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  • Category: Home and Garden
  • Founded: Jul 5, 1999
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Hi, My name is Steve. I am interested in most any method of building cheap shelters. Presently I am using pallets and free wood from work to build my chicken...
4 Sep 10, 2000
12:30 am

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Test -- farmer If it is true that you are what you eat, I must be fast, cheap and easy...;-)...
1 Sep 2, 2000
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There is one at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Terre Haute, IN. Contact sullivan@... or Ann4violet@... ... From: Bryan Womack...
3 Aug 27, 2000
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In a message dated 08/16/2000 8:38:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cobwoman@... writes: << Let me know what you are planning to build. ... ...... Well.... I...
2 Aug 26, 2000
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Hi people, I am planning my Cob Cottage. Looks like I have all the materials I need for the walls and floor. Sand, clay, water and straw. Now I just need to...
3 Aug 17, 2000
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In a message dated 08/15/2000 10:45:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cobwoman@... writes: << If we built stonehenge then there must be a way without killing...
2 Aug 17, 2000
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aloha, I have been working with rock walls since moving to the Big Island of Hawaii, over twelve years ago. If you want to see lots of *rock work*, come visit...
1 Aug 16, 2000
8:31 pm

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Well I also don't have any first hand experience. But my boyfriend is in the process of designed a straw bale house, and he's done a lot of marketing to me on...
1 Aug 11, 2000
2:53 pm

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joanne > http://greenbuilder.com/dawn I tried this link it didn't work so I will search for it. <YHS>bryan in silex mo. I can only put one person a month in...
1 Aug 11, 2000
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... wonder how they would hold up in a fire...more dangerous...less...? How about durablility, mould, rot and bug resistance?? ... too. ... Out in The Crowd...
1 Aug 10, 2000
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aloha, Not that this will help, but, I've only heard and read about them. I always wonder how they would hold up in a fire...more dangerous...less...? How...
1 Aug 10, 2000
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Hi folks, Has anyone built a straw bale home?...
1 Aug 10, 2000
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Bryan Womack
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... http://www.tucsonmec.org/tour/tech/passcool.html -- farmer "If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but...
3 Jul 8, 2000
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aloha, If you are being driven to *the grid* you might check out installing a *Heat Exchanger*...cooling in the summer and heating during the winter. It will...
1 Jul 5, 2000
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Thanks for posting the announcement about the workshops, which I failed to successfully except here in my reply. If I can find myself a vehicle, preferably a...
1 Jul 5, 2000
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I live in the deep south and would like to know if anyone knows of acost effective way of going of the grid and staying cool. All thearticles I see are for...
1 Jul 5, 2000
2:13 am

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"CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM" STATE-OF-THE-ART STRAW BALE CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOPS The Healthiest, Most Affordable and Most Ecologically-Sustainable ...
1 Jul 3, 2000
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Hi, I am looking for some information on making a peech oven. These are the ovens that are made of brick and are used outside. Does anyone here know where I...
1 Jun 18, 2000
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... -- "farmer" John Deere 4020 Massey Ferguson 165D IHC 400 LP Farmall SMTA Farmall S-M John Deere A MM R Allis C Farmall CUB Sears 12 Wheelhorse 14 Yazoo 3...
1 Jun 6, 2000
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aloha, I'm waiting for the URL, too... Karl and the Girls ... Ummmmmmmmmmm , am I the only one that didnt get the URL addy? ... WANT SOME BLISTERING FAST...
1 May 30, 2000
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... Ummmmmmmmmmm , am I the only one that didnt get the URL addy?...
2 May 30, 2000
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I thought it was interesting. -- farmer Without privacy, there is not liberty....
1 May 28, 2000
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Hi, Glen-L Marine has other than boat plans has plans and supplies for building campers.Sorry I don't know if they have a page, if you can't find a home page,...
2 May 22, 2000
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eBay item 328512159 (Ends May-16-00 09:43:42 PDT) - Low Cost Travel Trailer Homesteading <$5,000 Low Cost Travel Trailer Homesteading <$5,000 Item #328512159 ...
2 May 14, 2000
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I have seen some Amish websites/, and will see if I can find one with canvas on it. ... From: <cheap-shelters@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 5:45 AM ...
1 May 14, 2000
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Mike Grover
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Gary, no I haven't...what a great idea. Do you have any leads on Amish canvas makers? I can look into this later when I again have some opportunity. That...
2 May 13, 2000
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Have you tried and Amish Canvas maker,they might have the material and could sew it into a tent. ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
1 May 12, 2000
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I am still trying to locate a tent manufacturer which will make a tennt without treatments, and senstive to issues of chemical senstivities, toxics, etc. I am...
1 May 12, 2000
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I have seen one in a magazine I have ......... old copy of something....... I think it was using a pickup truck with a cap on it. Nothing fancy , just ...
3 May 11, 2000
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Hi, I posted recently that I am looking for untreated cotton canvas tents, especially organic cotton, and have not had luck locating Blue Star Tents (or Blue...
1 May 9, 2000
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