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• Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 81 acres

Ok .... so we've been looking for land .... either with our with out a home on it. Most of the possibilities have been with a home on it ..... but we just got wind of an 81 acre parcel ....... for less than $1,000.00 an acre I am sooooooo excited about the possibilities!! In looking at this property, we've brought out all the research we've done on using alternative building materials as well. We'd like to build as inexpensive as possible, keeping our home simple, safe & off grid (meaning not hooked up to any utility companies). We've just heard about a guy that built a home out of papercrete (see below) for $1.00 per sq. foot .... that's MY kind of house LOL Alternative methods would be: Strawbale: http://strawbale.com/ http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/strawbale.htm http://www.balewatch.com/ Yurts: http://www.agreatyurt.com/?gclid=CLW2kuq0lZMCFQoUiQodAF9wvw http://www.yurts.com/ http://www.rainieryurts.com/ Earthships: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship http://www.earthships.com/index.htm http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/earth_ships.htm Adobe: http://www.epsea.org/adobe.html http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/adobe.htm http://www.adobebuilder.com/ Shipping Containers: http://www.fabprefab.com/fabfiles/containerbayhome.htm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18475601/ http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/affordablehousing/archives/136629.asp Papercrete: http://www.oikos.com/library/papercrete/ http://www.doityourself.com/stry/papercrete http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/cheap.html Cob: http://www.daycreek.com/DC/html/DC_cob.htm http://whatsuponplanetearth.com/cob.htm http://www.cobworks.com/ Earthbag: http://www.doityourself.com/stry/build-earthbag-home http://www.okokok.org/earthbag.php http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/2005-12-01/Earthbag-Construction.aspx Misc: http://radio.weblogs.com/0119080/stories/2003/04/09/theMythAndPromiseOfDirtChe.html

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