Ohio Earthship Project

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06/17/2016

Lavender Festival is This weekend!

We hope to see you this weekend at our  8th Annual Summer Solstice Lavender Festival  If you have not had a chance to look at the wonderful new workshops being offered, make sure you do so, and REGISTER NOW to guarantee your space in the workshop of your choice. Registration for workshops will be op...

05/12/2016

What's going on at the Farm? 2016 Updates

We can not hardly contain the excitement of settling back in from a 3 year transition period, to re-open our gift shop and wellness center space at the farm. This is going to re-open our farm for regular YEAR ROUND visiting hours, as well as Gong Meditation, Reflexology and so much more. click here…

04/22/2016

All has been quiet on this page, because we have been enjoying a different life again.. living in our home instead of building it. We are working on remodeling our farm gift shop and wellness center, getting ready for busy farm season, and welcoming a new baby into our lives in June

11/12/2015

Shower floors finally done... bedroom walls clay painted canyon red... finally ready to throw down some carpet and start sleeping in a bed again.. just so greatful to be fully moved in.. soaking in life.. and ready to REALLY enjoy it all as soon as these last few things are done.. back office room is next...

10/16/2015

2 months have gone by since our last post.. floors have been stained..bathrooms.almost completed. .except for the stone shower floors.. moving in has begun.. Final inspection approved.. and finished up outside plaster and concrete entryways on both sides , just ahead of the weather.. this has been such a huge step for our family. Sorry for the little posting.. but there's a lot of inward movement happening alongside of this completion time. It hasn't truly felt real yet.. ready to finish our master bedroom, shower floors ..then truly settle in before winter...

08/09/2015

Another 5 days of work on the house has flown by.. exhausted yet made progress.. 2 more layers and one bath tub will be complete.. rock shelf started in the kitchen void.. and so many of the projects I've been waiting on to let creative energy take over... plastered bathtubs are definitely not the easy route.. but will be so worth it in the end..

08/04/2015

This was last weeks project.. different building method from the rest of the walls, as we left out any cans or bottles on this side. Our entry door needed weather protection, and it added so much to this side of the house

07/23/2015

The wall of plumbing is now covered , utility room taking form.. the big toad sits almost every night catching bugs that are attracted to the light..and scares us trying to hop in.. even though we know he is there :) we have decided to tile the bathroom and utility floors instead of staining those places... one little thing at a time..and the feeling of doing laundry with ease. Inside our home.. you don't think about how much easier that makes life until you have been without.. it's the most comforting feeling seeing the little things come together..

07/20/2015

Momentum is rolling.. mixing mud, covering walls.. ready to get the utility area and the bathrooms done... and taking some time to remember the little things....

07/14/2015

Now that the farm demands have settled a bit, and the first harvest is complete for the season.. it is time to step back into our final push on the earthship. Just trying to regain momentum..and regain focus on where to begin can be pretty overwhelming. Time seems like a big blur, going from full farm season last year, to non stop house work, right back to full farm season.. not sure where I left the momentum and inspiration , but I'm sometimes too exhausted to think about it. Times like these , that are so familiar along this journey, make it clear to me why these homes are designed to be built in community it's not only about when you are done.. but giving the little pushes to one another when our feet get stuck in the mud during the build process. You have no idea how much it helps to have a little push from others to get you going again.. or how much I would love to jump in and give others a push when I'm in the momentum. . But our builds here are too far apart in distance and too few to really be able to jump in and help one another easily. Right now, that is my inspiration .. the thought of community.. feeling connected. . Knowing others know what you are feeling... the true heart of the earthship home... community to the earth.. community to people.. that's a beautiful thing... and so we begin.. by rewriting our to do lists, left back before the septic began.. mine was faded from the sun and had to be traced over again. Mikes started again.. one last push... trying to be ready to begin..

04/28/2015

Learning the tractor skills from daddy early.. making our way through the septic system install.. more than half way done..then back to the remainder indoor projects.. so close to being done.. can't wait to start moving in to our home.. and a turtle wearing a dragonfly pattern :) deep within the earth and focused on the light.. have a beautiful week of sunshine!

04/07/2015

What's going on at the Farm?

Join us this June for the Summer Solstice!

02/26/2015

I still can hardly vision doing this from again start to finish. Over time it's all lost in my head while looking back, how the Hell did I build an ? Only a few, few steps and we're done!

Earthship homes are Eco Friendly homes built from recycled materials including car tires, glass bottles & aluminium cans.

02/24/2015

temps are steady at 59 degrees, -5 outside!