The Land Project

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A reference resource for relevant and inspirational things pertaining to buying land and building our own houses off-grid.
Design, build, cultivate, make, create life.

Rob Roy (who wrote Mortgage Free) said Finding & Buying Your Place in the Country is the only book you need.

Mortgage Free is all about building your own house out of recycled or alternative building materials. We got our copy at the local public library.

- William Morris (via magicalrealisms)

magicalrealisms:

I love San Francisco. The SFPUC has a rainwater harvesting subsidy program that I recently took advantage of just in time for the 24-hour downpour that just ended. Actually, the rain barrel filled up within a few hours. I’m headed back to The Urban Farmer Store to pick up another barrel this week. The subsidy covers multiple barrels. I plan to use the water for the garden, for rinsing the wetsuits and paint brushes, and for anything else I can think of. If anyone has ideas let me know! 

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Definitely a book worth checking out!

magicalrealisms:

“All I did was I refused to be told how to live.”

- Ted III Carns

Part guru, part mad scientist, part Peter Pan, Teddy Carns is a living manifestation of magical realisms, and so is The Stone Camp. I met Ted & Kathy at a self-sustainable conference in State College Pennsylvania back in…

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