Sustainable Living
Our home base is called Lost Creek Orchard, an off-grid
homestead located in Cornucopia, Wisconsin. We have a yurt,
workshop, and strawbale house project begun in the summer of
2002.
The goal for the house was to build with as much local material as possible. The straw is from our neighbor, the clay for the plaster is from a pit 15 feet away, and the frame is red and white pine harvested within the local area.
There's a sauna coming soon, and we are offering tours and free opinions if you happen to be in the area.
Straw bale/timber frame
Off-grid solar electric
Solar hydronic heating
Earthen plaster and stucco
cobbed wood stove/earth oven
milk paint
rainwater catchment
bio-based paints and soy concrete stain
hydronic mass floor heat
Other goings-on;
Cob-building workshops
Plaster making and application workshops
On-site consulatations
Call Greg at 715-209-6496 for directions
The goal for the house was to build with as much local material as possible. The straw is from our neighbor, the clay for the plaster is from a pit 15 feet away, and the frame is red and white pine harvested within the local area.
There's a sauna coming soon, and we are offering tours and free opinions if you happen to be in the area.
Straw bale/timber frame
Off-grid solar electric
Solar hydronic heating
Earthen plaster and stucco
cobbed wood stove/earth oven
milk paint
rainwater catchment
bio-based paints and soy concrete stain
hydronic mass floor heat
Other goings-on;
Cob-building workshops
Plaster making and application workshops
On-site consulatations
Call Greg at 715-209-6496 for directions