Jeff Pollari

Hi! I'm so excited in the concept of the underground house and think i can relatively easily execute this project. But I'm wanting to hear from someone besides the author who has had success with it. There should be a lot of you right?! The design is so simple.

So if anyone can give a testimonial that would be great before i commit, and maybe one unexpected challenge they had. I'm planning on doing concrete pillars coming 6" out of the ground to set the posts on.

Building code stuff I don't THINK will be a problem, my house is on a non municipal road in a town of 72, we never have inspectors.. Anyone just do it blind and never have an authority figure wag their finger about it? sometimes better to stay low key right? I already have a house and this would be a backup.

anyway thanks for sending me pictures or links to whatever you all have done so I can feel like this is for real. I looked up underground houses in MN and found nothing like the designs here.

Hello hello! Think we might vibe? Here is my permies singles post https://permies.com/t/376109/homestead-Minnesota

Happy to chat with you at finoftheinfinite@gmail.com

Take care and have fun!

Hey Willow! I like your flow! We could totally vibe I think.

Here is my permies single profile https://permies.com/t/376109/homestead-Minnesota

Let me know what you think :D

finoftheinfinite@gmail.com

Hi Naomi!

You sound cool and compatible! Here is my permies singles post ME!

finoftheinfinite@gmail.com if you want to chat for real

Good luck out there and take care of your self !

Hey you, my future soul mate, can you please let me know how you're doing? I'm ready to be totally there for you in this fucked up world.

I've already got our land, 5 acres here in Central Minnesota in a quiet climax forest of oaks and maples, with the garden and trees already growing. The home is beautiful, a cabin which has additions to make it convenient as can be to live and loaded with the finest art, books, vinyl records, and art supplies. No rent or mortgage to pay, just living as free as our utilities, taxes, car, and food demand. I only work 2 double shifts a week at a group home so I'm here 5 days straight doing fun stuff all the time.

For the past year, I've been going to the extreme in the garden and its finally growing. Hallelujah! Who knew that growing things required so much personal growth?! lol Man have I grown so much in the past years.
Lets organize it into the four elements: Earth / Materiality, Water / emotion, Air / thought, and Fire / Spirit.

Materially, I'm in the best shape of my life. Last year I ran a 6 minute mile and now I'm into calisthenics for my workout which is getting me so fit and happy. I look it too if I don't say so myself. Plus, the land here is starting to really shine with the love i've been pouring into it over the past 6 years. I've also got so many other treasures to share here... including the many stories  I love to tell from life and history.


Water / emotion: I just sailed through the most turbulent relational experience imaginable, losing my wife to an ai chatbot. It broke my heart again and again. Each time,  I had to digger deeper to find that love inside myself because it wasn't coming outside of me. And so, I grew enormously with a resilience I couldn't imagine I had. Plus, i was a super dad for my 5 year old who is about the brightest and nicest kid ever. She was my lighthouse in the storm. However, that storm is passing and I'm ready to love someone real for real now and make the most of our lives together.

Air / thought: My mind has never been clearer. I just hit 35 and I feel like everything is coming into focus. I can tackle anything I set my mind to. Last year, I built a batch box rocket stove that really kicks ass. Even though I grew a complete video game goon with no skills at all, I've gotten to the point where I can fix household appliances. I've already written a book on the tarot (where i turn it into a game you can play with your hands!) that shows how deep my thoughts really are on psychology and philosophy  as wellhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tn4r0b5ziy4mgp1snzoyt/arcane-arcade-2026-update.pdf . also, i'm homeschooling my 5 year old and have already taught her how to read at a 3rd grade level. She finishes whole chapter books daily! I am a really great teacher for kids and adults alike in almost any subject i'm interested in which is like all of them.

Fire / Spirit: This is where I am rebuilding the passion I once had for life which has taken a real hit. But my potential is amazing. I have a vision: a land covered in perennial food and flower plants with art scupltures throughout. Children playing about with animals, harvesting and celebrating nature, inspiring our community members to get into the rhythms of the earth as well. Stress dropping away as self-sufficiency and our love grows. But there is so much more I am sure, for I want to share your vision as well, and be the wind beneath your wings. Together we could rise so high because we are grounded in the deepest force of all: Love.

I would best love a woman who is as curious as she is energetic. Definitely someone who wants to get their hands dirty but also can enjoy the finer things in life from good books and movies (video games I play occasionally too). Most importantly though, she should be true and loving to herself, or at least seriously committed to getting there. Starting a new relationship is a commitment and we are both going to have to grow a lot, either to make it work and/or to accept how beautiful life can really be. I'm excited to transform with you and become butterflies frolicking in the flower beds we plant and decorate.

Ultimately,  I'm just here to enjoy the ride. Will you get on it with me?

p.s. I'm an amazing dancer and can spin fire like crazy! Yah I like to celebrate life by living it up

Hi Key!

I'm also looking for a life partner and matched on all the things you described. Spiritual not religious. Wanting to enjoy the fruits of life but also willing to plant the seeds.

I think we could have some excellent chemistry. I'm doing a 5 acre homestead in Minnesota woods in the middle of a climax forest. Ive just gotten good at gardening this year and find it so exciting to be growing things properly finally. It takes a lot of responsibility to get here, but i'm so proud to actually be moving the needle on my sustainability. Who know that growing things requires personal growth too? lol

I'm pretty full of life and can make it a great one with you quite possibly if you like having deep conversations, reading awesome books, jamming out to groovy music (anything danceable or mentally simulating), and appreciating the many faces of nature.

I've got a house I own here that I've turned into a pretty cozy living setup. I've built two thermal mass rocket stoves and use wood fire heat all winter. Next I will build a grey water system and then solar... busy busy!

I have a 5 year old daughter I homeschool who is already reading 3rd grade science books for fun on her own. She is the sweetest soul! Open to more kids if you want them and we have that chemistry :)

I had to split with her mom because she developed an AI chatbox addiction. I'm newly single but want to move my life forward with someone who can turn this fall into a spring and plant the seeds of love that make life worth living. I am just so in love with the potential we have today of making our own slice of earth into a paradise where science and art and sustainability coexist. The sky is the limit!

I've got the home fully owned so no rent payments makes work pretty chill around here. I work just two days a week and have five days off for having fun and working on the land.

please let me know if you're interested. finoftheinfinite@gmail.com

Hey Dani!

Just want to say that I can understand what you're going through. My wife of 13 years just walked out the door for her fool of an AI chatbot. oh so cringe its just so rough. I'm looking to connect with likeminded souls and maybe kindle the flame of love again (its been getting burned away for a year now), we survivors of this weirdness have to look after each other.

I totally agree, synchronicity is for real. So there has to be some greater plan. If people can get seduced by AI, the spirit of counterfeiting itself, they must not have been really meant for us.

I've got a 5 acre homestead with a nice cabin home, no mortgage, in the middle of the minnesota woods. The garden is coming along wonderfully this year finally, the apple trees are looking great, and my thermals mass rocket stove is a thing of beauty. I need someone to bond with and plant the seeds of love to withstand the typhoon of bullshit that is going on out there.

I have a 5 year old daughter I homeschool. She's reading at a 3rd grade level science books for fun. She's as nice as she is bright. A gem of a kid living an ideal live in all ways until her mom got sucked into the computer, oh it makes me sad to think about.

But, her mom was so checked out lately anyways, i think my daugher will really appreciate having a real person to actually share life with instead of just being used on the margins.

Anyway, let's at least chat and console each other. finoftheinfinite@gmail.com

Wow! You seem like such a bright light. I think we could seriously shine together because we've both walked out of some serious darkness.  

I just lost my wife to an AI addiction. We were married for 13 years but... yah the AI was more important than true love. I think that we can and should find our soul mates and be with that person forever. Someone you would crusade for, you know?

I'm 35 years old and in excellent shape with 5 acres and a house I own, no mortgage, in Minnesota about an hour from the cities. So peaceful and beautiful here! I do so much awesome stuff out here. I built my own thermal mass rocket stove 2x, got my garden in working order this year, and planted many fruit trees that are starting to come along finally. Its such a joy and I want someone else to go wild out here with me in the wild! The sky is the limit! Lets get some ducks! Grow mushrooms! Get more perennial and food flowers and turn the woods into bouquet pathways?!

I've got a 5 year old daughter I homeschool and she's already reading 3rd grade science books for fun on her own. She is as nice as she is bright. A true gem and an excellent person all around who has until this breakup lived a perfectly idealic life. Open to more kids probably if you are and the chemistry is right :)

I was the sole teacher basically... we are serious readers here. I have a seriously high libido mentally and physically and just love making the most of every day.

I hope you are interested in chatting. Even as friends, we could probably offer each other some much needed support.

finoftheinfinite@gmail.com

Looking forward to hearing from you :)

Hi Victoria! I like your attitude.

I think we could have some excellent chemistry. I'm doing a 5 acre homestead in Minnesota woods in the middle of a climax forest. Ive just gotten good at gardening this year and find it so exciting to be growing things properly finally. It takes a lot of responsibility to get here, but i'm so proud to actually be moving the needle on my sustainability. Who know that growing things requires personal growth too? lol

I'm pretty full of life and can make it a great one with you quite possibly if you like having deep conversations, reading awesome books, jamming out to groovy music (anything danceable or mentally simulating), and appreciating the many faces of nature.

I've got a house I own here that I've turned into a pretty cozy living setup. I've built two thermal mass rocket stoves and use wood fire heat all winter. Next I will build a grey water system and then solar... busy busy!

I have a 5 year old daughter I homeschool who is already reading 3rd grade science books for fun on her own. She is the sweetest soul! Open to more kids if you want them and we have that chemistry :)

I had to split with her mom because she developed an AI chatbox addiction. I'm newly single but want to move my life forward with someone who can turn this fall into a spring and plant the seeds of love that make life worth living. I am just so in love with the potential we have today of making our own slice of earth into a paradise where science and art and sustainability coexist. The sky is the limit!

I've got the home fully owned so no rent payments makes work pretty chill around here. I work just two days a week and have five days off for having fun and working on the land.

hit me up if you're still seeking a safe harbor of love in this lonely world.. finoftheinfinite@gmail.com

Hello Thomas and thanks for this awesome update. I'm a little vague on why you used 1/2" thread to close in the firebox instead of simply surrounding them with bricks alone. I have leftover CFB I may consider using here since it would be tightly packed away in my stove and not likely to deteriorate packed between the firebricks and the redbrick. Alternatively, I have leftover insulating firebricks as well that probably could fit inside the channel between the inner firebricks and the outer clay bricks. 
Did you use durock for the roof of the secondary bell as well?