Zephyr Greenhouse Systems

Zephyr Greenhouse Systems Greenhouse farming, Aquaponics, Aquaculture Manufacture and Education in sustainable greenhouse construction.

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I have an idea for those that have a community network of some kind. Get everyone you know to grow some vegetables in j...
12/14/2025

I have an idea for those that have a community network of some kind. Get everyone you know to grow some vegetables in just 4 square feet of space. Ideally you would coordinate and decide on what each person to grow to have variety, but also based on the skill of the gardener, and the space they have. Include the amount of time they have as well.

At the end of the season: harvest, weigh, and preserve your produce whatever way is best so that at the end of the season everyone could meet and show what they accomplished.
This would give the community an idea of what is possible. It would be measurable and scalable. If there are enough people, it would also show a percentage of failures and great successes to be noted for future consideration.

Different environments: greenhouse, raised beds, cold frames, in the ground, window boxes, pots, indoors, apartment, public space, rural, etc. should all be included if possible.

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This I a follow up to the last post:I have an idea for a program. A survey course of arts, tradecraft, ecology, agricult...
03/16/2024

This I a follow up to the last post:

I have an idea for a program. A survey course of arts, tradecraft, ecology, agriculture, basic chemistry, and other technologies. The idea is to give them a fundamental experience in each, but also demonstrate how they are all tied together.

It could start with how pigments were discovered and then turned into paint. How fibers were spun and turned into canvas. How wood is turned into a usable building material.

Then they learn the basics of drawing and sketching. Design and drafting skills. They learn to take an idea and plot it out. Figure out where to start, what is needed, steps to complete. Geometry, basic engineering, agriculture, soil chemistry and biology. Then they move on to painting, sculpting, composting, planting, building small structures, and furniture.

Metal work, concrete, glass and stone. Soon they will develop an organic understanding of materials and selection. Symmetry, asymmetry, balance, and aesthetic qualities become important in the design. Working toward elegant simplicity in problem solving becomes the process of experimenting, making mistakes, and refinement of what works.

This would be focused on the youth kindergarten age to start. It would be open to anyone, but they would have to be willing to experience it as the children do. Assuming they know anything will cause problems later when the assumption left holes in their base of knowledge.

I started drawing as a child, but continued when most people quit. So, if I want to, I can draw something that looks as real as a photograph, where most people still draw as they did when they quit as a child. Humility is challenging for adults. Pride keeps them from doing things they aren't good at. Children are willing to do anything if they are given the opportunity without judgement and ridicule.

I still teach martial arts. Many of my students study with me for many years. It takes time to train the body and the mind to work efficiently. Repetition pounds knowledge into the long term memory. Repetition with variation later develops the ability to adapt and modify principles easily. This takes time and dedication. Most adults don't have the time and willingness to dedicate to an endeavor this great.

I see this program much the same but with many instructors. It builds in complexity as they grow and expand their base of knowledge and understanding. But, they have the ability to move in directions that appeal to them while also learning the things that they don't quite see how they connect. This way they have fun, maintain interest, and learn organically and holistically.

This is a program I want to get started with soon. It will require instructors from many disciplines working together to seamlessly bridge from one to the next and demonstrate the relationships that are needed when working on a complex project.

I have always loved making and building things. I have always been fascinated with nature and ecosystems. As a child I...
03/16/2024

I have always loved making and building things. I have always been fascinated with nature and ecosystems. As a child I would take things apart to see how they worked. I had the Radio Shack electronic kits that allowed you to make a variety of electronic devices. I had Erector sets, Tinker Toys, and Lincoln Logs. I would build forts and tree houses with friends. These activities and adventures are what shaped my mind to see how all things are connected in an organic natural way.

I became particularly interested in wood and metal working when I was about 12. I would take apart fruit crates and build things from the material. I would help both of my grandfather’s build and fix things around the house and property. When I got into Junior Highschool I took wood and metal shop. There I learned how to use and appreciate the larger pieces of equipment and more specific hand tools.

During my childhood I would ride my bicycle down to the gulch, a small ravine, a few miles from home and camp nearby, and fish in the creek. I would look into the water and see all the life that it held. I also loved growing plants. I had orchids, bananas, and any exotic plant that I could grow from seed in my room. I got my first hydroponic system when I was about 13 and grew miniature cantaloupes. All of this horticulture took place in my basement bedroom.

I was and still am introverted by nature. So, I am self-entertaining and rarely have anything to say in the way of small talk. But I can go on and on about all of the subjects I have interest in. Martial arts were introduced to me by a friend when I was 15. This also became a huge part of my life and where I learned to interact with strangers and classmates on a larger social level.

I have a vast interest in many things. I add to this list almost every day. I believe wonder and curiosity should be encouraged in children. They should be encouraged to experiment and play with many things and in many areas of interest and study. The connections I make naturally, others find difficult to understand. This is where communication and the transfer of ideas can become difficult. When people have a limited background in the world it is difficult for them to find context.

I have had to come to an acceptance that my brain is wired differently than most people. I am left-handed, artistic, a spatial and abstract thinker. I have disciplined my naturally emotional disposition to not react. I retract and contemplate long and hard to triggering situations. I project the potential outcome of each possible solution. I have learned that we have more time than we think to handle problems. But, when a decision must be made, I act quickly with the most rational response I can make.

I have worked for others and find that working for myself is a better fit. I have been self-employed since I was about 26. I had my own businesses going since I was 16. I have never worked less than two “jobs,” even now I run my distillery, manage a non-profit trade school, and teach martial arts.

I believe we need to create more opportunities for youth like I had. They need to experience many things at a young age to give them the ability to make connections and solve problems with a strong, wide, and varied base. The problems they are going to have to solve to succeed are more complex and will be different than those in the past. They need to be fearless, curious, and ready to make mistakes in the search to find the answers that will appear after many attempts.

Water is the most important part of the distilling process. It provides the environment for fermentation, it cools the v...
01/12/2024

Water is the most important part of the distilling process. It provides the environment for fermentation, it cools the v***r back into a liquid, it is used to adjust the ABV of the spirit, and it is where most of the flavors exist in a distilled spirit.

Water quality is important. Starting with good water makes the process easier. If the water is relatively clean treatment is easy. Ozone, O3, which is oxygen with a radical 3rd molecule, can be used to neutralize biological contaminants. O3 oxidizes the contaminants without the need for chemicals. It breaks down the contaminants so they can then be removed by filtration. O3 is very short lived, a few minutes, and then breaks down into O2, or oxygen.

We then use a simple mechanical filter to remove the majority of sediment, then use activated carbon to remove any remaining contaminants. This leaves us with a clean good tasting water that is also a good basis for fermentation.

Our cooling system is recirculated water. Water absorbs heat well. We use tube and shell heat exchangers that the water is pumped through where the heat of the v***r from the distilling process is passed into the water to condense the v***r back into a liquid. The water in the cooling system returns to our water tanks to cool, be refiltered, and reused to cool the v***r.

It is amazing at how much water is used for, can be used for, how important it is to life on this planet, and how it is never used up. We have the same amount of water on the planet as we have for millions of years. The earth is a giant distillery. Water ev***rates, which removes the salt and purifies the water to a degree, condenses as rain, passes through earth which filters it, and renews its ability to be consumed by the life on earth that requires freshwater.

Only about 2.5% of water on earth is freshwater at any one time, the rest is saltwater. Freshwater shortages are because we use 70% of it to grow crops, 20% we generally pollute through industrial use, and the last 10% we water our lawns, wash our cars, clothes, bodies, and dishes and then throw it out. We actually drink a miniscule amount of water, comparatively speaking.

Once we discard or dump the water on the ground, we have to wait for the earth to do it's distilling process to clean it up again. The problem is that weather patterns have changed causing rainfall to happen in different places and we can't capture and store that water effectively, so much of it makes its way back to the ocean to become saltwater again.

The planet is the best desalinization mechanism we have, but it takes time, and is becoming unpredictable. So if we want to have enough accessible, safe, freshwater we have to learn to work with the environment, become more efficient water users, reduce our polluting practices, and recycle water more effectively. It is easier to clean and reuse freshwater than it is to remove salt from it.

It is our most precious resource. Without freshwater much of the life on the planet would cease to exist.

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