“Living in a huge home is not only crazy, it’s just not doable for many people.” “More and more people want to live a far simpler life,” said Sue Merriam, an author who has written about guiding families who want to pursue a homestead life. Every guest had this in common: They came for a taste of living on a homestead. One couple came to experience the subzero temperatures of a Finger Lakes winter in a home made of trash. ![]() Other visitors to this homestead ate fresh produce and herbs from a greenhouse attached to the side of the home like a glass rib cage. Along with the foundation, guests helped build an outdoor patio, stacking the tires, pounding dirt into them and pouring concrete to bind them. ![]() It was one of a few places to vacation if you wanted to bang dirt into tires. The foundation of the eco-conscious home was made with car and truck tires filled with dirt. ![]() Dug into a sleeve of soil, the Earthship looks south from the Finger Lakes, in New York State, over a rippling field of countryside framed by mountains.
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