Jonathan Longnecker / September 20, 2023
Our family spent the last month building an open air outdoor shower out of hyperadobe earthbags and glass bottles. So many glass bottles.
Jonathan Longnecker / July 27, 2023
After 3 years of building, preparing, learning, and experimenting on our off-grid homestead, it's finally time to begin work on our home.
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Jonathan Longnecker / June 06, 2023
Hello friends, today we’re going to tell the story about how a rogue lighting strike cost us thousands of dollars, left us without power for almost a week, and the changes we’re making to our system to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Jonathan Longnecker / February 14, 2023
We’ve spent the last few months building a composting toilet outhouse out of earth and recycled materials - and we’d love to share it with you! P.S. The composting part of this building FAILED. See below for how we transformed the building 2 years later.
Jonathan Longnecker / January 29, 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.
We’re Jonathan & Ashley Longnecker. We love weird ideas, great food, travel, drawing, music, homeschool, tattoos, dreads, woodworking, design and our 4 amazing kids.
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