Love this. Could you give me your animal discipline spill? I've never thought about it before and am intrigued.
Okay so something that's slowly dying in rural America is the presence of specialty stores and craftspeople. Before dollar general and Walmart killed most of it, there were separate/mom n' pop bakeries, pharmacies, blacksmiths (we could modernize that concept with a technological repair person to fix broken or malfunctioning parts), and tractor/feed supplies. Some of these still exist in rural America obviously but they are declining. Bring back specialization and apprenticeship.
In the center of your village could be a decently sized community garden, with small greenhouses scattered throughout. It acts sort of like a central park or courtyard. Also, rooftop gardens!
Maybe some sort of outdoor community center?
Love this! Most of the solarpunk media that I see is city-based, and as someone who lives in a rural area and loves being rural, this is an awesome concept.
Spiritfarer!
A carrier pigeon seems outdated and unreliable. There are important things such as medication that would need to be reliably delivered to people.
Could you elaborate on what a point express is? A quick Google search didn't get me any helpful english-language answers.