Turning suburban backyard into Bronze Age paradise: year-round food & natural lake by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2025 On an ordinary suburban lot in Sebastopol, California, Erik Ohlsen and his family grow nearly everything they eat—fruits, vegetables, nuts, …
35 years underground: Dan Price’s living free on tranquil river meadow by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2025 For 35 years, Dan Price has lived underground in a tiny “hobbit hole” tucked into a quiet Oregon mountain meadow. …
Couple builds own home & farm paradise with little money + inspiring work by Kirsten Dirksen on March 23, 2025 In rural Denmark, Tycho Holcomb and Karoline Nolsø Aaen have crafted a life of independence, resilience, and deep connection to …
Veteran’s underground home in Maine Homestead is affordable little marvel by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2025 Jim’s idea of happiness includes a 1-mile zipline that descends an entire hill and crosses a lake to get from …
Full village living off land & craft like modern Amish: 350 families & growing by Kirsten Dirksen on May 5, 2024 In the heart of Texas, 1200 members of the Homestead Heritage community have spent the past 5 decades working the …
Oldtimer builds rustic ecovillage in US’s southernmost point by Kirsten Dirksen on April 14, 2024 About 40 years ago, William bought 1.25 acres for $6000 on the Big Island of Hawaii and began growing his …
Giant Earthship vs wildfire: Did good prepping save this ecovillage? by Kirsten Dirksen on December 17, 2023 Dan Schultz spent 15 years building his off-grid self-sufficient utopia with whimsical homes and trees and gardens that produced enough …
Homeless shepherd shares hunter-gatherer diet & survival tips by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2022 For more than a decade Aaron Fletcher has lived as a nomadic shepherd, mostly out of a micro-camper pulled by …
Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2021 In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought a rundown apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking …
Done with city life, he’s reviving an ancient housebarn by Kirsten Dirksen on May 1, 2021 Traditional Basque housebarns – “baserri” (“caserío”, in Spanish) – are farmsteads that could sustain the multiple generations of family that …
