The more I experiment with construction using steel shipping containers as the basic building block, the more excited I become. We just took delivery on two more 40′ X 20′ high cube containers from Atlanta. That makes five now. The first one is now a community center outfitted with a kitchen, sound system, 22′ wide [...]
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Alternative Green Construction
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Energy, Homes, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter, tagged Biodiesel, Hydroelectricity, Shipping Container on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Calling organic volunteers – wwoofers
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Community, Energy, Food, Homes, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, Water, Work, tagged Energy Self-Sufficiency, intentional community, organic gardening, permaculture, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Wood gasification on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Looking for Organic Volunteers – WWOOFers
An Abundant, Low-Impact Christmas
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Community, Culture & Education, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, tagged Abundant Lifestyle, Bill Mollison, Bliss, Christmas, Edible Forest Gardens, friends, intentional community, permaculture, Self-Sustaining Community, Tennessee Mountain Land on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back again after a relaxing Christmas holiday. This was perhaps our most low-impact Christmas ever. We just vegged in our cozy home with the sounds of the babbling brook just outside our back door while we worked together assembling a big puzzle. I’m not usually one for puzzles as they seem like a waste of [...]
Nature Preserve: The Flat Rock on Sewanee Creek
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Nature on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last Summer I did a couple of short videos and posted them on youtube. They are a bit bumpy and amateurish, but I think you’ll get the idea. About 500 of our 750 acres will remain wild, designated as a nature preserve. This video features a place called flat rock where Johnson’s Creek and [...]
Movie: Our 1st Hike down from the Waterfall to Sewanee Creek
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Nature, tagged bluff property, Creek, Tennessee Mountain Land, water frontage, Waterfalls on October 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This movie, posted on youtube is not a cinematic masterpiece. My son shot it with his digital still camera and it’s pretty bumpy. But I think it shows the quiet grandeur of nature on the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee’s Mountain forests are incredibly beautiful, pristine and peaceful.
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