Article from “Rodale’s New Shelter”, July-August, 1981 Zoom your browser in to make it easier to read! Up Next We’ll be getting into the design considerations of two-phase thermosiphons, building a passive refrigerator, and other opportunities with having…
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Homesteading Refrigerator to Die With –Part 4– The Scott Nielsen Ice Refrigerator
Tagged with: diy refrigerator, heat pipe, ice box, ice refrigerator, passive refrigeration, passive refrigerator, refrigeration, refrigerator, two-phase thermosiphon
Posted in The Squatch
Posted in The Squatch
A Refrigeration Laboratory
The refrigeration laboratory is here. This is the first blog post I’ve written since late summer 2016, and I’m doing so on a desk and chair I purchased at the Goodwill Bins for $8, not more than an hour ago. …
Posted in The Squatch
Beginning the Modular Refrigerator
Beginning a few weeks ago, I’ve embarked on a project to construct a modular, long lasting cooling system for domestic purposes. I’ve outlined my reasoning for this elsewhere on this site. 100 Year Fridge The majority of my documentation is…
Tagged with: diy refrigeration, hc refrigerant, modular design, propane refrigerant, R-290, r290, r600a
Posted in Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch
Posted in Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch
Change of Course – 3 ? 4 ?
This is at least the third or forth time I have decided to change the course of this blog, and my focused area of research. You could say I wander wherever my attention is captured. I remain interested in all…
The Super-Insulated Tiny House
Housing ideas come to me so fast and change with such regularity, while my writing and drawing lags behind hundreds of iterations. No bother; I will offer my latest version of a tiny house for your consideration, and for the…
Tagged with: insulation, minimalism, super-insulation, thermal mass, tiny house
Posted in The Squatch
Posted in The Squatch
Creating Affordable Housing in Portland
There are many reasons for wanting to live in a city as beautiful and progressive as Portland. For us, we like the fact that by staying close to the city core, we don’t have to commute for our jobs which…
Tagged with: "cooperative consumption", "tiny house community", "tiny house on wheels", collaborative consumption, communal living, cooperative, land trust
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House
The Right Dwelling For Me
I think I’ve nearly come full circle in my desired house. When I was raking in a lot of cash working at a coal mine in Pennsylvania, I wanted to buy a pice of rural property and build a house,…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", minimalism, natural building, tiny house
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Yet Another Change Of Course
I want to talk about overunity. Anyone that has looked around this blog knows that I have a special place in my heart for refrigeration, “heat pumps” more generally speaking. Vapor compression systems have fascinated me for years. It has…
Tagged with: biochar, biomass, char, gasification, rocket stove, syngas, wood gas
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Dwelling, Hot Water, Philosophy, Refrigeration, The Squatch
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Dwelling, Hot Water, Philosophy, Refrigeration, The Squatch
Squatch: 2nd Month Water Figures
Here we are, two months in our motorhome at this lovely trailer park. I’ve been keeping busy with projects of various sorts and collecting data in regards to our water consumption habits. I feel as though this little self contained…
Tagged with: "water conservation", "water meter", minimalism, RV, rv living, squatch, tiny livng
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Earn Your Freedom
I have to share this post from Eddyfy. Are we born free, and then get shackled by the constraints of society? Or, are we born enslaved, and must fight for our freedom to do what we wish with our time?…
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Urban Homesteading and PITAC
I’ve adopted a policy in our motorhome of “Pain in the Ass Conservation”. That’s the best term I can come up with at this early hour. What it comes down to, is a little taste of rural homesteading in an…
Tagged with: conservation, homesteading, minimalism, motorhome, RV, rv living, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Feedback Conservation
Chatting with a friend over drinks the other night, we were discussing the conservation of resources like electricity. He was explaining to me that back in Arizona, a program existed with the power company that allowed the customer to buy…
Tagged with: bigfoot, conservation, minimalism, motorhome, rv living, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
C-3_H-8…Propane!
I had a feeling the other night, that we were dangerously low on propane. My fears were justified as the heater began sputtering the next morning. I shut everything down, including the refrigerator until I could get some propane. It…
Tagged with: BBQ tank, forklift tank, fulltiming, LP, minimalism, propane, propane furnace, propane refrigerator, RV, rv living, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Refrigerator, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Refrigerator, The Squatch, Tiny House
Simple Things Can Make All The Difference
There’s a few things I’ve done since we moved into the Squatch that make day to day life just a little bit easier. I simply want to change my immediate environment to best suit my needs. I’ve found myself getting…
Tagged with: minimalism, RV, rv living, squatch, storage, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
In the Face of Ridicule
My co-workers think I’m nuts. That’s nothing new; I’ve always worked blue collar jobs with rural type folks. Salt of the Earth kind of people, some would say. I’ve never fit in. My opinions on politics, human rights, environmental concerns,…
Tagged with: collapse, conservation, environmentalism, minimalism, over population, sustainability, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Motorhome Living, One Month In – Daily Water Consumption
Well, we’ve lived in a motorhome for a month now, and I think it’s time to start sharing some of our experiences, as well as a little bit of data I’ve collected. We’ve made the life choice to live in…
Tagged with: "water meter", bigfoot, black water, conservation, foot pedal sink, fulltiming, grey water, minimalism, motor home, RV, rv living, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Modified Hide Away Spice Cabinet
The motorhome came equipped with this nice big spice cabinet, next to the oven and microwave. It extends from floor to ceiling, and is hidden by a tall, skinny door. A tall board with several baskets is mounted to three sliding…
Tagged with: mason jar, minimalism, motorhome, RV, rv living, spice cabinet, squatch, storage, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, The Squatch, Tiny House
Two Weeks in Our Motorhome…
Yes, it’s finally happened. After months of waiting for an RV park space to open up, we’ve finally done it; we’ve moved into our motorhome. I thought I would be nervous. I thought it would be nerve racking and stressful.…
Tagged with: bigfoot, conservation, down sizing, minimalism, motorhome, RV, RV fulltiming, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Noodle Soup Rentals – Renting in a Tiny House Community
By their very nature, tiny houses on wheels are mobile. This has probably stemmed from the zoning laws and building codes tiny house people have been trying to circumvent. Also, some folks just want to own a home, but aren’t…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", "tiny house on wheels", communal living, community, living tiny, minimalism, rent, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
musings on entropy 