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women peeing outdoors

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wofati and earth berm

the first wofati - allerton abbey- version 0.7

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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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wofati and earth berm

Ant Wofati Progression

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composting toilet

toilet paper alternative- wash with water

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natural building

double chamber cob oven plans - download

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natural building

Building materials for doll house/castle? Cardboard???

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rainwater catchment

Rainwater collection to supplement public water

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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

My Underground house build

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composting toilet

tree bog vs. dry outhouse

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woodworking

best wood for a wooden spoon

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fencing

Help me design my living fence

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Solar Food Dryers?

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natural building

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

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tiny house

Here Is Our Micro-Homestead. Enjoy.

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natural building

Building materials for doll house/castle? Cardboard???

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natural building

Preliminary ideas for housing 6 Boots

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composting toilet

Humanure vs my reality and codes

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greenhouses

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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greenhouses

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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natural building

Window quilts (or other window insulation solutions) for Allerton Abbey (Wofati 0.7) at Wheaton Labs

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roundwood and timber framing

Design: Solarium at Wheaton Labs: Design Conversation

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plumbing

Somehow I have air in my plumbing?

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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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earthen floor

tin can floor

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cob

Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

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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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grey water

Medication Chart - for poop and pee

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greenhouses

Heated Greenhouse

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greenhouses

Heated Greenhouse

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electrical

Help electric light wiring weird

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stone work

Splitting large rocks

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stone work

Splitting large rocks

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composting toilet

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straw bale house

Straw fines in light clay slip

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Pyramid Power for your Loveable Loo

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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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roundwood and timber framing

Suggestions for timber framing schools driveable distance from WA?

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roundwood and timber framing

Permablitz Roundhouse & Cordwood House in Mossyrock Washington

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Anaerobic/Hot Humanure Processing

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earthen floor

Ox blood floor

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woodworking

Women's Carpentry -- Workshops!

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earthen floor

Earthern floor (or slab) on expansive soil

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electrical

Plug with USB?

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wofati and earth berm

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greenhouses

new Greenhouse in the Snow build in the New Mexico high desert

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rainwater catchment

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Insulation question

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fencing

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rainwater catchment

Abuela Grillo (Grandmother Cricket) - Singing the Rain

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cob

Building permits for cob in Virginia?

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woodworking

Recipe Box

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woodworking

Attaching Joists to a Beam

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greenhouses

EZ-make bioplastics for greenhouse windows?

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wofati and earth berm

Ant Wofati Progression

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aquaponics

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rainwater catchment

Rain Water Collection Tower

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straw bale house

Straw bale walls covered with plasterboard

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woodworking

a large wooden cooking pot lid - zero glue or metal

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woodworking

Cedar hottub with decking

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greenhouses

How much water for thermal mass?

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earth bag

building codes in new brunswick canada

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wofati and earth berm

questions about PSP construction

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wofati and earth berm

PSP Questions

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woodworking

Winter Sled Best Design DIY

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roundwood and timber framing

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

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composting toilet

Review: Envirolet Waterless Remote unit

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roundwood and timber framing

What do you wish your home had, and what do you love in your home?

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composting toilet

Medication Chart - for poop and pee

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cob

Wall Sealants, Painting Cob, and Preventing Dust Off.

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greenhouses

Geodesic dome greenhouse build

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woodworking

searching for a Sawyer with Alaskan Mill, SE USA

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earth bag

Our earthbag earthship

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passive solar

Smooth cuts on corrugated metal roofing?....

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natural building

Great ideas for an indoor person soaking tub

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