OFF GRID in a DESERT - Earthship Biotecture

[@katelynkilkenny4419]

I am building my own earth ship soon! I am so excited!

[@patflynn]

That’s the coolest fireplace I’ve ever seen 😳

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I’d have to agree!

[@foipa13]

As a plumber in NYC I often think how and what it might look like here. Principles are universal , and we handle waste water in a good way , but we have started so far behind the curve that catching up looks monumental. Love the buildings though. The man says he can build them anywhere. Waiting in New York. Lol

[@1701Starfish]

How amazing, it seems like it's a kind of spiritual experience to stay in one of those places and be a part of that community.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Definitely. I hope more people get to experience this and that the idea spreads!

[@FoxVox]

I’ve just joined a community that plans to build an Earthship in a desert area. I’m building my knowledge base and this video was very informative! Thank you!

[@businessattiffanys]

Thanks so much for this video! I had NO idea these existed, and it's helpful for me in so many ways. I want to visit these earthships but I also want to learn how to make hybrid earthships in my own homes. Plus, as a writer, I know for sure this will make its way into one of my stories so I can share it with others.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

You should go visit! there are a bunch you can rent to check out :)

[@businessattiffanys]

@@Bemytravelmuse Oh I definitely plan on it! And part of me is wondering if I can count it as a research/creative retreat business deduction haha.

[@harrymills2770]

If you're building something new - preferably on an old spot - there are a lot of things you can build in, whether you're close-enough in to be on the grid or not.

[@businessattiffanys]

@@harrymills2770 That's good to know! I think, to start, I'll be trying to do something more hybrid instead of building something new, but it's quite a long way away for me.

[@redroseabc5099]

Hey, I am a cat lady, and I would definitely supply myself with plenty of cats in the Earthship of my dreams! Out the two Earthships you stayed in, the second one was my favorite! I am into mixing home with jungle, which reminds me so much of my homeland. Earthships are awesome! I would like to build one one day. 🌎🌳🌴🎋🏡😄

[@Bemytravelmuse]

It was a feast for the eyes for sure!

[@FoxVox]

Earthships seem like a great environment to have a kitty in!

[@kamwickw933]

I have kitties also, and my first thought is that they'd LOVE to use the soil in there as a litter box, so it would be important to figure out a way to protect the soil (maybe a raised wire grid?).

[@michaeljoncour4903]

@@kamwickw933 the cat poo and pee would be good for the plants.

[@berrypatch144]

@@michaeljoncour4903carnivore poop is a huge health hazard if it’s on the surface of the soil where food is grown.

[@tamiweber7118]

This takes recycling to a another level 💯 So much “Respect” and “Admiration” for her builds. Every build is “Spectacular” I could live in any one of them but my favorite is the 2 bedroom with all the magnificent touches and the animal’s so much fun 💯🌟💜🌟💯

[@JariDawnchild]

If there was a "sexy" equivalent, the Phoenix would definitely be it. 😁

[@StephenTheo]

Beautiful Earthships! They work best in dryer climates. Many years ago I helped build one in Virginia and even with the waterproofing that was done, water would still get in.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Oh yeah? Built with the tires and everything? I've heard underground houses have issues in wetter climates but wasn't sure about this method.

[@namibyaantu721]

Trial and error is what brings evolution... failure becomes success if you don’t quit and keep trying

[@harrymills2770]

The main advantage of desert country is the more consistent solar heat. If your earthship leaks, somebody failed to account for the lay of the land and didn't provide for proper drainage. We know how to build basements and root cellars that stay dry.

[@julianne2saw]

@@Bemytravelmuse the special soil in santa rosa co florida is called excessively drained so it can do this. the building codes consist of paying off the commish, hrdly any rules at all.

[@CringePanda]

Travel Muse did not like the travel mouse

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I love a good pun

[@fraa888grindr6]

This is so timely. My wife and I currently have 16 acres in northern CA that we're preparing to develop to make as sustainable and as fire resistant as possible, until we can retire to our 160 acres in AZ in 11 more years. I've been studying sustainability and alternative building practices for 25+ years and this is where those two worlds become one. Thank you for this great video!

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Oh wow that sounds absolutely awesome. I wish you both the best!

[@cherylkarousatos6264]

I am interested in living in an eco-friendly community. Owning an Earthship has always been a dream of mine. You're very lucky to have all that land.

[@samanthachurch]

I live in NorCal and am hoping to aquire some land to build an earthen house...in case you wanted to sell half an acre at some point. I'm not sure if there's a way to contact people directly on youtube, sorry for the public inquiry.

[@MrStarwulf]

Now that I am older and have a disability I would not want to live in an Earthship, too much work. If I were a bit younger and able bodied I would love to build my own taking design ideas from several and adding the one thing each of these is missing, a Biogas Digester to convert poop and kitchen cuttings into methane for cooking. If there is more gas available it could be used for heating water, or a nice nighttime gas lantern built into the home. The ground heat/cooling is definitely something I would have with a chimney that would help draw air ouf the home to create natural circulation. I would want to incorporate ideas from a Passivhaus. I would also plan 20-30 years down the road when the panels stop working to have oil producing plants for lighting. I'll end it here.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I've heard about that! Such a genius invention

[@jay-rus4437]

Wife and i went out in sept of 2021. We stayed in one of the very early ones closer to town. As a general contractor I was so interested in the thoughtfulness of the design. We also drove up into the mountains to see another of Kirsten’s earthships. Now i want to grab my acoustic guitar and head back out. 😁 Btw…..some of their newer designs keeps the greenhouse as an outer layer along the glass, with a secondary wall of glass that kind of separate the two. This would help minimize pests in the living area

[@SEKHMETSHOMEOFALCHEMY]

Thanks for sharing, My dream is to live in an Earthship/Cob Home❤️😻🙏🏾

[@Bemytravelmuse]

My pleasure!

[@SEKHMETSHOMEOFALCHEMY]

@@Bemytravelmuse ❤️😻🙏🏾

[@barbaralee6410]

Great video. I love the way you show how beautiful an Earthship can be. You're only limited by your imagination. As far as the mouse goes, I've seen mice in every type of building in every type of environment. Mice are universal. There is no such thing as a mouse proof house.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

That is probably true.

[@azules9780]

I love earthships and yes, I realize that you may have to deal with unwanted creatures but that's just part of life. The farther you go out by yourself, the more of an issue creatures become. Peanut oil in a Pyrex bowl is a fantastic natural killer of mice btw.

[@heyitsrick01]

We humans are quick to KILL what we don't like...Creatures are a part of life & nature & we are imposing on THEIR environment... A HIGHER PERSPECTIVE would be to question how we can ALL LIVE TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY and not just KILL other species. Who's to say that we humans are better and more valuable than ANY other life source... be they plants, animal being, or insects or "rodents" There is an AMAZING amount of wisdom & intelligence in other life forms that we just don't recognize or value and we humans are ARROGANT and KILL other species of life plants (destroying forests, creating GMO'S) destroying oceans & land with our irresponsible pollution/refuse that's NOT being recycled or better yet, NEVER BEING MADE to begin with since they are impractical and a burden on our planet Here's some food for thought.... Based on human behavior in the last CENTURY alone... humans are destroying planet earth and making it UNINHABITABLE... in fact, there are some scientists that predict that HUMANITY could be EXTINCT in as little as 10 years... Humans have truly Fxxked up the world and mother earth WON"T tolerate us.... and WILL destroy us since we, humans do NOT honor mother earth & all of life's creations... and going to another planet would be no different.... destroy it and abuse it.......... Will humans EVER become RESPECTFUL of all of life and learn to live WITH nature instead of trying to CONTROL it......... if we DON'T....... guess what... we'll be in for some major life threatening lessons to FORCE us to learn.............. We're quickly running out of time and MOST people are doing NOTHING to help our planet... just look around in a supermarket as they stuff your foods in 20-30 plastic bags that become trash or go to Costco and watch people with carts stacked with SINGLE BOTTLES of water........... it's CRAZY and truly unsustainable........ IT'S NOW......... our time of reckoning. PEACE to those who ARE working WITH Mother Nature...

[@azules9780]

@@heyitsrick01 mice have a purpose; outside the home and food source. I'm sure you've heard of the bubonic plague. Will the earth end in 10 years? No, unless we blow ourselves up. Could we do much more to be sustainable? Yes. Definitely. And finally, humans have dominion over everything on earth because we have reason and intellect unlike any other creature had on earth. Can we learn from them? Yes. But we are not the same. We need to better stewards of the earth though.

[@Deutschtown]

We have an earthship and catch and release our mice. We are up to # 15 this year.

[@Nofretari]

Cats help too

[@buenavidaestates-livingthe6333]

Orange kitties are excellent mousers! ;)

[@TheFoxOfThredneedleStreet]

I'm looking into sound vibration to compact sand and reduce the labour by more than half. Liquefaction type tech.

[@jimcoulter5877]

Thank You for allowing us to see your Home. What an Fantastic idea, using all of our trash to build your home, I hope Mankind is going to learn a lesson here, instead of destroying trees, using trash! Using what is available for Free from the Sun.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

I will admit, I am not much of an environmentalist. Like, I think we need to maintain our environment for our own benefit and not pollute it to the point that it's unusable, but I'm really not the type to be super emotionally invested in it, I'm not about that all natural life, and I don't get that spiritual connection with nature or whatever. That being said, I have always adored Earthships. I love the architecture, I love the challenge of making things out of what you happen to have around you, I love the resourcefulness and cleverness of the people who make them, I love the idea of making my own house in a free-form style that fits my wants and needs, I love the self-sufficiency aspect, and so on. I must have spent weeks of my life (if you take the sum total of all the time I've spent) researching techniques and trying to think up new and better implementations and looking into building codes, land prices, watersheds, etc... all so that I can make one some day. I think the biggest thing I want to add to the Earthship ethos is more tech. I want to take the efficiency aspect and automate it. I want the greenhouse to regulate its own climate. I want to take a lot of the negatives and extra work that gets brought up when people talk about off-grid living and figure out how to make as many of those things as possible just run themselves. I want to take the free-form architecture and integrate more quality of life improvements that I think is lacking in a lot of current American houses due to restrictive building codes, off-the-shelf/ standardized house blueprints, ease of manufacrure, and a lack of imagination in a lot of housing developers due to a lot of protectionist laws and NIMBY-ist attitudes making it so that they don't really have to have any. Mostly, I just want to figure out how to make this concept less daunting for more people. Lower the barrier to entry, make it so that more people can live like that. Because right now the sad truth is that it's too much work, time, and/ or money for most people to seriously consider. Honestly, since Starlink got announced, I've seriously thought about just going back to school and getting a degree that would let me work from home so that I could build my own Earthship in an area with no building codes without having a 3 hour commute. Starlink (and some similar competitors that are working on the same thing, Starlink just got there first :P) along with improvements in solar panels and lithium batteries are making this lifestyle an increasingly viable option for a tech nerd like me.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

That sounds freaking awesome and I fully support your dream! Lmk when you build and how you improve upon it!

[@user-tp9gy8kt2q]

Earthships really are an awesome concept that is just recently being discovered by millions of earth-loving people. There is an Earthship academy located there by the visitor center. I stayed in a smaller Earthship for the month that I attended their classes. It was an eye-opening experience, to be sure. The absence of utility bills is what caught my attention. The independence from outside control and custodial incompetence is what keeps my attention. I really like the idea of being in charge of my own water supply and my power production.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I really like that too. And why not do it? It’s so logical

[@dr.trashbag]

most houses can add a rain water catch system and a grey water system.

[@0JLH0]

Im about to do that in Michigan. 100% off grid. Looking at properties right now. I was hoping you went more into detail about the water recycling 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@solarwizzo8667]

Thanks for the video. I have stayed in the 3rd earthship you have showed for a night a few years ago. It inspired me to add earthship features to my own home. I am 100% on rain water and solar now. I am adding an earthship style greenhouse to the south side of my house as I write this. I also use tires, cans and bottles and will recycle my grey water and grow plants inside. The greenhouse will act as a heater during sunny winter days as well and will help me to reduce my heating demand. I think, almost any home can be retrofitted with some of the earhship features and reduce the demand for energy and valuable resources.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

wow that's amazing. If all of our houses could reuse the grey water like they do it would make such a difference. I wish that was an easy fix.

[@kamwickw933]

That's a great idea. I have a south facing cottage and could definitely add a small greenhouse to the side of the house, install grey water and water catchment system.

[@king.thomasxxxiii5025]

watching this eating some genetically modified pizza living in an apartment with central heating next to windows with paper thin walls....... still felling blessed though.

[@kristimcgowandarkoscellard3126]

😭 oh my goodness, I have seen the Phenix Earthship many times (its my favorite one) but your emotional reaction to seeing it for the first time had me tearing up with you. It truly is an amazing structure and it’s a beautiful example of what you can live in when you work with nature instead of concurring it! 🙏🏻 Cheers

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Aww so glad you felt like you were there too!

[@kennethhigby1723]

I'm in the process of building an Earthship build project in snowflake Arizona.

[@DuelWielding2DohDoh_BiRDS]

Hey i'm in Humboldt. pretty cool.

[@nghtrider62]

I would love a Earthship! Northern Cali myself ready to move to Oregon and would love to a build earthship.

[@BaLindaus]

Ok I love Earthships. I stayed for a week 2 years ago and will be going back in for a week in September. I just need to correct you on something. It is not totally solar. The fridge, stove and dryer is on propane. Those items would drain the solar bank to much. Other than that, you did a very well video.. Enjoy the peace I always do

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I didn't even know it had a dryer! I guess it would be hard to use it as a guesthouse without that.

[@TheApocalypticKnight]

Fake excitement is always disgusting to see. But the earthships were nice.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Aw, someone needs a hug.

[@大疯狼]

You had me at the indoor garden - It Iike an oId star wars movie from 1970's . Wat's Iuke cookin tonigt? Space pIants!!

[@MJ-fq6ul]

Can't wait to see more homes build this way but without costing the borrow so much. We are expected to help with global warming but then asked to pay ton for the solution...

[@patflynn]

I wanna go there now!

[@mimib6253]

these really re-connect people with the planet and reminds us how technical nature Is

[@BryciaJames]

This was so cool! Now I want to back to NM! You definitely saw way more cool stuff than I did in NM!!!

[@Bemytravelmuse]

You should!

[@toddholderman8285]

That would be wonderful, always want to do something like an earthship off grid.

[@tournamentgaming1975]

End of the video What you talking about earth sand oh my god your voice is so sweet❤😊🌹 Your looks, your talking style it's really mind blowing God bless you 🙏finally you are my crush😍

[@romainring]

One day I will build my own earthship

[@Nephlim20]

I actually stayed at one of the Earthship's close to that one, It was pretty flippin cool. I'm glad you guys had a great time.

[@stacywachal949]

Yes considering building one.

[@beyondbeautifulwithmia7589]

🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭💔 I want one so bad to be in the desert 🏜 far far away from people 👯‍♀️👯👯‍♂️ sarounded by a green house with aquaponics and fruit trees and plants and a indoor mini vineyard and a pet bird 🦅 😫😫😫😫 oh my gawd and to have the glass bottle in the wall decor 😫😫😫😭😭😭💔 it’s a dream life for an introvert 🥗🍏🥒🍉🌳🌴☘️🌿🍀🥑🥝🏜🏜🏜🛖 to have a purple inside and an earth ship style steam shower with the neon rain shower and a movie screen in it and a Custom heart shaped jacuzzi tub pool for baths and more neon lights in it and a walk in freezer and walk in fridge and pantry and a basement for prepped space 😫😫😫😫😫😫😭😭💔😍😍😍😍😍 that’s such a dream to live in a place that beautiful where I can practice my yoga and spirituality and just me and my pompom baby and black silkie chicken 😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜 and I want a big black shire horse with the furry feet 🦶🥰 and I’ll name it 🖤love 🖤 🥰 and all my chickens and goats would roam free and eat out their mini earth ship animal homes 🥰

[@nicolejugenheimer4874]

I live in a passive house, weich is still far away from an earth ship. It uses sustainable building materials like wood and sheep wool, has no heating but draws its energy from sun and the people who live in there.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I hadn't heard of a passive house before. Interesting!

[@nicolejugenheimer4874]

@@Bemytravelmuse Check it out - I am pretty sure you’ll find it interesting 👍

[@fartsackjack7081]

WOW WOW WOW .....that second one is so cool ........i wanna live with indoor gardens also ,,,,,so cool

[@maigematthews5620]

Awesome Content! 🎉 So I have 10 acres of land property in the desert of New Mexico. It is parceled out like a suburban neighborhood. If you can imagine, I own one side of a suburban street, including the cul de sac in back. I have time to get in and drive my 2003 Suburban 1500 from New York City and set up an off grid homestead & food-forest, but what should I start on first? I was thinking to make a few “supply-dropoff” trips; first buying one of those 40’ storage containers to stock first few things that I need. But what should the first few things be? I’m thinking 4x to 6x of the 36v 100 Ah - LiFePO4 battery power banks, but where do I go from there. Maybe you can point me in the right direction of a KZbin video or someone to help? I look forward to your response. Thank you so much for you time! ❤

[@TIsunshineOffGrid]

I absolutely love your video👍🏼👍🏼 I just bought my own land in Near the Continental Divide NM. Hoping sooner than later I will have a soul tribe to help me build my Earth home. until then, I just drive around collecting supplies. I Can't wait to share my video of my Vessel someday! 💚✌🏽🌞/🙏🏽🌍✌🏽

[@lalahaha5313]

you spend way too much time in front of the camera instead of showing me the cool houses

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Aw, you need a hug.

[@FollowingMyBliss]

ANY human home- with temperature control and food stored inside, even just your normal pantry goods, is a perfect home for pests. An earthship no more so than any other. Don't let the unfortunate pest problem make you attribute pests with Earthships. That's just not accurate. Any home can have a pest issue.

[@williambent9636]

Absolutely love the earth ships, especially the one with the tree fire place. At the very least, I would like a couple of rainwater storage containers to take advantage of the rains we do get in arid SE CO, which averages 11 inches of rain a year. I also love the idea of reusing water several times. Our water is very alkali and tastes bad until filtered. Rainwater would be much better for cooking, washing my hair, watering my plants, and such. Then there's the natural cooling provided by the thick walls and earth-sheltered parts which sounds pretty good as it's over 100 degrees again today.

[@urban_sculptor]

Beautifully done video! I've seen quite a few videos of earthships previously, but I love how you brought out the human, emotional side, and your evaluation of the practical details - cheers.

[@gordonharper9126]

Every place you've ever lived has rats. Everywhere you've ever lived without exception!!!! It's not the indoor greenhouse and planter that's the problem.

[@beyondbeautifulwithmia7589]

I’m gonna build an earth ship but I’m gonna use earth bags instead of tires 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@gr8nrg80]

Just curious. If you are receiving WI-FI is it truly living off the grid? Just sayin.

[@goaticorn8702]

In most, basically every, county in the US reusing your grey water on your own/in an isolated system is illegal. You have to apply for certain permits even in areas where water is already reused on the county level. This is primarily due to safety concerns (last I looked into it several years ago)...even though its somewhat silly it does make sense to try and limit it for the uneducated giving it a go, I suppose, in urban areas. Additionally, while straw bale construction and rammed earth can eventually be permitted most places will never allow Earthships, unfortunately, because the tires mean they have to be classified differently due to possible, uh, health concerns related. I super love the design of them though and have been following them since college. Its one of my goals to eventually build an off-grid capable, or fully off-grid home similar to an earth ship but with rammed earth. I'm quite certain there are ways to limit pests in your home but my current vibe is building a whole second building to house the food section. xD Lovely video though and thank you for your time and care in interviewing.

[@beehive5835]

Too much cement is used. Would it be low maintenance if using compressed earth / earth blocks?

[@kathymarler1446]

I definitely could live forever in an earth ship but am now in my older years would be hard to do the labor! And your comment about animals coming in, or a mouse…. Mice come into regular houses, and spiders and whatever is indigenous to your area. But I loved loved your video and have been inside and toured the earth ships in Taos a few years ago! I think it’s incredible to be able to be so self sufficient and I’m just fascinated with them! Thank you for your video tour! It was fun!

[@richardhawkins2248]

My wife and I were just about to start building an earthbag house and we discovered the laws changed and we're screwed. I suspect we will be moving there and building one too. Those have been around a lot longer than earthbag and I'm 68 we're moving pretty soon. I will now finish my permaculture property layout and harvest the cherry and oak and pine on my property. My wood will be brought up there.

[@virginiadavis4108]

This house, this bio experience on a daily basis, is everything I've ever considered for myself under one roof. Good point about the pests though, mice, umm maybe some kind of sonic plug in to get rid of them. Snakes... no I'd leave screaming, not so cool with spiders, either, otherwise, I love this house and what it represents. Would I live like this? I'd give it a good try. Absolutely.

[@opusydaisy6563]

This is so cool just found this page. I've been in an earthship building that has a restaurant and shop called Arcosanti it's in AZ. Very cool place and plan on visiting again.

[@janetazthehomesteader1966]

Where in AZ is it? I’m from AZ too

[@TheBowersj]

These things are way overpriced now, they went from 300k a few years ago to now a million dollars on zillow.

[@weezerwookie]

Gas stove isn't too "in harmony" with the earth. That's fossil fuel. Electric range would be more ideal

[@ButterflyHummingbird]

Earthships aren’t just built in the desert. Mike Reynolds has developed them to be adaptable to every climate in the world.

[@mrglasecki]

Little mouse doesn't take up much space 😅 give em a name an pretend it's a mini gerbil 😂🤣

[@best1onearth]

No. you will never grow enough food for even one person in a earthship. And they are expensive to build. And very labor intensive. Want a house that looks great and not made from garbage then look at David Eastons work.

[@valeriepierce7257]

Definitely inspiring! I would love an earthship!

[@lkw911news9]

Can you imagine the taxman being so pissed off because they're not getting any taxes from their utilities. This is the reason why they're not making these homes all over. You have everybody and their brothers and sisters meeting at Davos to shut the world down for climate change but they're not damn sure not pushing earthships

[@prettylittlephotons]

I'm in love!! 💕💕💕💕

[@romainring]

Well I like you too you seem like a nice person I'm only 59 years old and I'm pretty sure you're not 59 but I love Taos New Mexico

[@ephjay6t87]

If the infamous mosquito, Aedes aegypti, found it way in there, it would be all on war. It is likely to happen one day.

[@janiceshira91]

Yes I could live in the Earthship and you know my sister asked me a question and this is what I'd offer her also along with my brothers

[@Most_Amazin]

Is there room to be a neighbor? I cooking clean, I do construction, what more would you need. I'm great neighbor.

[@GG-jc4wp]

Hey Kristin. I liked the first one. I would love to stay there for a few days. I honestly don't think I could live in one as a home but agree with you that we need to make our actual homes more energy efficient and push for construction of homes made of recyclable materials and more solar power friendly. ☺️

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Yeah I feel like there’s so much we could learn even if we took bits and pieces of this to apply to our own homes and lives

[@patriciasanchez7822]

I had no idea there would be homes like these! It’s really interesting and you always nail it in your videos. I’m not quite sure I could live in one of these houses, but I’d definitely would like to rent one for a couple nights. Thank you for all you do!

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Aw thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it

[@leonawilliams6599]

The way to go now days and they are more safe from earth quake's fire' wind water'' we all can learn from Micheal Reynolds co founder of these amazing bio tec homes'

[@GoodThingsEtc]

Most dyefinately it would be an adjustment as a city girl, but I could so get used to being self reliant! All I can say is WOW!!!

[@hotcowboy313]

Our next house ( in about 1 year ) is going to be an earthship in Washington, but it will have a grid-tie in just in case we might need a little more power..

[@donnaanderson5669]

Not having to worry about utilities sounds great I think I could live like that I'm not cool with rodents crawling on me though

[@winewoman224]

So I need to ask you- why are you so afraid of the bugs and animals in the home? Your in their environment by the way...

[@jbreezee6909]

What i wouldn't give ... God bless you

[@PatriciaGarcia-zl1fh]

Seriously I'm a disabled single mother, me plus my child, is it possible to find one to long term rent?

[@insanEPICustoms]

A single cat would do. A dog would do even better for pests. Not a mut, but even poodles would reck a snake or rats or whatever.

[@claesweicher223]

This is a really nice and honest video about your experience in a house like this. I plan to build something like it or of a better design in the future and this is cool to see how it is to live in this type of home!

[@thiefofvirtue]

I'm wanting a mid life reboot, considering options.

[@Daniel-iu7ob]

Is amazing to see an apocalyptic landscape, with no vegetation and trees, i think you will go insane in 6 month in a place like that and you will start to eat people...

[@ginacardarella]

The reason why we don't it's called lobbyists and people love to waste and a lot more are selfish then there's wanting to make money it's the same with why did we ever stop building adobe houses in parts of the world that can handle it that they last for hundreds of years

[@truthbetold2611]

The living area can be separated from the indoor garden. Understandably, pest condition inside an airbnb is not addressed as ideally as lived in by owners.

[@solitudeinthewild82]

Awesome video, my friend! Great offgrid living skills! Enjoyed watching, the surrounding nature is amazing. Cheers from Russia, dear, and welcome to my channel about special bushcraft tips and hacks! Kind regards, Yuriy! Good luck!

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@JosephJaneth]

your cool

[@romainring]

Lady an earthship is self-contained that means there is no bugs no animals inside your house at all.

[@redsailor101]

Thumbs down for wearing a when you are all alone in the desert.🤔👎😟

[@FirstnameLastname-ps4cu]

Totally off the grid, are you kidding me?

[@Silbaugh4liberty]

I'd just cage off the chickens, silly

[@FREE_WILL_AAHhhhhhhhhhhhh]

The little birds are cute yet the mouse is a pest? Living with nature means an experience like Cinderella...drop a crumb, no problem, the little housekeepers will find it and take care of it for you.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I wouldn’t appreciate an abundance of birds in my bedroom either.

[@gustavibrowzinbehrd3871]

Earth ships are also extremely affordable.

[@RuinedTemple]

I imagine an earthship built with permaculture design methods would likely create an ecosystem & environment that’s balanced enough to prevent an actual rodent infestation to take hold. Therefore, the handful of mice probably wouldn’t even be perceived as “pests” but perhaps more like tiny housemates who pretty much stick to the conservatory & who don’t make a mess of the commons areas. At least until they meet the feline housemates & “mysteriously disappear”! 🤭

[@Bemytravelmuse]

I wish that were true, but there were A LOT

[@Silbaugh4liberty]

Chickens can eat bugs and rodents too , city girl

[@foamformbeats]

My dream! I've been out there too and love almost everything about Earthships except pounding tires haha. All good things take work but I have a bad back :/

[@Bemytravelmuse]

Duuuude the tire pounding. That seems so rough.

[@lkw911news9]

I would put the birds up and definitely get me a cat for the mice .

[@mjs28s]

@17:40 Love the video, but the problems with California is not the power companies not helping you. It is the government of california that runs the show, makes the laws and regulations that the power companies have to follow.

[@Bemytravelmuse]

It's multifactorial but yes that's one of the issues. Power companies have also not maintained equipment, though, as evidenced by the Camp Fire and probably the Dixie too.

[@gordonharper9126]

Yes the Phoenix house does have the air conditioning vents

[@tesssheets42]

I can live like that it's my dream.

[@lauraristow8357]

Yup, I’d want a few cats and a few dogs anyhow. Likely build a protected space to raise some chickens too!

[@Bemytravelmuse]

They had some outside!

[@Erica-yr3gf]

You need a few cats. They’ll catch the mouse.