OSE Interview with Gernot Minke
I think we have about 11 hours of video from the workshop in Kassel, Germany. Some are in English, some in German. On most the video itself is enough to understand what's going on. If you have questions, I'll be happy to answer them.
Juicy Fruit
One peach tree planted two years ago is now dripping with fruit. Here is a quick walkthrough at Factor e Farm on July 1, 2009 with this and some other details of natural history. The land changes drastically here on 2 week time scales. Now the dry season...
Power Cube – Prototype I Complete
Power Cube is our open source, self-contained, modular, interchangeable, hydraulic power unit for all kinds of power equipment. It has an 18 hp gasoline engine coupled to a hydraulic pump, and it will later be be powered by a flexible-fuel modern steam...
Headed to the Rainbow Gathering
Ben, Guy, and I are headed to the Rainbow Gathering in New Mexico tomorrow. We’re going to be looking for organic farm volunteers after the main event of July 1st to 8th during the cleanup phase from July 8th to 27th. We’re also going to be...
Back from the earth brick construction course in Kassel, Germany
Sunday, June 14th at 5:30 a.m. Erich and I left Klagenfurt, Austria for Kassel in Germany. Erich’s car has only about 95 hp and we were pulling a small motor home behind us. After some involuntary detours in the vicinity of Munich we arrived...
LifeTrac in MAKE Magazine
LifeTrac, our open source tractor, was recently featured in MAKE Magazine. Thank you to Abe Connally of Vela Creations, who wrote the article. Look Inside >> Volume 18
May 1 Walkthrough
Here is the natural history of Factor e Farm just at the beginning of plantlife leafing out – May 1 prior to my Austria trip. We go through the wild areas, garden, orchard, and greenhouse. This is a major contrast to what the place looks like right...
HexaHatch Review
It’s been a while since we reported on the Hexahatch project. Here are the results of the first test. We started collecting eggs in an insulated chest in Marcin’s room the week before April 25th, when we put 48 eggs in the incubator, and then...
Video camera on and roll….
I’m now the proud owner of a Sanyo Xacti video camera and hopefully will be able to use it at our workshop in Kassel. Franz, thanks for reminding me to ask Prof. Dr. Minke for permission to document everything with my camera. I kind of did ask for...
LifeTrac Loader Arms Adjustment
As we’re getting ready to change the world in the 2009 season – we had to modify the open source tractor slightly for better weight distribution. I torched off the loader arms and welded them closer to the LifeTrac body. Now the back wheels...
