Lynne

Enjoys Recycling
Joined
Oct 24, 2018
Messages
8
Reaction score
5
Points
13
Hi All, I am new. We live in a strawbale house we built ourselves on the southern tip of the Catskill Park, Upstate NY. Our dream is to one day be self-sufficient and off the grid. I run a natural mattress filling store which takes up most of my time but I hope by the time I retire I can set up my property to have it take care of us versus having to take care of it! So far I have been planting lots of perennial veggies, herbs and fruit trees but I feel there is so much more we can be doing. Next week we are making (crazy) insulating window treatments for our passive solar south facing wall of windows. Hope to share the results!
 

NH Homesteader

Sustainability Master
Joined
Sep 6, 2016
Messages
7,800
Reaction score
6,665
Points
347
Hi, welcome from NH! I must hear more about the strawbale house, sounds interesting. I love upstate NY, it's beautiful there.
 

Lynne

Enjoys Recycling
Joined
Oct 24, 2018
Messages
8
Reaction score
5
Points
13
Thanks for the hello's! Ok, here are some pics to start -

1928710_1098443059683_2394_n_grande.jpg

1928710_1098443099684_2640_n_grande.jpg

IMG_3235_grande.jpg

Our first homemade buckwheat hull mattress!
 

sumi

Rest in Peace 1980-2020
Joined
Sep 26, 2013
Messages
7,025
Reaction score
5,296
Points
337
Location
Ireland
Welcome to SS! :) I love the strawbale house!
 

Mini Horses

Sustainability Master
Joined
Sep 2, 2015
Messages
7,073
Reaction score
14,460
Points
352
Location
coastal VA
Welcome from VA.

How did you finish off the walls? The usual mud stucco?
 

Latest posts

Top