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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 …

by Kirsten Dirksen on August 10, 2026

For the past 20 years, Josh and Chiara Morris have built a 360-acre homestead in the Missouri Ozarks that today …

by Nicolás Boullosa on March 15, 2026

For nearly 30 years, David and Pearl Omick have been fine-tuning a tiny, portable home in the Sonoran Desert—an 8×16-foot …

by Kirsten Dirksen on March 1, 2026

After being laid off with just $6,000 in savings — and having experienced homelessness — John started over. He left …

by Kirsten Dirksen on January 11, 2026

Five years ago, Mathieu Munsch walked away from the “normal” script— rent, bills, loans, a 40-hour workweek (35 in France)— …

by Kirsten Dirksen on September 7, 2025

John Mills‘ story is part survival guide, part tech revolution, and part experiment in how to live with the land …

by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2025

At 68, Jeannette Belliveau sold her Baltimore home and moved to rural Idaho to build her dream homestead from the …

by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2025

This off-grid homestead includes two handcrafted natural homes, a geodesic dome greenhouse built from local stone, a hand-dug stream, two …

by Kirsten Dirksen on April 27, 2025

Ivo Zdarsky lives alone in Lucin, Utah—a ghost town so remote it barely registers on most maps. His home is …

by Kirsten Dirksen on November 1, 2021

After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something …