Mike Haasl

I like the farmer's market idea.  I started a Homesteading Club in my area and it has brought together a lot of people.  If I were single it might be a way to catch a partner.  On paper you might say that my area is a permaculture dead zone as well but once you start talking to people about it, they come out of the woodwork.  My little homesteading club has 170 emails on the mailing list after two years.  It's lead to building a a Community Garden that also would be a good place to find like minded people.

If you build it, they will come

Tons of materials hold heat better than masonry, the question is if it's cost effective/simple/safe enough to do.  There's a long list of PCMs (phase change materials) that do their change at a wide range of temps.  Seems like many of them may work for your idea.

Phase Change Materials - Wikipedia

Oh, sorry, I forgot about that stuff since I don't consider it "feed".  I have a free feeding bin for oyster shell and grit so the ladies can use as much or as little of that as they want.  They also get egg shells which they clearly prefer to almost anything else.

Awesome, thanks M!  R and I were talking yesterday and she might set up a textiles specific thread for BB creation.  For now this is the perfect place but keep your eyes open for a new thread that might come along to consolidate/concentrate all the textiles BB creation work.  There are a ton of them so it's great to have folks on board with creating BBs.

I think the answer to your question is in this thread: https://permies.com/wiki/160/52136/Permaculture-circle-Elite-PIE#1200303

I do a mix that has 1 lb whole flax seed, 4 lb roasted whole soybeans, 5 lb corn, 5 lb oats, 5 lb barley and a bit of nutrient mix from the feed store.  I adapted it from the Garden Betty Feed Calculator and my feed store's recipe.

Nope, most BBs don't overlap that way.  You can build a 6', 12' and 24' hugel separately or in one 42' super hugel or a combination thereof.  Good question!

One idea would be to dig post holes wherever you can and then plan the shape of the building from there.  Square, parallelogram, octagon, etc

Awesome!  You might be able to get the sand, straw and wood hugel BBs done with one hugel!  Be sure to watch the requirements closely to be sure you get it all documented

You might also look for concrete curing tarps.  They're weatherproof and insulated to keep concrete from freezing before it cures on big jobs.