Kimi BrownKawaJul 31, 20213 minMonsoon!The roof is on, the rain is coming... time to manage the water for Kimi and Chip's off-grid house project.
Kimi BrownKawaApr 19, 20212 minWe've Been Framed!When a tire bale house starts looking like a house...
Kimi BrownKawaNov 13, 20208 minTaming the Bounce House, Part TwoHow do you wrangle a rubbery tire bale structure into a solid home? Kimi and Chip set out to try... with a little help from their friends!
Kimi BrownKawaNov 12, 20206 minTaming the Bounce House, Part OneHow do you wrangle a rubbery tire bale structure into a solid home? Kimi and Chip set out to try... with a little help from their friends!
Kimi BrownKawaAug 27, 202014 minGetting Tired!Kimi and Chip share the good, the bad, and the ugly of being tired and retired -- check out the progress on their Tire Bale House!
Kimi BrownKawaAug 23, 20208 minFarm to Market to FarmKimi and Chip continue to grow... and take a peek at life on the other side of the Farmers' Market table.
Kimi BrownKawaJul 16, 20206 minBreaking New GroundGroundbreaking: the first-ever fully-permitted tire bale home in the state of New Mexico is on its way!
Kimi BrownKawaApr 27, 20207 minFarming in a Construction Zone: Trees!Kimi and Chip plant their long-awaited trees!
Kimi BrownKawaApr 19, 20206 minFarming in a Construction Zone Part 2: Seed Beds!Kimi and Chip inch their way to home-grown vegetables, while continuing to finish the greenhouse.
Kimi BrownKawaApr 18, 20206 minFarming in a Construction Zone Part 1: Microgreens!It's finally time to put the farming into "Farmstead!"
Kimi BrownKawaApr 17, 20205 minFarmsteading in the Era of COVID-19No down time! Here is how we've transitioned our mesa farmstead work to the new COVID-19 reality.
Kimi BrownKawaFeb 26, 20203 minIgnorable Details: OllasHere is everything you wanted to know (or didn't!) about building ollas for our geothermal greenhouse.
Kimi BrownKawaFeb 26, 20202 minIgnorable Details: End WallsHere is everything you wanted to know (or didn't!) about framing the end walls on the east and west faces of our geothermal greenhouse.
Kimi BrownKawaFeb 26, 20204 minIgnorable Details: LexanHere is everything you wanted to know (or didn't!) about installing the Lexan on the north face of our geothermal greenhouse.
Kimi BrownKawaFeb 26, 20203 minIgnorable Details: Interior SidingHere is everything you wanted to know (or didn't!) about installing the interior siding on the north face of our geothermal greenhouse.
Kimi BrownKawaFeb 26, 20203 minGreenhouse Catchup SummaryHere's a quick summary of the work Kimi & Chip did on their passive solar geothermal greenhouse in February!
Kimi BrownKawaJan 29, 20204 minTaking Shape!For the first time in their geothermal greenhouse building process, a task goes FASTER than Chip and Kimi expected.
Kimi BrownKawaJan 29, 20203 minFrozen BedsThere's a reason folks aren't usually prepping garden beds in January...