We don’t have anything as exciting as hydroponics, but we do get all our eggs from 4 hens in a backyard coop. We’ve also planted a variety of berries and have a few fruit trees and a vegetable garden on our 1/3 acre lot. I know that’s not enough to survive on, but every year we put in more food bearing plants, and the plan is to keep increasing our home grown food production. The scary part is wondering what might happen if emplyment dries up in my area (the Pacific Northwest.) The only debt we have is the mortgage which is way less than the current value of the house, but way more money than we have. things keep chugging along in our pretend world, but the sense of forboding grows all the while.
I love the idea of the earthship, and that first picture is beautiful! Wondering about the feasibility of adding practical elements of the earthship to an existing conventional single story with good southern exposure (in the northern hemisphere). I only have 1/3 acre, so probably don’t have room (or $) for the full plan. Anybody have ideas or knowledge in that area?