags](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#HTML_tags) for comments, quotes, many other things. They are quite useful.
Here are a few more useful tips around creating new pages:

- On your laptop, create a new page by searching for the desired page name and click the red page title
- On your phone, create a new page by adding the desired title after the `index.php/` in the URL. For example: `http://wiki.olinatwoodlandharvest.com/index.php/My New Example Page`
- For image insertion info, click [here](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Syntax).
- On wikis, you can't easily change the title of a page. Change a page's title by moving the entire page with its discussion to a new page.
- Consult the [Users Guide](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents) for information on using the wiki software.
- Guide for [quoting and referencing](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Cite)

## A Few Pages

- [[Special:AllPages]]
- [[Main House Electricity System]]
- [[Group Purchases for Fall 2020]]
- [[Additional Solar Panels Research]]
- [[Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020]]
- [[Octagon Documentation]]
- [[Crone's Cottage Documentation]]
- [[Tiny House Documentation]]
- [[Art Studio Documentation]]
- [[Tree House Documentation]]

Octagon Documentation

2020-10-21T01:35:39Z

Kgoldstein:

Insert lots of pictures

##Foundation

The octagon cabin rests on nine main posts and two extra for the bump out. The posts are mainly locust trees that were felled on the land. The center post is a power line post taken down from when Lisa and Elizabeth went off-grid. The post holes were dug to go below the frost line so that they wouldn't rise out of the ground when it freezes during the winter. The posts were then debarked and put in the ground. To make them stable we tamped dirt and rocks into the hole slowly with sticks.

##Flooring

The octagon floor is made of eight triangles. Because our posts didn't quite end up in the right place, each triangle is slightly different, but all follow the same general shape. To make them, we cut 2x6 boards using a chop saw powered by our generator, but some cuts had too sharp of an angle, so we cut them by hand. Above the triangles is a sub-floor made of locally cut and processed wood. It was full of worms so we covered it in deck stain to kill them.

[insert plans for triangles]

##Wall Frames

When we designed the wall frames, we started by inventorying the windows we had and figuring out where they would work best to maximize southern sunlight. Beyond that, we followed rules about headers and stud placement. To make the wall frames, we cut 2x6 boards on the chop saw and assembled them with screws.

[insert plans for wall frames]

##Insulation

The octagon insulation is made up of sections of light straw clay and bottle walls. Both required a multi-step process. For the light straw clay, we sifted clay harvested on the land, mixed it with water to make a clay slip, then tossed it with local straw and packed it into the walls. We tried stomping at first, then pushed it in with our hands, then started just pushing the edges of each section down with sticks to keep the center less packed. For every two feet we went up we put in a piece of wire to give it support. For the bottle walls we cut four inches off the bottom of wine bottles and then taped two pieces together to make an 8-inch long section to put into the 5.5-inch thick walls. [insert rest of bottle wall process]

##Roofing

[insert roofing stuff here]

Tiny House Documentation

2020-10-21T01:08:45Z

Kgoldstein: Created page with "Foundation Flooring Wall Frames Insulation Roofing"

Foundation

Flooring

Wall Frames

Insulation

Roofing

Crone's Cottage Documentation

2020-10-21T01:06:14Z

Kgoldstein: Created page with "Flooring Wall Frames Insulation"

Flooring

Wall Frames

Insulation

Octagon Documentation

2020-10-21T01:02:26Z

Kgoldstein: Created page with "Floor joists Sub-flooring Wall Frames Insulation"

Floor joists

Sub-flooring

Wall Frames

Insulation

Main Page

2020-10-21T00:55:55Z

Kgoldstein:

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-10-21T00:50:52Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-flooring. Fixed the micro hydro turbine- current was running backwards. Started wall frames for the octagon.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for tree house and measured boards to cut.

__25__ -

__26__

__27__ - finished fourth wall of octagon.

__28__

__29__

__30__ - first crones wall frame went up.

## Oct

__01__ - giant branch fell on the art studio.

__02__ - 6 walls up for octagon.

__03__ decided to move into the sun with tiny cabin.

__04__ - decided to go without chore chart besides cooking and AM animals; cleared out new place for tiny cabin, cut down trees.

__05__ - wall frames on octagon finished.

__06__

__07__

__08__ - started light stray clay on the octagon just in time for the hurricane.

__09__

__10__

__11__

__12__ - broke second ground on tiny house and finished six post holes. Three crones wall frames are up

__13__ - cut posts for the tiny house and octagon bump out. Dug post holes for octagon and art studio bump outs.

__14__ - cut 60 bottles for walls. Light straw clayed until 10:30 pm to finish a big wall.

__15__ - started electrical wiring on the octagon.

__16__ - fourth crones wall went up.

__17__

__18__

__19__ - put up beams on the octagon. tamped the octagon bump out posts. took down a giant dead tree that was going to come down on the art studio.

__20__ - light straw clayed another wall and a bit more on the octagon. cleaned off solar panels which tripled our output.

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-09-25T02:19:30Z

Kgoldstein: /* August */

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter. Had so much power coming into our batteries that we plugged in The fridge for the first time

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-floorings. Fixed the microhydro turbine- current was running backwards.

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for treehouse Andy measured boards to cut.

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-09-25T02:15:11Z

Kgoldstein: New days

__Students__: ANYA JENSEN, BLAKE BLANCETT, CARLOS GODINEZ, DREW CHASSE, DYLAN MERZENICH, JASMINE KAMDAR, JEREMY SKOLER, KATIE GOLDSTEIN, LEON SANTEN, MIA SKAGGS, NICOLA VAN MOON, ODALYS BENITEZ, RILEY ZITO, SEBASTIAN CALVO, WHITNEY XU

### August

__16__ - Drew, Whitney, and Leon arrived at the farm

__17__

__18__ - Sebastian, Mia, and Jeremy arrived

__19__

__20__

__21__

__22__

__23__

__24__

__25__ - Jasmine and Carlos arrived

__26__ - Dylan, Riley, and Katie arrived

__27__ - Blake arrived

__28__

__29__ - Odalys, Anya, and Nicola arrived

__30__

__31__

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - [first newsletter](https://olinatwoodlandharvest.com/files/pdfs/newsletter-1.pdf), group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

__13__ -

__14__ - started underpinning of crown's cottage

__15__ - sent out second newsletter

__16__ - Riley and Dylan moved into Bus

__17__ - rainy day. Played games and made bread.

__18__ - finished the octagon joists and moved new lumber.

__19__ - Cob oven workshop. Learned how to mix clay and sand to make cob and then put a lotus on the cob oven.

__20__ - Had our weekly Sunday meeting and brunch. Are crepes :). Took a photo with the octagon joists.

__21__ - Learned how to put down sub-flooring. Finishing joists on crones cottage.

__22__ - cut octagon sub-flooring and filled in crones sub-flooring. Had a celebration for the equinox.

__23__ - Put up 3 walls of the octogenarian and cut crones sub-floorings

__24__ - planned out sub flooring for treehouse Andy measured boards to cut.

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-09-13T13:20:20Z

Kgoldstein:

__Students__:

### August

25

26

27

28

29

30

### September

__1__ - Micro-hydro is connected outputting around 70W.

__2__

__3__ - Kayaking and tubing trip

__4__ - Jasmine’s birthday, three solar panels connected (rated for 600W, outputting around 230W)

__5__ - first game night

__6__ — met to work on planning end design for buildings

__7__ - group visioning and commitments for the semester

__8__ - first day of classes for Olin students. A little bit of a rocky start with the WiFi connection. We also cleared the space for the octagon by cutting poplars and sassafras. Evened out the ground for the crones cottage and extended the dam for the pond.

__9__ - officially broke ground all together. Finished digging and planting 4 posts for the crones cottage. Accidentally put one of the posts in the wrong spot by 11 inches so we redug and replanted. Ate such yummy dumplings for dinner.

__10__ - dug 9 holes for the octagon and planted 2 posts.

__11__ - connected MPPT solar charge controller with the three solar panels outputting more than 300W during peak hours.

__12__ - took a rest day for the rain and played games, read, baked, and cleaned the main house. Took bunkbeds and flooring out of the bus.

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-09-10T23:39:34Z

Kgoldstein:

Timeline of Accomplishments during Fall 2020

2020-09-08T00:51:43Z

Kgoldstein: /* August */