Damummis'- Auf wiedersehen

[Farmfresh]

MEE too.

 

[Icu4dzs]

I want out!!!!
Out of this crazy town where people are rude, unemotional, automatons. I want to move to our future home. Now! I know there is no structure other than a camper and winter is coming, but I am tired of working for other people who don't appreciate it and get my SS life going full bore.

Well, not being sure of exactly where you are, it is difficult to know where going to the "new digs" really is. However, as all so far, have noted, WINTER is on its way! We had the first frost this morning. I woke up to 36F.
You know, it seems that the one thing none of us SS-er's have ever discussed is a "house raising". Folks used to do barn raising's all the time. Now it is important to realize that the barns were all cut and the parts prepared by an accomplished carpenter for a while before the barn was raised, but a house could be done the same way. There is the "Habitat for Humanity" thing where a bunch of folks get together and bring a house up from nothing and then there is the "extreme make-over approach" which generally gets a flock of experienced craftsmen together and builds a house in a week. Why don't we do something like that?
I know we are somewhat spread out across this nation but if properly planned, something like that could certainly be arranged and be successful.
I'm thinking that if all the materials are there and the blueprints/plans and drawings are available and you have at least one craftsman who can oversee the work and direct a good number of willing semi-skilled workers, you could certainly have the basic structure done enough to finish yourself and have a roof over your head while you do it. The camping could be limited to the cooking and bathing until those items are finished. Perhaps doing the bathroom and one bedroom first would be the most important approach and then the kitchen. Work your way to the other rooms in the house but at least you would have living space that is truly liveable in the event of inclement weather.
It really would be a hoot. Folks who do the work might even be willing to camp (either on the ground or in their own campers) to help for a few days.
As I said, planning and coordination would be paramount to ensure no one is sitting on their hands while waiting for something but if you consider the cost of any project is 60% labor, and you get your SS friends to help you with construction, you could get a lot done really quick and you'd find that you are much less frustrated in dealing with folks who are as you said " are rude, unemotional, automatons."

Just think how cool it would be if we started a movement. The "Alice's Restaurant Massacre of Movement" to help our friends become more SS "and all you have to do to join is sing along the next time it comes around on the guitar, WITH FEELIN'!" You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant!" http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=alice%27s+restaurant+arlo+gutherie
One bunch would work on the house, one group on barns and out buildings and another on a garden and such. That would be so cool to turn a piece of land into a well designed SS environment in a very short time.
Now, of course you are going to have to get everything delivered and on site so that things can progress as quickly as possible. Major excavation and the like would have to be ready to go when folks got there but there are so many really great technological advancements in the field of building that your place could not only go up really fast but it would be a "showplace" for other SS'er's who want to have a similar place.
My brain is racing right now with ideas for this...Send me a PM if you are interested in the idea. If you REALLY REALLY Want out, there is a way. YOU have to be really ready and make time for nothing else but it can be done. For all I know it would be a great cottage industry...The self-sufficient farm construction company ! "WE DO IT ALL...NOW!!!"
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[TanksHill]

I would surely be there. I think being able to travel and help someone at the same time would be wonderful.



I have a dream.....

When I get my land in Missouri I will be sure to follow your suggestions.

Will you all come??

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[abifae]

I'm game!

I always want out.

 

[Wannabefree]

Count me in! I'll bring a truckload of watermelons

 

[SSDreamin]

What a cool idea! While I am sure DH & I could not do it before 2013 (believe it or not, work is crazy right now), it would be awesome to try something like that!

A panelized approach would make things go very quickly (my neighbor said he built a panelized cabin in a day! Panelized houses took about 3 days). He said the easiest foundation to build on is a slab, makes things faster. Man, really wish we could do it! DH is a journeyman carpenter - he reads blueprints, barks orders and builds things for a living!

Can't imagine the satisfaction of starting with almost nothing, and walking away a week later from a complete homestead! What an exciting idea!!!

 

[Britesea]

I remember reading an article in Mother Earth News years ago about a family that built their cabin in parts, because they could only work on it during their summer vacations. The part I'm thinking about is that they started with one wall, with a floor on each side-- one side was the kitchen, and the wall had the basics like the cabinets and a counter, sink, etc. The other side was a small bathroom and bedroom. The roof was set up so it would swing down and cover the cabinets etc, to protect everything until the following summer. If you started with a floor plan like that- with some simple panel walls around the perimeter, and a permanent roof, you would have something that was liveable while working on the rest?

 

[Wifezilla]

You could get a shipping container and go crazy...

 

[Henrietta23]

Our Thomas broke a horn quite badly a few months back. I panicked until DS reminded me that our sheep owning friend told us the nun who sold her her Shetlands recommended cobwebs to stop bleeding. We couldn't get anything to stick to this horn and he oozing blood badly. On a white goat it is really scary! Especially when his white twin is more bloody that he is.... anyway, I grabbed a handful, glommed it onto the break while DH held him. It stuck and the bleeding stopped very soon after. (You can't make this stuff up you know!)

 

[colowyo0809]

You could get a shipping container and go crazy...
http://www.topblogposts.com/files/port-a-bach-cabin-workshop/5.jpg

I know your probably joking, but if I was single I would so go for something like that!