2012 Prioritized Project Breakdown

This page was last updated on January 19, 2012 and is invariably subject to change.  Many of these projects may be running concurrently, priorities may be re-accessed due to weather and materials availability, and there will be numerous smaller tasks and maintenance not included here. The time lengths are just guesses based on full days of dedicated work, in reality the number of people working on each task will vary, the work will be spread out over longer periods of time, and tasks will overlap.

  • Late Winter

    1. Kickstarter Video (3 Days)
      • Logo Design
      • Workshop Flyers
      • Bumper Stickers
    2. Website Restructuring (3 Days – Tao)
      • Migrate to 100% WordPress
      • Blog on home page
      • New Web Structure
        1. Maya Creek
          • Vision
          • Newsletter
          • Media
          • Calendar
          • Contact Us
        2. Sustainability
          • Food
          • Water
          • Shelter
          • Power
          • Waste
        3. Get Involved
          • Visiting
          • Volunteer
          • Workshops
          • Events
          • Forum
        4. Nature Preserve
          • History
          • Watershed
          • Plants
          • Animals
          • Trails
        5. Community
          • Experience
          • Residents
          • Friends
          • Forum
          • Mailing List
    3. Common House: Finish Installing Pex Plumbing (3 Days)
      • 1/2 already installed
    4. Garden: Start Seeds in Seed Blocks (2 Days)
    5. Cut White Oaks for Mushroom Logs (3 Days)
      • Wood needs to cure for 2 weeks – month before plugging with spores
    6. Cut and Process Hickory Tree by Common House (1 Day)

  • Spring (March 20 – June 19)

    91 days in Spring. 36 estimated work days

    1. Garden: Finish Up Beehive and Introduce Colony (2 Days)
    2. Natural Building: Harvest and Process Cedar Posts (4 Days)
      • Rent large chipper/shredder to mulch cedar branches
      • Peel bark off cedar trunks
    3. Garden: Set Out Transplants/Direct Seed (2 Days)
      • Avg. last frost is April 15
      • Maintenance/Harvesting thru early fall
      • Succession plantings every ~2 weeks
    4. Set up Campground and Outdoor Kitchen (3 Days)
    5. Move Tipi to Garden (1 Day)
      • Justin, the builder, would be helpful for this
    6. Plug Mushroom Logs (2 Days)
      • 2,000 spore plugs, ~60 logs
      • Potential workshop
    7. Common House: Install Rammed Straw-Slip Interior Walls (5 Days)
    8. Rent Back Hoe:  Dig Duplex, Cistern, Root Cellar, and Shed Foundation (2 Days)
      • Root cellar will be a subterranean room underneath the shed workshop floor
      • Will likely hire owner/operator
    9. Duplex & Shed: Install Post and Beam Framework & Metal Roofing (15 Days)

  • Summer (June 20 – September 21)

    93 days in Summer. 64 estimated work days. Hopefully more helpers during this period.

    1. Duplex: Earthen Floor Base Layer (6 Days)
    2. Common House:  Interior Finish Plaster (12 Days)
    3. Root Cellar:  Line Walls & Install Roof/Shed Floor (5 Days)
    4. Shed: Move Into & Organize (3 Days)
    5. Duplex: Earthen Floor 2nd Layer (4 Days)
    6. Guest Cabin #1:  Exterior Plaster 2nd Coat (6 Days)
    7. Cistern: Shape and Plaster Sides (8 Days)
    8. Duplex: Straw Bale Infill,  Door & Window Bucks, Int. & Ext. Plaster Base Coat (20 Days)
      • Potential workshop
      • Transporting straw bales (3 Days)
      • Building bucks (4 Days)
      • Placing and trimming bales and bucks (3 Days)
      • Installing wiring (2 Days)
      • Mixing and applying base coat plaster (8 Days)

  • Early Fall (September 22 ~ Mid-November)

    Roughly 55 days in this period. 32 estimated work days.

    1. Common House:  Earthen Floor Finish Coat & Oil (6 Days)
    2. Acorn Harvest and Drying (1-3 Days)
    3. Cistern:  Install Brick Dome Cover and Plumbing (8 Days)
    4. Duplex:  Int. & Ext. Plaster 2nd Coat (15 Days)