CountryPlans.com site – might be some good stuff here

Came across this link in a post on a forum I visited. http://countryplans.com/

They also have a forum with nearly 9K members. That could be a useful resource all on its own.

The site description says: “Here you will find expandable and modifiable home plans for those who want to build their own small home, […]

Self-watering rain gutter gardens

This is being billed as a way to have gardens that do not require constant attention to watering. One of the videos mentions that this is something a lot of people who have vacation properties like to do – they drive out on the weekends to stay and harvest, but during the week their gardens […]

Skip the Trailer: 13 Tiny Houses Built on Foundations

Though it does not get into much detail, this is a good article for showing some approaches to stuff that’s larger than the common trailer-based tiny houses.

$2k 14×14 cabin with loft

The entire BoM for this is supposedly just $2k and includes sleeping loft, windows, solar power. Uses mostly finished lumber, except for the deck. (video below the break)

Looks pretty solid. Need to mute the earbleedingly horrible “music” in the video prior to watching though. πŸ˜‰

M – Found the Simple Solar Homesteading Ebook that […]

EZ Log kit sheds and cabins – thinking about one of these for a glass studio here

This is something I’ve looked into as a possible way to put in a small glass art studio here on our property. The price is fairly reasonable, it can be brought in to set up in areas where a fully assembled shed or cabin might not fit. And it can be put on a foundation, […]

Links for stalking the wild and wary rural property…

Hello, everyone! I told Mike I’d post these here when I got a few minutes – a couple are links for finding out more about a property that you think you might be interested in. (We have more links somewhere in our backups from when we were looking over the rural property we ended up […]

Tiny house infographic

Good set of basic info if you are having to explain the tiny house idea to someone and need a few stats to toss about. πŸ™‚

The larger image is below the fold here:

The Humanure Handbook

The definitive authority on making composting toilets and running a very easy composting process that results in amazing garden compost over a 2-year cycle, and eliminates the need for sewers or septic tanks on the property.

A full version of the handbook is available online in PDF format if you want to check it out.

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LandBook: The small landowner’s guide to buying, improving, maintaining and selling rural land

LandBook: The small landowner’s guide to buying, improving, maintaining and selling rural land

OK, I have a few books inbound now, and need to stop and digest, but this one looked like it was right up our alley as we try to determine how to buy a parcel of land. Everyone raves about it, and […]

Post: Land buying tips

This is just a random post I ran across, but some of his points are very good ones, and are food for thought as we move ahead. I’ll reproduce the entire text here for reference, since this looks like a personal site that could easily vanish.

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