Posted on 06/21/2011 2:45:35 PM PDT by Kartographer
Try as they might, Trevor Seip and Jennifer Sansosti cannot contain their excitement.
The young engaged couple recently shipped their lives from out of state to a rustic, 63-acre property they bought on Winkumpaugh Road, where they hope to build a home and future together.
They are not the first to move to rural Maine from a more heavily populated part of the East Coast — Pennsylvania in their case — with dreams of homesteading in the woods. Nor are they the first to do so while in possession of a well-thumbed copy of “The Good Life,” the 1954 book by former Brooksville residents Helen and Scott Nearing that has served as a manual for simple, sustainable living for so many.
“It’s full of life,” Sansosti said of their wooded property which abuts a stream that flows toward Branch Lake. “It has an abundance of natural resources.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bangordailynews.com ...
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And then in a few years when that area is over-run with illegals and Ted Kennedys 1965 immigration act Islamo participants they can move again! cool!
Airtight: 1. too tight for air or gas to enter or escape.
What if the SCs were incorporated in the interior of a house as structural elements?
I did some work at a mine in Indonesia. I’m glad we were there for only 3-months so we got to stay in a nice townhome while one of their pilots was on leave. They were planning on having us live in a container where the miners live. Packed 3 or 4 tall and who knows how many packed side to side. The “housing” looked like something out of Mad Max.
I can see where a private owner that would put windows in, etc. they could be nice.
I hope those container doors are welded open ‘cause I can think of a neat practical joke ...
Ha ! Yup.
I give `em until mid January with 10 feet of snow and wind chills of -20.
They`ll have a quick change of heart come spring and the thrill will be gone.
Wait till the Maine winter hits and they are living in a large metal box.
If they are smart enough to insulate (R12) the outside of the container, all 6 sides, as you would a concrete wall, not the inside all that metal will act as a heat sink. A flat slab is a must.
or said Obama
Lord help us
I read Mother Earth News when their articles were current.
Of course,if your idea of the good life is endless physical toil,no children,and pretty sure the internet is out along with phones and electricity.
At least the Amish are a lot smarter about the "simple" life.
And when the Nearings wrote their books America had many areas without building codes.But the nanny-statists spread their noses everywhere in the interval.
Two words in a lot of places:
NO ZONING.
That's interesting as in my "People's Republic" one can build a shed without any building code requirements.
Maybe I should have a couple of containers dropped off to test the system. (They would work as garages AFAICT)
Heck, I’d move into a Container with Jennifer if she were down with that.
I would never, never live in a metal house.
Most containers have been heavily sprayed with pesticides many times during their lifespan so that should be taken into consideration.
If I needed a dwelling, I would look into this method of construction:
http://www.daycreek.com/dc/html/dc_cordwood_masonry.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwood_construction
In fact we’re thinking of building a small pump house that way just to see if it works. Any and all sizes of wood can be used.
Yeah, and it will be as cold as a well digger's butt in Maine! I wonder why they chose Maine? The soil is horribly rocky, and when the mini Ice Age hits, the growing season will be almost non-existent! Or maybe they plan to do a sweet greenhouse set-up powered by solar panels. That's what I'd like to do!
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