Off-Grid Homestead

Airstream Renovation

Boondocking

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We’re Jonathan & Ashley Longnecker. We love travel, food, earthbags, homeschool, tattoos, dreads, adventure, living simply, and our 4 amazing kids!

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Vintage Airstream Remodel

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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Airstream Dinette

Airstream Renovation Cost Breakdown

View From Kitchen To Kids Room And Bath

Airstream Renovation Tour: Before and After

Roof Of Airstream With Solar And Antennas

How We Get Internet

Resources

Airstream Renovation Checklist Guide - PDF Checklist to help you plan your renovation. Get Access for Free!
Airstream Renovation Cost Calculator

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Airstream Renovation Electrical Diagram - Detailed High-res Illustration of our Off-Grid Power Setup

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Off-Grid Desert Homestead

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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Tiny Shiny Home in Arizona

We Are Home!

Family builds incredible earthbag building off-grid.

Hyperadobe Earthbag Solar Shed Office Tour

Chicken Garden Progress Outer Frames Installed

Hyperadobe Earthbag Chicken Garden Build

Resources

Podia Off Grid Electrial Diagram 4x3 Illus

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Off-Grid Homestead Solar System Cost Calculator - Spreadsheet Calculator + Behind the Scenes Stories from our Solar Install

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Solar Powered Water Pump - A detailed guide + shopping list to build a pressurized off-grid water source.

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Boondocking

Over the years we have truly fallen in love with camping off-grid. The wide open spaces, quiet nights, and incredibly scenery are where we prefer to be. Check out our articles and resources to get inspired and plan your own off-grid adventure.

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Hurricane Airstream Sunset

How we Boondocked for 6 Months in 2018

Yellowstone Pink Sunset

Why Do We Love to Boondock?

Boondocking in Colorado

Boondocking Rules, Etiquette & Just Plain Common Decency

Resources

Find Perfect Spot Podia 4X3 Get Access for Free!
Podia Top 10 4X3 Get Access for Free
The Complete Boondocking Course - An In-depth Video Course for Camping Off-Grid.

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Permaculture Berms & Swales

Jonathan Longnecker 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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Shelter Logic Rebuild Blog

Family Rebuilds ShelterLogic Tent for High Winds & UV in the Desert - Barn Doors, Earthbags, Metal Panels, & Solar

Jonathan Longnecker 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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Chicken Garden Progress Outer Frames Installed

Hyperadobe Earthbag Chicken Garden Build

Jonathan Longnecker Jonathan Longnecker / November 28, 2021

It's time for a new project here on the off-grid Tiny Shiny Homestead! We're building a chicken garden. What's that, you ask? Well the waste from gardens feed chickens. And chicken waste after properly composted can feed a garden. So why not make them one single thing?

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Resources for Travelers

  1. How We Make Money on the Road
  2. How We Get Internet
  3. Getting Water While Camping Off Grid
  4. Boondocking Essentials
  5. What's In Our Kitchen?
  6. Top 5 East Coast Destinations for Families
  7. Top 5 West Coast Destinations for Families
  8. Why We Sold our 5th Wheel to Renovate a Vintage Airstream
  9. Gift Ideas for Nomads
  10. 5 Unschooled Projects for Your kids
  11. A Different Kind of Education

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