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
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
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
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 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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Kimi BrownKawa
Dec 18, 20193 min read
'Tis the Season
A weather-induced break from building lets us catch up on a few other aspects of life
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Kimi BrownKawa
Nov 13, 20192 min read
OK, Yer On!
Kimi and Chip offer to host a barn-raising!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Oct 30, 20197 min read
Tipi Raising
Chip and Kimi set up a tipi for winter living in the high New Mexico desert.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Oct 11, 20193 min read
When Push Comes to Shove
Kimi and Chip ready themselves for cold in the nick of time.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Sep 30, 20193 min read
Mail-Order House
Kimi and Chip bought a house!
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Kimi BrownKawa
Sep 21, 20194 min read
No News?
Kimi and Chip marry, host guests, fest, ferment, and work as cross-state and cross-country movers. When will they settle down??
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Kimi BrownKawa
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Regrouping on the Home Front
Kimi and Chip re-think initial building plans as summer relentlessly marches toward fall...
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Kimi BrownKawa
Aug 18, 20196 min read
Camp Water
How do you live off the "water grid?"
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Kimi BrownKawa
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Temporary Digs
Here's where we are living until we can get something more permanent built...
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Kimi BrownKawa
Jul 13, 20195 min read
Old Dogs
Kimi and Chip worry about Ike's adjustment to his new surroundings.
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Kimi BrownKawa
Jul 6, 20192 min read
Home!
After two years of planning, months of prep and three days of driving, we are home!
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