Build a house out of straw bales and live off the grid, with a big bed and chickens in the garden, oh, and solar panels too.

My husband and I are talking and with the crash in housing market would now be the time to by to build later. Well If we do this we want to be free so wind, solar, and a well. I don’t think we would fit into the average Ohio dream house. Anyone else done this?

...I’m putting this on a long-term hold.

I’ve got this house in Denver, you see. It’s not made of strawbales and there are no chickens. It’s on the grid and has no solar panels to speak of. However, there’s a big bed and a friendly little dog. There’s a back yard with roses and a fire-bowl. It’s going to have to do, for the time being.

All I need is a honeygirl
with crystals of sugarether
in her hair and a 12 lb maul
so’s I can split wood.

Fer, crying out loud, I lived
like this for 12 years.

(laughing)

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appeal to me as well…

this has been a dream for a long time!

—xojk

then have a look at this

http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl?refer=index&init=1

It’s the centre for alternative technology, it’s in deepest darkest Mid Wales, it’s fascintaing, totally self sufficent, has the best innovations to be found in alternative power and technologies anywhere in the World, it is very much worth a visit.

I know that Wales is a bit weird with all the bog snorkelling and Rugby, and OK, the penchant for binge drinking, but seriously our hearts are in the right place, I may invite George Bush over just so he can see there is an alternative to global warming…

...like this.

bloody lovely?

:)