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composting toilet

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wofati and earth berm

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wofati and earth berm

Underground housing

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greenhouses

greenhouse suck factor

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greenhouses

Mike's passive solar greenhouse design/build

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greenhouses

Rocket stoves in Greenhouses , our own forum topic

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french drain pipe - not for water from above?

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composting toilet

toilet paper alternative- wash with water

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wofati and earth berm

Ant Wofati Progression

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double chamber cob oven plans - download

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rainwater catchment

Rainwater collection to supplement public water

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junkpole fence: freaky cheap chicken/deer fence made from wood typically thrown away

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My Underground house build

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fencing

Help me design my living fence

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Solar Food Dryers?

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woodworking

best wood for a wooden spoon

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tiny house

Here Is Our Micro-Homestead. Enjoy.

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natural building

The $50 and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler - digital download

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greenhouses

New Greenhouse build with thermal mass storage; air-to-water heat exchange system

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cob

Dale's cob house, in the Philippines has morphed-I am moving there, taking over,adopting family etc.

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roundwood and timber framing

PEP BB roundwood.sand.club - club style mallet from hand tools

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rainwater catchment

water for the future: capturing seasonal rainfall for future generations

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electrical

Why I don't want my farm to be reliant on electricity

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woodworking

Are draw knives and planers that horrible?

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natural building

Can one make cedar shingles without a froe-like device?

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natural building

How Vile is Concrete?

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natural building

natural, semi-affordable flooring in a prexisting house?

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cob

Cob House in Bahia - Brazil

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nomadic housing

Living aboard a sailboat

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stone work

Splitting large rocks

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woodworking

PEP BB roundwood.sand.compoundmallet - compound mallet from hand tools

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roundwood and timber framing

How do I make a roundwood pergola?

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tiny house

cabin project first pic

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wofati and earth berm

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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greenhouses

Window greenhouse is coming along.

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earthen floor

tin can floor

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natural building

Oh the stories it could tell

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natural building

Wet Spun Building

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electrical

Upgrading a standing lamp to be a battery powered lamp that charges by usb?

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natural building

Using Wood Ash as Floor Insulation..?

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cob

Cob done by using potter clay & sand

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wofati and earth berm

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natural building

Living Roof application in Humid Tropics (East Kalimantan)

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tiny house

What is the easiest structure to build/setup to get my home heating via rocket stove?

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greenhouses

A handful of greenhouse questions.

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cob

integrating load bearing concrete columns into a cob structure in a seismic area

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stone work

dry stack retaining wall

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fencing

Show me your gates!

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natural building

Wood ash refractory formula?

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natural building

Staying Warm While Living in a Tin Can/keeping Kathleen warm this winter

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stone work

dry stack step

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greenhouses

Simple and budget friendly GAHT greenhouse climate control system idea

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wofati and earth berm

Ideas for a semi-underground kid's fort? Resources?

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Software Defined Radio (SDR)

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tiny house

Insulating a van to live in

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greenhouses

Mike's passive solar greenhouse design/build

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natural building

Pure Clay as a building material?

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earthen floor

Hydronic Pipes in the floor: Material and Heating options

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natural building

New ancient-ish building ideas for multi-disaster resistance

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finishes

Anyone have a recipe for lime paint to prevent mold in cinder block root cellar?

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natural building

Any Arizona county (besides Cochise) which allow “non-traditional” building? Or California? Or...?

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cob

Shale for rubble trench?

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roundwood and timber framing

Is charring really an effective treatment for ground preservation of wood?

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cob

Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

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cob

I built a Cinva-Ram CEB press, and I made it easier for you to build one too!

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composting toilet

Change from sawdust to nature's head toilet?

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natural building

balecob home on earthbag foundation--building progress

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roundwood and timber framing

Cordwood House Build!!!

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natural building

french drain pipe - not for water from above?

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natural building

Small shake roof

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rainwater catchment

New to rain water collection & irrigation - Looking for advice and guidance

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fencing

junkpole fence: freaky cheap chicken/deer fence made from wood typically thrown away

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wofati and earth berm

wofati sheds - berm sheds

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woodworking

Need help with shed bracing.

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roundwood and timber framing

40 X 80 ft quonset roof sagging in middle....The final chapter (3/9/2019)

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natural building

Rocket Mass Heater in tipi?

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natural building

$5000 House on the High Plains Challenge

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straw bale house

Getting logs/ beams vertical

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greenhouses

Simple dual wall greenhouse idea with climate battery

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earthship

Greenhouse Design Questions

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stone work

Any stone workers in Washington State?

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natural building

Building a Tornado-Resistant House

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plumbing

New to wells, some general questions

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earth bag

Barbed Wire Alternative

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tiny house

Van Conversion 1.0 vs. Van Conversion 2.0

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