Epic Quests

There are many ways to help out at the Gardens.

People can ask what needs doing but we would much rather people take initiative and pick a task that suits them.

Chat about it quickly with Andrew or another Teacher.

Once the task is done let the Teacher know so they can have a look and update kudos for you.

Most Service Tasks are worth about 10 Kudos per hour.

More if physically hard, or requires skills etc.

One of the design aspects of the gardens is to try to communicate tasks in the landscape.

eg pile of rocks, roof poles near a sketched out rock path

Teachers can teach and review the task (ie not all Teachers can for all tasks) and has kudo admin rights.

Quests

Take a good quality photo

Ownership given to WRG can be used in website, social media etc.

10+ kudo

Create some good content

Writing, stories, art, Ownership given to WRG can be used in website, social media etc.

10+ kudo. Could be lots. will often have some commission running for kudos or $.

Fetch water from creek. .

2x 10L water containers

5 kudos

Cut grass.

Scythe.

get training on how to use.

eg how to use the blade without damaging it, sharpening, cleaning and other maintenance.

Clean Chooks.

5 kudos. twice a week or so

Collect some grass from scything

Clear roosts. Put poop, poopy grass in a bucket. take to a garden or compost pile.

Fresh grass in roost boxes.

New grass on floor.

Enough water for them

Get pallets

literally cannot imagine having too many

many uses

attempt to get good wood where possible

untreated hardwood best. but treated, pine and even fibre board has uses

- Collect cow poop

Especially closer to people areas.

Put in compost bins

- Build : Smooth Driveway

Get some mixed crushed rock (I think it's called), prolly 2m^3 plenty. Terang gravel yard probably best

fill pot holes in driveway

- Build. Improve chook run

eg Raise cages from ground. Add more roosting spots

Improve shelter versus rain and wind and sun

Make water collection spots. Feed to duck ponds.

- Find some drums

44 gallon probably but littler ones have jobs.

HDPE with sealable lids for biodigester.

Metal for BBQ, rocket stove

gumtree, ebay

- Collect Rocks

find any rocks. bigger the better. and move to main collection points

- Move big rocks

Move large rocks, torso sized etc from specific points

may involve winches, engines etc

Clear out the water garden

Collect old building materials to permypiles

consolidate metal sheets, pallets, unused buckets, poles etc

eg move metal from pile in blackberry bush in main quarry to caravan permypile

Use gloves

Weeding. Eradicate spiky green flat plant

Get training to recognise the specific plant and how to remove.

spiky green flat plant

Use pickaxe or weeding cobra to dig out and remove main tap root. Place in weed tea.

As improve train others to recognise the weed.

A good task to just do all day, walk and visit places on the gardens, chat, and dig out any of the weed you see in the area.

Weeding. Eradicate the Goblins! aka spiky tall thistle

Get training to recognise the specific plant and how to remove.

spiky thistle.

Machete before flowers is ok and most fun.

Most effective is to use pickaxe to dig out, a single strike at the root ball.

Place in weed tea or chop and drop compost.

As improve train others to recognise the weed.

A good task to just do all day, walk and visit places on the gardens, chat, and dig out any of the weed you see in the area.

Weeding. Eradicate the Kobolds! aka hemlock

Get training to recognise the specific plant and how to remove.

wild carrot. smell yuck when crushed. red marks on stems. stems hollow.

Poisonous. Use gloves, take care.

Use machete to cut flower heads before they set. Heavy scythe also good for this.

Use pickaxe to dig out. Place in weed tea. Not needed but is better. Usually just chop and dropped.

As improve train others to recognise the weed.

A good task to just do all day, walk and visit places on the gardens, chat, and dig out any of the weed you see in the area.

- Weeding. Control bramblebushes. Difficult.

Get training to recognise the specific plants and how to remove. There is not only blackberry to remove. There is native raspberry to foster. and possible other useful productive berries. raspberry, logan berry etc.

Crimber that forms brambles up to 2m tall with multiple thorny, woody stems.

Use long handled clipper to access, Stomp on with strong boots, pick axe out from roots. Machete and bladed powertrimmer works well.

Observe long term if poison required.

All produce tasty berries to harvest.

As improve train others to recognise the plant varieties.

Weeding. Control wild sweet briar rose

Get training to recognise the specific plants and how to remove. Use where structurally useful. Keep enough for harvesting of hips. but overall reduction in numbers. mainly controlling to remove dead stems..

Bush, Up to 2m tall with multiple thorny, woody stems

Use long handled clipper to access, Stomp on with strong boots, pick axe out from roots if removing. else just long handled cutters at base to remove dead stems.

Keep the wood. Good kindling. Difficult to run through chipper.

Rose hips can be used for tea

As improve train others to recognise the plant.

Weeding. Control Hawthorn. Red and orange berry spiky tree.

Get training to recognise the specific plants and how to remove.

Bush, Up to 4m tall with multiple thorny, woody stems

Use long handled clipper or axe to access, Stomp on with strong boots, pick axe out from roots.

Observe long term if poison required.

Keep the wood. Can be processed, burnt, used as stakes, tools.

Berries can be eaten, used medicinally, used for bird feed.

That which isn't used place in weed tea or fire.

As improve train others to recognise the plant.

- Plant Trees

Get training

place via permaculture design plan

clear grass, fertilise, water, micro landscaping, swales etc

- Plant Herbs, understory etc

Get training. companion plants etc

place via permaculture design plan

- ID plant and make signs

weeds, fungus, herbs etc

- Move off cutting wood from Elf house Grotto

Stick in wood piles under cover.

- Build. Garden beds

- Build. Vertical beds

strawberries

- Build. watertanks

- Build. aquaculture nursery tubs

- Build. Portable cow fencing

- Build. Portable chicken fencing

- Build. Portable chicken night coop

- Build. Improve driveway

- Build. Improve govt road

- Build. Bee apiary

- Build. security systems.

- Build. Automatic gates

- Art. Paint container

consider vertical gardens, over building etc. graffiti impermanent aspects

- Art. Driveway sign

Wallaby sculpture?

- Art. Freeway sign

Wallaby sculpture?

- Art. Bright future legacy story

- Build. Dig Spa grotto

- Build. Dig Pool Grotto

- Build. Pool area rocket stove water heater

Build a large rocket stove

Wrap heating chamber with pipe. Copper?

Get thermostat for storage chamber.

piping to pool and spa. valves.

- Build. Free up Apple tree near Pool Grotto

The apple has black berry using resources it could use.

Sunlight, organic material, water will improve.

- Build - make rocket stove for hobbit grotto

Consider as long term placement of hobbit hole

- Build - make shower at bottom corner of block near creek

clean area more with machete

Use olive barrel in tree as water reservoir

get pump. Approx $50 for 12v dc 4m head pump

solar only $40

hand pump backup?

pallets for flooring

sand smooth

sink?