Long Island Green Dome

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11/07/2023

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11/06/2023

Completed the greenhouse bi-panel door with lightweight, clear, open cell, polycarbonate door. It opens outward due to its windward position. All made with on-site materials. We expect a long life for this door.
Staying relatively warm inside the greenhouse during cooler sunny fall days.

07/17/2023

Interesting that our home is representing both the preventive measure for disaster storms and yet also the solution and threat of the coming of an apocalypse that was unknown to me.
I suppose that I should be more aware of such an interpretation of the concurrent political and social environment.

In the mean time
"Don't Panic
and always carry a towel"
(reference to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

If built in rural areas, these dome homes can cost just $350,000. Meanwhile, the average US house in 2023 is valued at a similar $330,000.

10/29/2022

northforker put our a fall edition print edition which includes an article with photos about Versha Gupta, Kevin Shea, and the Geodesic Dome

06/15/2022

Self-watering sub-irrigation pots
Made by reutilizing terracotta tiles
Cut to make boxes
Sealed with waterproof acrylic caulking

When filled with water,
Water slowly passes through the unglazed terracotta
Whereby plants receive and the roots grow toward the pot.

It is feasible to have plants up to 1 foot away from the planter sidewalls

10/27/2021

Interview and video by Priscila Korb (Maggie assisted from the office) about the dome

Take a tour of this three-story home with many unique features such as an indoor swing, a jungle-themed bathroom and more. Kevin Shea, a 9/11 first responder turned farmer, built his dome-shaped dream

10/27/2021

Interviewed able Dome. Article by Claude Solnick

Long Island is filled with houses of all sizes, from miniature cottages to vast mansions that, at their core, are fundamentally square or rectangular structures. But the landscape is also dotted with

05/19/2021

Growing PawPaw.
These select trees were propagated from a pawpaw patch. I was permitted to dig-up patch shoots extending from the main pawpaw. Planted in early spring, many are thriving. For the leafless saplings, scratching the surface reveals that the paw paw saplings shows life.

I'm one photo, I share an existing 3 year tree with it's shadow.

05/19/2021

Building the Sub-tropics, a easy-step-down patio. Built with on-site earth, recycled crumbled brick and stone, and purchased 32 quantity $2.08 concrete blocks for planters; repurposed the zoysia (and reseeding) to allow for natural seating area.
Planting tropical plants this week to provide theme.

04/20/2021

Using Hügelkultur method in raised bed.
Bottom layer: branches and twigs
2nd layer: pull grass and weeds (no seeds)
3rd layer: coarse mulch
4th layer: smooth mulch
Top layer: growing soil