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Natural and Off-Grid Building

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grey water

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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natural building

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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woodworking

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?

27 replies 3 9 17

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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finishes

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

4 months ago 9 replies 5

natural building

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

4 months ago 8 replies

cob

Shale for rubble trench?

4 months ago 3 replies

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?

4 months ago 86 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 24 1

natural building

Small shake roof

4 months ago 13 replies 22 5

rainwater catchment

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

4 months ago 16 replies 5 1

woodworking

Need help with shed bracing.

4 months ago 3 replies 1

roundwood and timber framing

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

4 months ago 21 replies 22 2

natural building

Rocket Mass Heater in tipi?

4 months ago 3 replies

straw bale house

Getting logs/ beams vertical

4 months ago 1 reply

greenhouses

Simple dual wall greenhouse idea with climate battery

4 months ago 1 reply 1

earthship

Greenhouse Design Questions

4 months ago 4 replies

stone work

Any stone workers in Washington State?

4 months ago 1 reply

natural building

Building a Tornado-Resistant House

4 months ago 7 replies 2

plumbing

New to wells, some general questions

4 months ago 11 replies 4 2

earth bag

Barbed Wire Alternative

4 months ago 2 replies 1

tiny house

Van Conversion 1.0 vs. Van Conversion 2.0

4 months ago 0 replies 2

cob

2-Story (Cob) House in hot-humid climate built on rice terraces ?

4 months ago 7 replies

natural building

Passion fruit shading of tropical household walls and roof.

4 months ago 15 replies 7 4

fencing

A new addition to my living hedge

4 months ago 13 replies 6 7

greenhouses

Window greenhouse is coming along.

4 months ago 18 replies 10 7

natural building

Bamboo and daub house for subtropical climate?

4 months ago 2 replies 1

rainwater catchment

Dale's rainwater, swimming pool, irrigation cistern

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woodworking

Easy to make pet steps

4 months ago 2 replies 8 3

fencing

Creative fence idea, will it work? - Yup

4 months ago 46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 6 4

natural building

Yurt Living in Humid Climates?

4 months ago 11 replies

greenhouses

Greenhouse on the cheap.

5 months ago 7 replies 9 1

greenhouses

Medium greenhouse suggestions (build or buy kit?) and grow light help (LED?)

5 months ago 12 replies

wofati and earth berm

Greenhouse/Nomadic Living/Earth Berm all in one home

5 months ago 2 replies 1

cob

Black pigment in my lime plaster?

5 months ago 17 replies 6 6

tiny house

This little house was built for $2,500

5 months ago 9 replies 7 1

tiny house

Building/Rehabbing Used Trailer/Mobile Homes

5 months ago 11 replies 4

tiny house

A Year in a Tiny House (real world pros and cons)

5 months ago 9 replies 4

natural building

Bush steps down a slope

5 months ago 3 replies

rainwater catchment

Help! I have no idea what I am doing.

5 months ago 3 replies

composting toilet

I got lazy with my bucket toilet (comic)

5 months ago 8 replies 1 2

roundwood and timber framing

Does anyone have regrets about cordwood?

5 months ago 3 replies

earthship

Building on a south-east facing slope

5 months ago 16 replies 2 1

stone work

I Finally Finished my Driveway Today

5 months ago 6 replies 1

natural building

Where would you build on this land and why?

5 months ago 9 replies 2 4

natural building

Partial basement/lower level

5 months ago 3 replies 1

plumbing

Dale's dry soil toilet

2 years ago 1 reply 1 1
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