We’re Jonathan & Ashley Longnecker. We love travel, food, earthbags, homeschool, tattoos, dreads, adventure, living simply, and our 4 amazing kids!
Our traveling and boondocking adventures led us to buy 11 acres of raw, unfinished land in the high desert of SE Arizona. We're literally building our homestead from the ground up using natural and sustainable alternative techniques like earthbag, water catchment, solar power, and more.
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After a year of full-time travel we sold our brand new 5th wheel, bought a 1972 Airstream Sovereign Land Yacht and completely renovated it for boondocking and off-road travel.
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Jonathan Longnecker / February 15, 2023
It's been too long, earthbags! That's right, we're kicking up a brand new hyperadobe earthbag mini project as we wait for warmer weather and finalize our house plans. This composting toilet outhouse will be based on Watershed Management Group's AZ approved system with our own twist, of course :)
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Jonathan Longnecker / January 30, 2023
What’s a gray water septic? Why would you use it? How does it work? And is it even legal? All great questions. Let’s dig in.
Jonathan Longnecker / December 18, 2022
Looking for the simplest way to create a small, self-contained, 12V solar system that can be monitored remotely? You’ve come to the right place!
Jonathan Longnecker / October 06, 2022
Introducing a brand new project here on the Tiny Shiny Homestead! It's time to create a permanent resting place for our renovated vintage Airstream so we can start building our family home in its place.
Jonathan Longnecker / July 06, 2022
It's time for a new, very important project here on the Tiny Shiny Homestead! Berms and Swales will help us protect our property from flooding, wind, and fire while providing a way to catch, store, and divert water.
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Jonathan Longnecker / June 08, 2022
Welcome, friends! We've spent the last several weeks re-building our ShelterLogic Garage-in-a-Box tents to withstand the high UV and 100+mph wind events of the high desert here on our off-grid desert homestead. We did this by building barn door facings, hyperadobe earthbag walls, adding metal roofing panels, and giving them their own mini solar powered systems for good measure.
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