Kimberly Davis

Vicki Stoegbauer wrote:Excellent start to a great thread!  I have a YouTube channel also but but at the moment I'm really works ng on trying to get Paul's message out there so I'm taking a much needed break from writing my own stuff.
But if you'd like to subscribe it's


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHGdIT3A-4LoL8STBenSMw

That's really great Vicki! I did subscribe, cute dog🐶

Feel free to subscribe to our Realist Nemophilist channel. We will try to start uploading one a week this spring/summer 😊

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9XGXWM6vAwkqeFsxAUFE9w

Patrick Stanton wrote:Amazing channel, Kim! Among extreme permaculturalists, you deserve to be legend... Stay warm.

Thank you Patrick! I really appreciate your kind words. I hope to encourage people who think they can't do this and those who are unhappy in the traditional template of life that they can do this!

I have so much to learn and so many mistakes made, but I revel in my small nomad rustic victories!

I'll kick things off! My name is Kim aka Realist Nemophilist and I'm all about living in nature with my mountain man Dan. Follow us as we build a sustainable living space from the ground up while living in a tent!

We are a month old channel with very few views and just a few subscribers. It has been off to a slow start but we are working hard and building a fan base.

Check out our channel and subscribe, but only if you like it
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9XGXWM6vAwkqeFsxAUFE9w


Please share your channel, along with struggles, and success that came with having a channel. Also any words of wisdom and horror stories are encouraged!

Kim aka Realist Nemophilist

We just bought land in Washington County near the ocean. We are planning on building a tire earthship home. My husband was a pilot who has started losing his vision to an early onset hereditary disease. We are dealing with a disability salary so we moved to Maine and bought some land to leave well within our means reduce or carbon footprint, and have a better quality of life that is self sustainable. My husband has experience working construction but our budget is extremely limited. We can currently set aside about $500 a month to build this. The procurement of tires has been the one easy thing just labor intensive. The thing is we are in our mid 30s and 40s with bad backs and not in the best shape but we are both fairly strong and hard working. We have wood on our land (6 acres) for some building supplies but no equipment or money for rentals. We are currently stuck on building the roof cost-wise but we just have to figure it out. It is just us and 3 silly friendly dogs and we have our land, the will, and now the tires. If anyone would benefit from cutting down and using trees on our land we would be happy to trade wood for labor (your help building). I also have a culinary background and can offer free meals while you work. Having my husband and me is like having one and a half person to build this house, and we will still do it no matter what but if anyone wants to donate their time or machines for wood/and or great food we would love to have you. We are currently glamping in 14×20 canvas tent but we are hoping to get a roughed in structure before first snowfall. We will be having gravel dropped in about a week and we are wondering how to rent a machine to dig up a pile of dirt for the tires and use that space for a pond later. Again if anyone has any ideas or offers on how to make the build easier and it benefits them or just pay it forward we would love to hear it.

We moved to Maine at the end of January of this year. We bought some land in Washington County just off the beach. We are currently living in a big canvas tent and looking at building an earthbag home. We keep hitting brick walls metaphorically speaking and we are running out of time as it is now July and we have not ordered a single earthbag. I don't know squat abut building but my husband knows a little. He is concerred about how we are going to insulate in and roofing. We only have about $500 a month we can put towards this and we are current finding more issues than solutions.

I know this doesn't help you but I we hope to find out more and soon. I heard Canadian Dirtbag is a good blog as its a couple who built an earthbag home in Alberta Canada.

If you have found out any info please let us know and we will do the same.