I lived here for about eight years, and owned it for about fifteen years after I built it in 1976 with local fieldstone and oak logs I cut, peeled and notched on the site, working alone with hand tools. It had no plumbing, I carried water from a nearby spring, and I heated it in winter with about half a cord of wood a week which I cut and burned in the open fireplace. Eventually I moved into Asheville and had to sell it, but it was a large part of my life, and I miss it more with each passing year.
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Hsinya Lin 25 months ago | reply
Hello, I used your picture for my website post: greenimalist.com/2011/05/becoming-self-sufficient Thank you for such a good photo! :-)
diyarcade 23 months ago | reply
Awesome - I hope to one day build one :)
Vesnusha 6 months ago | reply
Very sweet home. As a child, everyone dreams of such a "rods." When I was little, I built a house on an oak tree. there besides me could get a couple of people, it was like an observation deck. Interesting, but where is your house, we just have a cold winter would be in this life. (Russia, Elena)
omoo 5 months ago | reply
wonderful!