the love shack photo by thatch 2009
Current Projects
Wood Gathering, Canning, tons of work in the Mainhouse Garden, digging beds, planting winter crops and WEEDING.
Future projects
There are toughts of insulating the upstairs mainhouse before winter comes-along with possible bed frames, with underneath storage areas-materials for this project are going to be insulation and a covering plywood or sheet rock
Finishing the tile in the mainhouse by the dishwashing sink areas, we are planning on doing this a few weeks before Thanksgiving 2009
The cold larder is in great need of help, this project more likely will take place right after winter 2010
The Barn needs major work that will include some very competent carpenters and helpers, we are probably looking at up to at least 2 grand probably more. 2010 is probably when this might happen.
The Spider Dome is got a huge hole in it and slowly falling apart, some want to just start over and take it down, others want to use whats there, this will be addessed at the Thanksgiving meetings.
The workshop needs a new roof at the least
The Greenhouse could use a over haul
All these future projects will be discussed at the Thanksgiving gathering meetings
BLACK BEAR RANCH
Winter/ Spring 2010-2011 PROJECT PLANNING & ACTION MARTIX
| Project | Tasks | Coordinator(s) | Volunteers | Materials/Equipment | Cost | Timeline | Purpose/Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainhouse Front Porch Repair | Replace Broken Fiberglass with plexiglass. Could use some new flooring. | Petey |
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$400 | Winter/ Spring 2010 | Safety, utilityPut plastic over-temp fix; Corrugated tin or plexi-glass (could find it used) No hippie glass | |
| Fix Netting on Bridge to Pond | Fencing or Chicken Wire – Clarence will bring
Need Dimension |
Riddler? | Riddler, Jamie, Casper, |
|
$40-60 (Clarence) | Winter/ Spring 2010 | Safety Clear leaves. (Need to try some grip tape or something on the wood. Skateboard) |
| Fix Dock | Make design, materials list, list equipment needed- Need to rebuild |
Thatch, Travis
Has a draft design done. |
Jamie, Riddler |
|
$750 – 1,500 | Before Summer Solstice 2010 | Safety, utility |
| Develop BBR Land Plan and Systems Instructions | Create resource assessment & develop system plans | Petey, Travis | Jamie, Thatch |
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$250 – 500 | 2010-2011 | Utility, safety |
| Make Plank House | Locate, Design, Make Materials list, Dig Pit, Put up Walls and Roof | Loren | PT, |
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$100 – 250 | 2010-11 | Utility |
| Fix Leaks on Roofs | Assess roofs, develop list of repairs for each structure roofs, do same for building. Make parts and equip list | Petey |
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$250-500 | Roof repair Winter, spring 2010; major roofing summer 2010 and 2011; fix Shop 2010-11; Barn 2011-12 | ||
| Twin Cedar | 2 leaks
Did Silicon Seal. Tarp temp, Need to fix funky skylight, Replace |
Travis | Utility, safety | ||||
| Barn – needs structure work | Big Leaks, Needs temp tarp. | Travis | Safety, Utility | ||||
| Shop – Needs Structural work | Travis | Safety, Utility | |||||
| Mainhouse | Leaking by bookshelf by music books- ceiling & floor | Travis | Jamie | ||||
| Steambath Cabin | Roof Leaks | ||||||
| Upper Gulch Tower | Black Mold needs respirator | Travis | |||||
| Upper Gulch Dome | Roof leaks | Casper – assessment/temp fix | |||||
| Fix Spider Dome | Make design, Materials list and equipment | PT, Travis, Jesse/Casper, Jamie | $1-5k | 2010-11 | Utility if torn apart Could use for birdhouses |
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| Make New Structures | Make designs, materials lists and equipment for each structure |
Travis | 2010-2015 | ||||
| Living Structures | PT, Travis | $1-10k/each | Utility | ||||
| Communal Space/Cultural Center |
(COULD MAKE A BIG NEW BUILDING WHERE SHOP & BARN WAS ) |
PT, Travis | $10-25k | Utility, cultural | |||
| Hold Fire Drill(s) | Develop Instruction for Fire Emergency, Hold at least 2 Drill annually , Make Schedule | Petey, Travis | Travis, Everyone at the ranch, plus |
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$50 | Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter | Safety |
| Make Music Studio | Develop plan, Make materials list | Adam | PT, Travis, John & Crystal | $2-5 | Cultural | ||
| Get Sawmill | Identify available tools | Wind, Adam | Utility | ||||
| Make Sweat Dressing Area | Make design, develop materials list | Adam | Travis | $100-200 | Utility | ||
| Prune Trees – feed amendments (SOON) | Geba, Adam, Travis | PT, Travis, Bob |
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$100 | Winter | Food | |
| Gardening | Geba, Jamie | PT, Travis, Crystal, Riddler (Dorian & Ernesto are coming back maybe) |
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$250 | Spring, Summer, Fall | Food | |
| Walnut Tree next to Mainhouse | Finalize Plan, Id Usable Wood, Line up remover | PT, Travis | $250-500 | Summer 2010 | Safety | ||
| File Gate Claim and other claims around Ranch | Work with Lloyd and Gate claim gate file | PT, Geba | $100 – 250 | Winter/ Spring 2010 | Protect property | ||
| Remove Log From Gulch Culvert in Argus | Chainsaw, chains and chokers | PT, Bob, Colors, Travis, Thatch | Done- 1/31/10 | ||||
| Kitchen Floor | |||||||
| Shower Enclosure and Roof | Temp- | ||||||
| Greenhouse | Rebuild | Thatch, Jan Jaap | |||||
| Mainhouse Larder Retaining Walls | Jan Jaap | ||||||
| Mainhouse Sink Tiling | Jan Jaap, Becca* | ||||||
| Fix Argus Ditch and Put Pipe In | 1 Mile of Pipe, Repair Ditch | Thatch | Travis | ||||
| Expand Chicken Coop | Travis | Jesse C | |||||
| Winterize Summer Kitchen | Moisture mold counters, etc. Need to enclose and put heat stove in | Bob | PT |
Notes:
John and Crystal Bowman would come for a 2-3 day Work Party
Others who indicated they would come to a work party- Ben Beaver, Wind Beaver, Jessie/Casper, Bob Webster, James?, Petey, – OTHERS SHOULD SIGN UP
Heather at Blue Ridge makes TeePees,
Purchase Roofing Materials- 5 sheets of tin; 5 sheets of corrugated fiberglass, blackjack tar – 2 cans; 5 tubes of silicon; roll of plastic; 2 tarps ( Petey bought
and delivered all items to BBR except tin and fiberglass)
Rob Gale has some materials
Jesse can get some Tin. Rick Ward’s estate sale had tin. Dave McNeil got a lot of tin. Will 8’ work.