Couple builds pocket homestead with wood-fed Amish radiant floor by Kirsten Dirksen on September 27, 2026 When Danielle Williams and her partner Hassan Hall moved to Missouri in 2012, they needed shelter before winter hit, and …
2nd act, fresh start: couple builds 4-generation mud-&-clay family village by Kirsten Dirksen on September 24, 2026 Athena Steen learned to build with earth as a kid on her mother’s pueblo in New Mexico, where if someone …
Steelworker quits at 50, builds $50K cordwood home lit by colorful bottles by Kirsten Dirksen on September 13, 2026 At 50, Jason Fine walked away from his union boilermaker job and cashed out his retirement to buy 29 acres …
He built dirt-cheap homestead in off-grid village. Sharing tips 20 years on by Kirsten Dirksen on August 23, 2026 He built his off-grid straw bale home for just $15,000, including solar panels and batteries, and 20 years later he’s …
Couple lost suburban home, then built a better life on Ozarks homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on June 8, 2026 After losing their suburban home — buried under three mortgages and then a flood — Catherine and Phillip Lightfoot decided …
Couldn’t afford a house. Now he builds his own underground Missouri home by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2026 Kyle Yoder couldn’t afford to buy a home, so he’s been building one himself — by hand, with earth, rubble, …
Leaves rat race, digs himself remote earthen home with underground rotunda by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2026 Sammy left his office job in Ohio to teach himself a completely different way of building. He moved to rural …
Couple builds homestead of 12 earthen domes linked like private village by Kirsten Dirksen on April 26, 2026 Nicolette and Ian built 12 earthen domes in 12 months in the middle of the Chihuahuan desert — no construction …
Charles Bello and the good in the “California mind”: in memoriam by Nicolás Boullosa on April 16, 2026 Between spectacle and solitude, a different kind of California comes into focus. Come visit landscapes, memories, and a special place …
5 years building private village out of free dirt for family of 6 by Kirsten Dirksen on April 12, 2026 After 5 years of traveling full-time in a tiny home, this family of 6 realized they couldn’t go back to …
