Earthship – Sunray Circle
Earthship – Sunray Circle
A magical circular earthship build deep in the wilderness of Northern ontario. Built from more than 80% reused or natural materials We cut the trees and milled the wood to build our home, and used 80,000lbs of earth rammed into tube netting for our primary walls.
Size of land : 50acres
Structure size:1000 ft² home with 400 ft² greenhouse
Living space: 1000 ft²
Location: Ontario, Zone 3a
Powersystem
1600 Watt Solar Panels
540ah 24v deep cycle marine Batteryblock
1400w pure sine Inverter
3000w modified sine Inverter
A gas/propane generator soon to be using methane digested from our animals (biogas).
Heating
Natural passive heat from earthship design.
6-8kW Wood stove and in floor radiant heat
Water
Water sourced from a sandpoint well that was driven inside the greenhouse.
Pump it to cisterns both in the house for the home water and up into a water tower where it auto irrigates all the gardens.
The home is 50ft from a large rivers edge, between two waterfalls, one 30ft and one 17ft. The plan is to to generate power from the river eventually.
Food / Garden
Size : 12,000 ft²
13 separate gardens, mostly keyhole style.
The garden is using hugelkulture mounds and permaculture companion planting, utilizing the local established ecosystem to create an abundance of wild forage including hazelnuts, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, mushrooms and plenty of vegetables.
Plenty of livestock: chicken, sheep, horses and such .)
Special thanks to OffGridEnclave community member Xivanari for providing Pics and Infos to present this as Project.
If you would like to see more pictures or read up on details of the build go visit https://www.facebook.com/SunrayCircle/ .
