Homestead Project
In 2017 we came to enjoy living in a more authentic relationship with the natural world at Turtle Island in North Carolina and decided to look for wooded land close to Appalachian State to continue our off the grid experiment. In early spring of 2018 we purchased 6 wooded acres of land on a south facing ridge that is just 15 minutes away from the university by bicycle. Since then we have been cutting downed logs into firewood, clearing a spot to live, and milling trees into lumber. We have built a mobile cabin, a rainwater harvesting system, a PV solar electric system, and lots of wood storage. Our goal is to live with a very small energy footprint and create as many of our own necessary solutions as possible. We will continue to share our progress and what we learn along the way.
Visit our NEWS page for more details on this project and weekly posts.
Visit our NEWS page for more details on this project and weekly posts.