More Than One Way to Skin a House
Kimi and Chip finally finish the exterior stucco and clay plaster on their tire bale house: 3rd year's a charm!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Oct 12, 202310 min read
Building Our Worm Septic System
Kimi and Chip build a (permitted!) experimetal vermifilter septic system. Worms will eat their sewage and clean their wastewater legally!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Sep 24, 20233 min read
First Worm Septic System Permit in the USA??
We are now building an experimental vermifilter septic system You read that right: a vermifilter, vermicomposting septic tank, wastewater...
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Kimi BrownKawa
Jan 11, 20237 min read
Canelo Clay and Lime Workshop
Kimi and Chip spend four days learning about earth plasters with the Steen family in Arizona
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Kimi BrownKawa
Nov 8, 202210 min read
Getting Plastered (and then some!) with Family and Friends
Every September without a house, we can't help but feel a bit of panic. We know that our prime building season is drawing to a close, and...
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Kimi BrownKawa
Sep 16, 20225 min read
Giving it Our Best Shot, Part Two
Kimi and Chip work on getting the interior walls sealed in their tire bale home.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Sep 4, 20225 min read
The Closers
Kimi and Chip use earthbags to finish the exterior shell of their tire bale house.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Sep 1, 20225 min read
Giving it Our Best Shot, Part One
Delays and setbacks are inevitable in a building project... but even when slow, progress is progress!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Mar 3, 20225 min read
Ike's Tale
A look back at our dog Ike's life with us 2012-2021
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Kimi BrownKawa
Jul 30, 20213 min read
Monsoon!
The roof is on, the rain is coming... time to manage the water for Kimi and Chip's off-grid house project.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Apr 18, 20212 min read
We've Been Framed!
When a tire bale house starts looking like a house...
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Kimi BrownKawa
Nov 13, 20208 min read
Taming the Bounce House, Part Two
How do you wrangle a rubbery tire bale structure into a solid home? Kimi and Chip set out to try... with a little help from their friends!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Nov 12, 20206 min read
Taming the Bounce House, Part One
How do you wrangle a rubbery tire bale structure into a solid home? Kimi and Chip set out to try... with a little help from their friends!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Aug 27, 202014 min read
Getting Tired!
Kimi and Chip share the good, the bad, and the ugly of being tired and retired -- check out the progress on their Tire Bale House!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Aug 22, 20208 min read
Farm to Market to Farm
Kimi and Chip continue to grow... and take a peek at life on the other side of the Farmers' Market table.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Jul 15, 20206 min read
Breaking New Ground
Groundbreaking: the first-ever fully-permitted tire bale home in the state of New Mexico is on its way!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Apr 26, 20207 min read
Farming in a Construction Zone: Trees!
Kimi and Chip plant their long-awaited trees!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Apr 18, 20206 min read
Farming in a Construction Zone Part 2: Seed Beds!
Kimi and Chip inch their way to home-grown vegetables, while continuing to finish the greenhouse.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Apr 17, 20206 min read
Farming in a Construction Zone Part 1: Microgreens!
It's finally time to put the farming into "Farmstead!"
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Kimi BrownKawa
Apr 16, 20205 min read
Farmsteading in the Era of COVID-19
No down time! Here is how we've transitioned our mesa farmstead work to the new COVID-19 reality.
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