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Our (Almost) Heavenly Cantina 😋

It is very hot. And quite hard to reason, plan or focus. For those of us in very hot climes, without air conditioning or the like, it is time to pace ourselves and

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Today was pretty rainy, very grey and quite chilly. And so was yesterday But it was worth it, just for the view alone We woke up early and decided that - instead

Building My Off-Grid Eco Cabin Retreat in the Hudson Valley

My family has almost 20 wooded acres in the Hudson Valley of New York, and I can’t shake this idea: a collection of off-grid cabins, each one built with natural

From Rocky Landscape to the Structure of a Two Room House

For years and years Jona and I have been dreaming of building our own house with our own hands. About two years ago we got the chance to make our dream a reality.

Building Our Tiny Toolshed Part Two! (Finishing & Plastering)

About six months ago we began building a multi-functional building on our land. We needed a structure to hold the water tank as well as future solar panels. In an

BioFiltro 💧Regen 2025 meeting with VDAO🍃| Vida Verde

Hello nature lovers these happy!!! This 2025 started our activity in the hand of Community V DAO with the Regen Meeting Cycle ♻️ of @vida.verde 🍃 with the Bio Filtros💧

my Natural Building Philosophy ~ Finding a Balance Between Sustainability and Good Enough

How do you select the most ecological materials for building sustainably? And what do you do when ecological materials aren't available? This year I set a goal for

A Multi-Family Homestead with Anarchist Tendencies

Let's do a little make believe post on this dream I have of building a small community of homesteaders living off the land focused on creativity and living off the

The Building of Our Tiny Toolshed and Bottle Wall ~ the Vlog!

Natural building is going through a major revolution. Techniques from past and present are collaborating in some spectacular designs. And in this video I have humbly

Our First Wall is in Progress and it is Made of Bottles! 🍾🎨

Another offering from the digital pages of my Natural Building Diary. This is a place where I document the steps we are taking to build our future home with mostly

From Apprentice to Baby Builder ~ My Journey Learning to Create Structures with Clay, Sand, and Straw

I grew up in California, in the land of wooden homes and yearly wildfires. Somehow, I never questioned the practice of building homes that are as flammable as the

Do Humans Need Physical Barriers for Neighborly Harmony? ~ Creating a Bamboo Fence for Privacy and Peace

When my partner and I bought our acre in the mountains nearly two years ago our first task was to fence most of it with chain link to keep out the free ranging goats.

Natural Building Diary ~ challenges, surprises, and learning to thrive

So much is shifting at the moment. Bad news has moved us closer to realizing our goals. A loss of one creature has opened the scene for the return of others. The

Natural Building Diary ~ how the ancestors removed giant stones

Before gas-fed machines, humans of the past had to make do with natural technologies and the techniques passed down to them from their elders. Now we have access

Times of Abundance

Hi Nature lovers!🍂🍁 How are you doing? It is being a long time since The Promised Land had internet connection... We are back with many insights of what has been

Constructing with nature🌲🌳

Hi diy lovers, In the Promised Land, family, friends and volunteers start to come in summer time, giving so much life to the land and helping us around. As we compost

Building raised beds with dry stone walls

Hello dear Hivers! Today I'm sharing our experience of building raised beds with dry stone walls. This is our first (almost) spring on our property, the Maha Mahalla

New attempt at a primitive rocket stove

Halo to all you wandering souls, today I bring you my latest attempt at a rocket stove. It's not quite there yet but I consider a huge improvement from the last

Miserable stories offgriders don't tell you about

Today I tried out my new bought chimney cleaner, which I requested at the shop for the measure of my chimney. It seems though, that you have to ask for a smaller

Can I make a network of branches to move up through the trees?

Willow is a great tree to have where you live. It provides infinite amounts of material that can be used for construction, biomass, or even weaving baskets. The