The Permachar Kit (TPK) for offgrid semi-permanent/permanent settlements

 

Feedstock

 

• Stihl/Ozito 18V electric Chainsaw (helmet/ear muffs)

• protective glasses

• bar oil

• funnel

• kickback-proof pants (Stihl)

• Ozito 18V electric circular saw

• unpowered tree saw

• wide heavy duty wheelbarrow

• leather gloves

• steel capped boots

• biomass→Flat-Tiki ‘Carbon’/Kon-Tiki 1.2/1.65m biochar kiln→biochar

• Shredder/hammer mill (BBT (petrol) or AC/DC electric hammer mill + solar generator eg. Goal Zero/Suaoki with Goal Zero ‘Nomad’ 100W panel)

• If using a Kon-Tiki 1.2m/1.65m:

  • 1*IBC

  • 12V SHURFLO water pump (for kiln quenching and kiln draining for the Kon-Tiki)

  • Goal Zero ‘Guardian’

  • 12V AGM battery eg.Fusion 40Ah

  • Nomad 14 plus solar panel (with 8mm output port to interface with the ‘Guardian’)

  • 10m 1” rural line

  • 2* 1” end connectors (BSP)

  • 1/2”F to 1”F socket (BSP)

  • 2m 1/2” flexible hose

  • 1/2” end connector (BSP)

  • 1/2” socket (BSP)

• 5 large heavy duty tarps for feedstock and biochar drying

•  20 litre 85% phosphoric acid Food Grade (envirochemonline.com.au)

• laser thermometer dodocool GM900 (ebay)

• Digitech pH meter QM-1670 (Jaycar)

 

The Permafert Swale (TPS)

 

• Mattock/shovel

• Irrigation for the TPS - 19mm poly, Netafim miniscape, fittings (threaded tap plug, takeoffs, plugs, elbows), Ozito 18V jigsaw, UMIC, MI water bladder/dam

 

Permafert middens with central drilled PVC 40mm water pipes (1m long)

 

1*IBC – cut in 2/3 – 1/3 for Permafert midden/loam + Permafert slurry/ ‘activated biochar’ mixing, 2/3 for Permafert slurry/’activated biochar’ mixing

 

Terra preta vermicompost (TPV) (used as a Compost Tea inoculum)

 

• 4*50 litre opaque plastic containers (Bunnings/Cheap as Chips) OR

• wheelie bin with wormsdownunder.com.au kit OR
• bath tub OR
• worm farm stack system PLUS
• hessian sack (cover)

• Tiger, red or blue 'composting' earthworms

• coir (worm bedding)

• milled biochar ('activated' for the Kon-Tiki) - added with food scraps

• fungus eg. Mycorrhizal

• food scraps

 

Compost tea (added to Permafert slurry for Flat-tiki ‘Carbon’/added to milled (dried) ‘activated biochar’ for the Kon-Tiki 1.2m/1.65m)

 

• 2*20l plastic buckets

• aquarium pump (AC/DC eg. mains/run off solar generator)

• PVC tea bag stand

• 4*tea bag/laundry bag

• Microscope (Soil Food Web Institute + online microscope course) eg. mains/run off solar generator

 

Additional ingredients for Permafert slurry (for Flat-Tiki ‘Carbon’/'The Permastove V3')

 

• sea minerals eg. liquid kelp, SEA-90

• carbohydrates eg.molasses

• nutrients eg.blood and bone, NPKS

 

The Permachar Nursery (TPN)

 

• 100mm pots, potting mix (with 5% milled biochar)

• Seeds eg. Eden Seeds – nut trees, fruit trees, acacias, vegetables, herbs

• Mist bottle (for seeds before sprouting)

• 10 litre Portable weed sprayer (for watering seedlings after sprouting)

• Brix refractometer/spectrometer (beta) (bionutrient.org)

 

Greenhouse

 

1. 5*37 litre clear/transparent plastic containers (Bunnings) OR

2. CarboPIU A shaped tunnel with triangles cut at the end, A shaped PVC frame OR

3. CarboPIU boxes

 

Water filtration (Aqueous Solutions handbook)

 

• HDPE #2 plastic barrels

• biochar

• gravel

• sand

• PVC fittings

• pipes

 

Household

 

• tent(s) (thelevelmarket.com), stretches/sheets,blankets, pillows

• solar showers

• biochar toilets (Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation)/self-composting toilets (Humanure handbook)

• 5*10 litre heavy duty plastic buckets with steel handles/crockery/eating implements/plates, bowls/steel saucepans/wok,steel wool,biodegradeable detergent

 

 

 

The Energy Kit (TEK)

 

‘The Permastove V3’ (beta) TLUD/centrifugal USB fan/26,000mAh USB A/USB C graphene power bank, 2*LED lights, 2*USB extension leads/solar panel 20W/6.4” smartphone (min specs 4/64 with microSD up to 512gb)

 

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pelletiser OR pellets – rice husk/sawdust/many other feedstocks