Bracken Grotto: 2012

future homestead

I'll write t down so i wont change my mind 7 years from now-which is what im afraid of.. stupid college education..

live in woods, have different antique stove in evrery room, use old cooking stove as potting bench, jeep perhaps?

hippy commune

commune:

Sounds fun, but maybe just me and my family living there
livin off the land!

THE FAMILY

A plot of woodland, 240 acres or rural Oregon, was chosen by Bob Carey, a one-time rider of Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus, as the home of “The Family,” a religious back-to-nature commune established in 1968. Members, chiefly in their thirties or younger, came from such walks of life as computer programmer, welder, banker, and teacher. Most of the adults found their way to dropping out through dropping acid, but by the time of The Family’s foundation, they had turned to farming, meditating on Bible teachings, and fasting for mental cleansing.

A hexagonal lodge served as common room, kitchen, and refectory. Individual families (group marriage “hadn’t worked out”) lived in tents or tepees. The creations of potters and leather-crafters provided some income but a two-acre garden was the main source of food.

The commune’s credo: “Getting out of the cities isn’t hard, only concrete is. Get it together. This means on your own, all alone, or with a few of your friends. Buy land. Don’t rent. Money manifests. Trust. Plant a garden, create a center. Come together.”

THE FARM

"Founded in 1971 at Summertown, Tennessee, with a spiritual commitment to simple living and self-reliance, The Farm has pioneered a wide range of social and physical technologies appropriate to low-cost, high satisfaction community living. The community offers examples of solar building design, permaculture, micro-enterprise, mushroom cultivation, large scale composting and gardening, and regenerative hardwood forest management." —From The Farm’s Web Site

TWIN OAKS

Twin Oaks, an intentional community near Louisa, Virginia, was founded in 1967 with 8 people, 123 acres, and $2,000 pooled dollars and a vision. By the late 1990s, it had 100 people and a sustainable farm and small business. The core of the commune is described on its home page:http://www.twinoaks.org/

Since Twin Oaks began in 1967, our lifestyle has reflected our values of equality and nonviolence. Our goals have been to sustain and expand a community which values cooperation; which is not sexist or racist; which treats people in a caring and fair manner; and which provides for the basic needs of our members. Although our original inspiration came from B.F. Skinner’s novel, Walden Two, it is now just one of the many influences which have helped shape Twin Oaks’ character. Our desire to be a model social system has broadened to include human-scale solutions to problems of land use, food production, energy conservation, and appropriate use of technology.

Twin Oaks supports itself primarily through the manufacture of handcrafted hammocks and other casual furniture items. We also have a book-indexing service, and a growing tofu and soy foods business.

found at:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/utopia/gallery_images/uc22.jpg&imgrefurl=http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/utopia/uc22.html&usg=__Xm8yNsRmsUFyIFO3Mm_ZzWWKkOk=&h=356&w=275&sz=26&hl=en&start=23&tbnid=xwGqogh6klX2jM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhippy%2Bcommune%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_en___US340%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18

sexy seventies/dangerous boys

Long hair can be very tricky. There is a very thin line between sexy and creepy. Of course if your in a rock band, I eally doesnt matter what the hell theyve got on their head, I pretty much dig 'em. Thats a given. Theres something about that era, be it the music, or the fashion, that exudes sexiness and coolness. After all, my friends all say I was born too late

my favorite tribute to the 70s

livin off the land (Back to Basics)

BOOKS

I love books on pioneering methods. Hers some of my favorites I currently cant put down. I know there are a great deal of them out there, and these are just a few I'm familiar with. If you have any similar suggested reads, I would greatly appreciate it!

Another book along the same lines and also worth buying is The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book by Carla Emery.http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-Fashioned-Recipe/dp/0912365951

This is the best Australian organic gardening book I've read. This book actually taught me things I didn't know, Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting by Lyn Bagnall.

http://www.greenharvest.com.au/books/organic_gardening.html

Foxfire books:

In 1966, an English teacher and students in Northeast Georgia founded a quarterly magazine, not only as a vehicle to learn the required English curriculum, but also to teach others about the customs, crafts, traditions, and lifestyle of their Appalachian culture. Named Foxfire after a local phosphorescent lichen, the magazine became one of the most beloved publications in American culture.For four decades, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency, home crafts, and the art of natural remedies, and preserving the stories of Appalachia. This anniversary edition brings us generations of voices and lessons about the three essential Appalachian values of faith, family, and the land. We listen to elders share their own memories of how things used to be, and to the new generations eager to preserve traditional values in a more complicated world. There are descriptions of old church services, of popular Appalachian games and pastimes, and of family recipes. Rich with memories and useful lessons, this is a fitting tribute to this inspiring and practical publication that has become a classic American institution
The original series consists of twelve books and were published from 1976 through 2004. Two additional volumes were published commemorating the twenty-fifth and the fortieth anniversaries of the magazine. There are also seven related books that many people consider to be part of the series.

Back to Basics:

"With so many urban and suburban dwellers moving toward simplifying their lives, Reader's Digest has updated its popular Back to Basics series to provide the ultimate how-to book. It's packed with hundreds of projects and illustrated step-by-step sequences to help you learn to live more self-sufficiently, with sections on shelter, alternative energy sources, growing and preserving food, home crafts, and even recreation. Includes over 2,000 photos, diagrams and drawings."

Complete book of outdoor lore by clude ormand

eden abhez

ewel gibbons
"nature boys" ?