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In this 3 part video series I am going to share my design process and go over the evolutions of our Greenhouse. This Greenhouse is a modified version of the Fibonacci 1 from our Holistic Homes Fibonacci Collection. With only 3 weeks left in the construction of our first Earthship Inspired, Holistic Homes Greenhouse, winter has offered us some time to reflect on the build and evolve its design. Using Sketchup, I am going to redesign the Holistic Homes Greenhouse from the ground up. I will go over the process, evolutions, and reasons for each evolution, and the greenhouse overall. In this, the last in our 3 part series focused on Design, Build, Evolve, we’re going to start by designing the cistern. This cistern will hold 2000 US Gal, and should provide enough water for the Greenhouse to survive a 3 month drought. With the cistern placed we go to work on the scupper. This speciality piece will gather the water from the whole roof, give it its first filtering, and guide it into the cistern. With water management set up we move inside to create a space for WOM and POM, as well as a space to store hand tools and start seedlings. This space even ends up with a large removable table area. Next we finish off the interior garden space by placing 4 observation tube. These tubes will allow us to visually check the water levels in the planters, as well as house the record pumps. Now that the observation tubes are set and we know the locations of all the doors, we can create a path throughout the greenhouse, so we can avoid compressing the garden beds too much. Now let’s create something that resembles the sky before we do our last 360 of the building. This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, Subtle Infinity, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. You peer through the mire, beyond the matrix, and into the natural world. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

In this 3 part video series I am going to share my design process and go over the evolutions of our Greenhouse. With only 3 weeks left in the construction of our first Earthship Inspired, Holistic Homes Greenhouse, winter has offered us some time to reflect on the build and evolve its design. Using Sketchup, I am going to redesign the Holistic Homes Greenhouse from the ground up. I will go over the process, evolutions, and reasons for each evolution, and the greenhouse overall. In episode 2 of 3, in our HHG Evolution series, we start with a 360 view of our Evolving HHG, while going over “why design anything when there’s already so many designs out there?” I would like to apologize for the missing footage of the designing of the bottle wall. A computer error wiped the recording, but we seem to have everything sorted now. With the roof hidden, we can see the interior of the Greenhouse. I start with minor adjustments and fine tuning before designing the window trim and finishing the cladding on the interior and exterior of the Greenhouse. Before we can design the berm, we need to place theses 2, 20’ x 10” cooling tubes. With the interior end of the cooling tubes placed in the 3rd row of tires, we can now angle the cooling tubes down on the exterior side for drainage. We can now design the berm, which I will say, may be the only process that’s easier in real life. ;) We are going to protect the building from the elements by designing all the flashings, soffits, and facia, which are all metal. The short roof that connects to the front roof has the venting for the Greenhouse located inside it, above the soffit. Having the vents located here protects them from the elements, which helps to insure a long life for the most mechanical piece of the building. Their location is also at the highest and hottest point in the building which will maximize the natural convection used by the Greenhouses cooling system. With the cooling tubes set, we spend some time finalizing the berm and where it meets the back of the building before designing the ease trough, downspouts, and exterior water management elements. We finish up this episode by placing the 6 solar panels, which will provide power for the entire building before adjusting all the textures, colours, and materials in the model. It’s really starting to take shape now. :) This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, Subtle Infinity, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. You peer through the mire, beyond the matrix, and into the natural world. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

In this 3 part video series I am going to share my design process and go over the evolutions of our Greenhouse. This Greenhouse is a modified version of the Fibonacci 1 from our Holistic Homes Fibonacci Collection. With only 3 weeks left in the construction of our first Earthship Inspired, Holistic Homes Greenhouse, winter has offered us some time to reflect on the build and evolve its design. Using Sketchup, I am going to redesign the Holistic Homes Greenhouse from the ground up. I will go over the process, evolutions, and reasons for each evolution, and the greenhouse overall. In the episode we start from scratch, laying out the first rectangle that will serve as the earth upon which we will build. Once the overall shape and size of the building has been figured out, we start designing the Trex composite plates, pine sil plates, figure out the size and position of the front vertical glass, how the glass will be notched into the framing, the entry door location, and the mid wall height. With those established we can begin to figure out the front roof rafters, glass, and roof pitch and height. When we move to the back we can layout the rafters, figure out the roofs pitch, and how they all meet on the mid bearing wall. We wrap up by finishing the layout for all the rafters, the facia, blocking, ladders, and gable wall framing. Its quite a process but time-lapse really helps. Enjoy! This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, Subtle Infinity, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. You peer through the mire, beyond the matrix, and into the natural world. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

Join us on our amazing adventure as we create the world's first Earthship inspired Holistic Homes-Greenhouse. “You can not separate a tree from it roots, or it will die. So what happens when you separate all peoples from their roots…modern civilization." A time-lapse of our first 42 days creating the first Holistic Homes Greenhouse. This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, Subtle Infinity, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. You peer through the mire, beyond the matrix, and into the natural world. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

Join us on our amazing adventure as we create the world's first Earthship inspired Holistic Homes-Greenhouse. “You can not separate a tree from it roots, or it will die. So what happens when you separate all peoples from their roots…modern civilization." Its Day 40 and work continues on the T&G inside the front greenhouse as we also install the frames and glass on the east side. Once the windows were installed we built the frames for the 2'x8' panes of glass that will become our operable windows, allowing the air coming from the cooling tubes to move into the front greenhouse, and out the upper vents. On Day 41 we uncover the building to install the 6 pieces of 4'x8'x1" glass the make up the vertical south wall. Once installed, we sheeted the whole wall with 1/2" plywood and got ready to install the 3 static interior 4'x8' panes of glass in the mid wall as well as the last 2'x8' operable window. Day 42 was challenging and incredibly rewarding. The day began with conversation on how best to install the 6, 4'x8'x1" panes of glass in the roof. With the lowest section of the roof at 10', and the highest at 16', safety was very important. We came up with a plan to build temporary rails across the roof so we could slide the pane of glass on a sheet of plywood to its new home. It was a bit slippery, but the day went off without a hitch. Fewfff. :) Time to cover the building up one more time this season, as the weather let us know, its March before your back. I can't hardly wait. :) This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, Subtle Infinity, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. You peer through the mire, beyond the matrix, and into the natural world. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

Join us on our amazing adventure as we create the world's first Earthship inspired Holistic Homes-Greenhouse. We start off Day 37 building the frames for the operable 2' x 8' windows in the mid wall. With those figured out we discuss how best to install the rollers on the track for the 3, 4' x 8' sliding glass doors. While Jason, Krys, and Mark work on that I begin figuring out the small back roof that covers the vents from the elements. It ends up being an early day for Mae and I so you might as well follow us home. :) On Day 38 the missing 5/4" T&G for the back roof comes in so we are finally able to finish the ceiling. Once the T&G was installed we insulated the back roof with 3 layers of recycled 5" EPS insulation. With an R-value of R-5 per inch the back roof now has an R-value of R-75. We then covered the insulation with Deck Armor and fastened the strapping down with 20" screws. These screws go through the strapping, 15" of insulation, and finally connect directly into the double 2" x 10" rafters below. We then placed the EPDM which will cover the cistern and back of the building from water and creatures. Before the day is over Mae gives us a tour of this beautiful Holistic Greenhouse from the inside-out and then its tidy time. :) River starts of Day 39 by guiding the ducks back to the pond. While Rivers busy doing his job, we're inside working on the front of the greenhouse. We started with the insulation and worked our way to the vapour barrier, and finally to the T&G. With everything that's going on in 2020 some materials have been very challenging to acquire for the building and winter is coming fast, so let's see what we can get done before nature says its break time. We finish the day installing the only static window in the mid wall just as Jason cuts into his finger with the exacto knife. Sounds like its time to roll up the tools to me, but before we go let's install one of the exterior windows, just to see what it looks like. This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Visit https://www.talkingtrees.love for more information. Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TalkingTreesHolisticCommunity Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

Join us on our amazing adventure as we create the world's first Earthship inspired Holistic Homes-Greenhouse. Its Day 33 and the Crazy Carpenter is back to figure out the rafters for the back roof. We manage to frame the back knee wall, install all the double 2" x 10" rafters, frame the ladders on each side for the overhang, and figure out and place the first front rafter. What a great day! Day 34 found us framing the entry way, both wing walls, installing the framing for the openings of the vents, and got most of it sheathed with the 1/2" plywood we had used for the concrete forms earlier in the build. Day 35 was completely focused on the front roof with its 7 sets of custom cut, 3 ply glued and screwed rafters that will end up supporting six, 4' x 8' x 1" panes of tempered glass. Top and bottom plates were then installed with the same notches as the rafters, ready to accept the glass. Once they were installed we were able to focus on the facia and ladders over the east and west sides and get everything wrapped up nicely before nightfall. Day 36 was less visually dramatic but amazing details were figured out and we got an amazing amount of work done. From the flat ceiling inside the first greenhouse with its 2 operable venting doors, to the roof sheathing. Can't wait for next week! This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

Join us on our amazing adventure as we create the world's first Earthship inspired Holistic Homes-Greenhouse. It's Day 29 and it's time for the Crazy Carpenter to really shine. :) With the composite and pine plates complete, it's time to start framing the front and mid walls. All the lumber, with the exception of the composite plates, was ordered from a local mill to rough cut dimensions. As the majority of the structural carpentry is exposed, quality and precision rain supreme, that and its the only way I know how to do it. Beautifully. We also have 2 long distance TTT members (Talking Trees Tribe) join us on the build today and the energy every being brings and adds to the day and the build is amazing to experience. By the end of the day we have the wall heights figured out and the first window box built. Day 30 is what I call a "prep day". With the window and wall heights figured out, Krys and I install the first mid wall header. This first header is 28' feet long and made up of 2, 1-3/4" x 9-1/2" LVL's with a 2"x10" laminated to the inside where the lumber will be exposed. We also managed to prep all the window boxes for both walls and install the interior sets. My suns, Phox and Phoenix join us again on Day 31 and help us build the window boxes, as well as use the entire site and building as a play structure! Wonderful. :). Before the day 32nd day ends we are able to install all the window boxes, add the header to the front wall, add the 2nd and 3rd level headers to the mid wall, and get everything leveled up. Almost time for the roof. This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.

Join us on our amazing adventure as we create the world's first Earthship inspired Holistic Homes-Greenhouse. In this episode we’re greeted by the "actual" first snowfall of the year. Its Day 25 and we're finishing up removing all the forms for our concrete pour to reveal the finished product. Again, I want to give a big thanks to the concrete truck driver, he was fantastic to work with. Once the forms were removed we spent time cleaning up the entire site and getting ready for the next step. On Day 26 we begin excavating the 2 planter cells with the help of Jason and he's trusty 2 ton Bobcat. With the forms removed Krys finished up the last row of 5" rigid insulation around the back of the building. We used the earth and clay removed from the planter cells to build up the berm and give us our final grade on the East and West sides. With the planters excavated we were able to place the EPDM liner just as the sun set. Wow is that stuff heavy. On Day 27 we begin with the planter plumbing. As this building is only a greenhouse the plumbing was very straight forward with 2 sets of recirc stands and 1 overflow. Once the plumbing was in place we built the rock bulbs around the stand pipes and began layering the planter cells with with their materials. We started with 10" of 2" river rock to allow a good water flow at the base of the planters, then 10" of gravel, 8" of sand, and finally 12" of top soil that we were able to get from the farms old manure pile. Its good stuff! While filling the planters Mae and I were able to get our lines chalked on the bond beam and footings for the composite plates which will receive the framing. On Day 28 we were able to build a platform over the outer planter for the tractor to drive over so we could add the materials to the inner planter. We also finished up the all the composite plates and added a pine plate to accept the future framing. Its almost time to start framing the walls. :) This build and these buildings are about more than just the structure we’re creating, as they affect the structure of your whole life. Generations should not be separated into different buildings all day every day, they should be together, and these buildings offer that life style. We hope you enjoy. :) Visit https://www.talkingtrees.love for more information. Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TalkingTreesHolisticCommunity Talking Trees is Community Reimagined. We hear people like Eckhart Tolle, Kyle Cease, Michael Reynolds, and even JP Sears speak about moving towards smaller communities. They use terms like off-grid, sustainable, and eco, to describe these new spaces. We call them Holistic Communities. After 2020 there seems to be a huge push in the direction of sustainability and sovereignty on every level, from completely sustainable off-grid homes to food and land security. We are awakening and evolving out loud and I AM so grateful that the Talking Trees Tribe has been creating a blueprint for such a community, a Holistic Community, Community Reimagined. This Holistic Greenhouse build is just a glimpse into what we will be creating in Talking Trees Community, because when you reimagine community, you look at every aspect of it from a holistic perspective. The Vision​ Nestled among majestic trees, beautiful lakes and streams a community is forming where people are following their passions, inner talents, and co-operating instead of competing. Where everyone works together, pursuing their labor of love for the benefit of the entire community. ​ Holistic Homes and businesses generate their own electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and indoor food production as well as heating and cooling passively while building with natural and recycled materials. They also integrate with their surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to determine the layout of the community, while preserving its natural beauty.