All-inclusive Natural Building Blitz October 1st - 15th!

Come and learn roundwood framing, earth-integrated, Oehler-style, passive solar, tiny houses and more! Some homes are nearing completion and others are just beginning. Get to see the whole process on a range of simple designs you can later do your self. Building a tiny house can cost thousands of dollars. We'll show you how to build a warm and dry home from woodland materials for merely hundreds of dollars.

Food and sleeping accommodations will be provided in cooper cabin, our 800 sq ft earth-bermed cabin with a rocket mass heater. Organic hearty meals will be provided most days. Community meals are inevitable with rich discussion and lots of laughs. Days will probably end gathered around a campfire or a rocket mass heater, having a beer and discussing the day.

Natural building skills learned include:

- designing Oehler-style layout
- passive solar design
- uphill patio earthworks design
- timber framing
- post in ground techniques
- sod roofing
- earth-berming
- earthen flooring
- tongue and groove flooring
- insulation options
- excavation
- drainage
- operating a sawmill
- felling a tree and peeling
- where to get free or cheap recycled building materials

Note: The venue is less than an hour outside of Missoula, surrounded by wooded mountain views. We just get our mail on Reserve St. Address and directions sent after booking.