Good to have lots of comments on the blog recently (although I would point out that my name is Hilary, not Denise!). Thanks to Megan for the information about the permaculture course in Canberra - I'm disappointed that I don't have the spare time to attend the course.
The garden is looking great after recent rain. We're harvesting cauliflowers, fantastic broccoli and cabbages, plus masses of feral parsley.
However, the main point of this post is to respond to Donna's comment about the geodesic dome plans, which has disappeared from the web. It's several years since I built my dome, and I no longer have the print out of the instructions from Hall's Creek. A friend built a slightly smaller dome at the same time (and eventually passed his dome on to us) - but he too discarded the instructions. So, if anyone out there can help, it would be great to get a copy of the plans.
Sorry forgot to let you know we have posted Roberts plans on our blog as well, with photos of our attempt =)
http://milkwood.net/content/view/83/30/
Posted by: Nick | September 01, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Please excuse the odd post before. I saw you were after a geodesic dome plan - Cheers Nick for finding one first. There is another at:
http://www.simplydifferently.org/Star_Dome
The whole site is worth a good look. It is a site build by a guy investigating temporary shelters - and so covers yerts, wigwams, domes etc. But it also delves into the construction and mathmatics behind it. The whole thing is really well researched. Tell your friends!
Posted by: Evan | July 30, 2009 at 05:56 PM
Hi Hilary,
Sorry about the name! Thank-you for putting out the call for the geodesic domes - and thank-you Milkwood Nick, link is perfect (and information now saved!)
Posted by: Donna | July 13, 2009 at 06:05 PM
Very much enjoyed your sight. My own garden is based on the same design but is on a much smaller scale. 2 chickens and 6 small mandalas work really well. Before I started I went hunting for people who had set up this design and couldn't find any...am glad to see you on here.
regards,
Gillian
Posted by: gillian | July 12, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Hi Hilary,
Yes...I changed ISPs and didn't move the Hell Creek web pages. I'll put them up again one day. Maybe.
Looking forward to seeing Nick's video!
cheers,
Robert
Posted by: Robert | July 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Hi Hilary,
Great blog :)
found a present for you
http://web.archive.org/web/20041026145443/members.iinet.net.au/~helcreek/Chook+stuff/Chook+dome+how+to.htm
i built a dome using these instructions about 18 months ago... and one day soon i'll put up a blog post about the process... videoed it too :) it works great.
Posted by: Milkwood Nick | July 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM