Winter Storm Strikes! How Warm Was Our Earthbag Dome? (Freezing Temps, No Heat)

[@ourselfreliantlife]

Happy New Year! Do you have any resolutions?

[@slowbaker]

If y'all need cleaned, dried egg shells, I've been saving them in the event you need them for your exterior wall cover. Let me know and I'll find your po box and send them.

[@ericjohnson1008]

I resolve to,.... watch the green dream project.

[@PRINCESSDREAMYLYN]

Happy New Year Y'all and cheers to all the new adventures to come. Living in the moment no matter what it brings.

[@direbearcoat7551]

Happy New Year, Jim and Jess! I look forward to watching your continuing adventures.

[@CrankyBubushka]

Making some positive changes.

[@hombredeacero3131]

Snow made for a beautiful scenic morning

[@ewidmer1]

You take such wonderful care of your dogs.

[@cinder7183]

The entrance looks wonderful!

[@tammyshannon7083]

Its really nice to see jess smiling

[@robbehr8806]

I live in Tonopah, AZ. Here, except in the area of hot springs, the temp of the ground is a fairly stable 72F, which is excellent for geothermal heating and cooling. Up in the mountains, it's a little lower, but still in the optimal range. An underground water tank my not freeze, if you insulate the top.

[@medaily57]

I lived in Tonopah in 1976. Worked at both restaurants and one gas station while there. Wondering if the irrigation outlet with the pool/hot tub is still there outside of town. We spent so much time there!

[@chiefwarrant9719]

You guys have made great progress this year, may the new year be even more progressive than last year. I look forward to seeing you every week, love you guys!!!

[@tinareilly]

Happy New year! Have you thought of leaving the original doors in place after you get the new one up? Might give an extra layer of insulation from cold & heat until you get the second dome and the hallway built. Just a thought ☺. You guys are doing great and it's nice to see you smiling! Stay warm.

[@kurtcurtis2730]

I endorse this idea. Air lock/ mud room. The door Jess is fixing up will let nice light in. Don’t know which direction it faces but you might start some seeds there, easy to pull them inside after sun drops

[@emariaenterprises]

Airgaps are useful. Could maybe put coathooks in the entry walls.. big spikes could be driven into the mudwalls for the hook supports.

[@EdwinSparked]

Happy New Year to y'all! Be safe out there. The weather is supposed to get nasty today.

[@sshaw4429]

Solar powered! Loved that. I am too. Great definition of our winter sluggishness.

[@franciscoesquivel5435]

Happy New Years stay warm and safe

[@lauriesmith7517]

That rain from the California is hitting me this evening in southern NM. I expect I'll see snow on the peaks of the Organ Mountains tomorrow morning.

[@stvooplayhouse]

The texture sprayer is genius,it will take a lot of coats but it will dry faster between coats,if you could find a sprayer they use for pools I'm sure you could make it work.

[@annar6430]

Happy New Year from Jamaica 🥰🇯🇲👍❤

[@floriebrown2089]

Snow looks great in the desert,, glad to see you are both progressing, both dogs looks happy and you both look happy so have a very Happy New year. 🥳thanks for the video.

[@beautifulfaith9367]

Have a wonderful new year with your ever changing home. You guys are great and your babies are happy! 💥🎉 So nice to see your snow 🤗 Take care! Shirl K - Texas 🐾🐾😎

[@ZonDog]

Have a great 2023 guys! Keep up the good work!

[@christineherrmann205]

Good luck getting weather tight in the New Year!

[@FlourishingLove]

Your dogs are beautiful souls. I love them!

[@dougg1075]

This certainly is a paradise of a planet we live on.

[@ritameek3353]

Snow was pretty. A new year and excited to see what you two have planned!😊

[@gayle4804]

Awesome progress on the door and You made it through the little snowstorm yes I'm sure you're getting more of the cold temperatures because it is raining here in The Valley and I'm sure it came from the East. Both you and Jess I hope you have a happy New Year and lots of new progress on the dome.

[@dianeparry1260]

Happy new year to you both. Looking forward to your progress this year. Take care and stay safe ❤️❤️

[@markmapson4938]

Happy New Year to you both!

[@moniquevelasco20]

Happy New Year guys! And best wishes for this 2023. Love and be safe!😘🤗🥂🎉🇻🇪

[@seaflower1520]

Enjoy this video. Keep up the very good and informative homestead videos.

[@mountainloversoff-grid155]

Happy New year. Omg I was thinking of the first video I watched when you first got on the property. I knew it was gonna be great. You have got so much done.

[@LokenLee]

Happy New Year and God bless you! So fun watching you and your dream. :)

[@williamhuntington1397]

HAPPY, HAPPY New Year to both of you!!

[@cinder7183]

As long as the pups have a windbreak and bedding, they can take the cold. I used feed sacks, cut open, to line the chicken coop. Keep the drafts down and she'll stay warm. She's dressed for it.

[@1944chevytruck]

happy new year!

[@terry4O]

Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing your green dream project with us all. I get inspired whenever I watch one of your videos. 47 in the dome when it snowed, that's awesome!

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

Wow, that's pretty cold! I hope our son's hyper adobe house, performs better with an insulated roof.

[@JHess]

hey friend, happy new year from tucson! now that you got your jam on, don't forget to put the stop moulding on along the side edge so the door stops when you close it! keep warm and enjoy the snow!

[@StoneKathryn]

Plus you can put weatherstrip along it and seal the door.

[@GoJolli]

Wow~ Excellent work! Jess, the entranceway looks soooo great! Thank you for vlogging~

[@paulvanhouts3365]

All the very best for a healthy safe and prosperous new year. Keep up the vids they’re great.

[@LoneRevD]

That was beautiful. Yeah Desert gets cold, no tree's for wind breaks either. Phx went 34 and we're only at 1400 feet, the high desert was beautiful covered with snow. God Bless hope ya'll are doing well.

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

Got down to 10°, windchill of -6° here, but no precipitation. Glad it is now above normal temps.

[@CrankyBubushka]

Happy New Year. I just love your dogs. they are so cute.

[@johndrzal4087]

Somewhere I saw a video when they did inside they put chicken wire over the walls to hole the plaster on the inside of the walls to hold it in place just a heads up

[@flyoverurbangarden4315]

Happy New Year, that was a fun video.

[@Maskwest4]

jim your a trip! door jams are my jam!!!!

[@queenbmary1]

I live here in Cochise on the border of Mexico and nestled under the mountains and its always such a beautiful site when we get snow!

[@gailbenjamin5137]

I live in the Tri Cities in Washington. Desert climate. We get high winds as well. And I call that a TMD Tumbleweed Migration Day.🤗

[@franciscoesquivel5435]

Can’t wait to start work on my 5 ace self sustaining ranch ♥️🙏

[@Earthmadegarden]

Great update! Crazy to see snow in the desert!

[@niknoks6387]

Happy new year to you both, I wish you all the luck for the coming year. ❤️🇬🇧

[@davec9244]

Life is the distraction between birth and death, live it to the fullest thank you ALL stay safe

[@Earthmadegarden]

I like your idea with the inside walls can’t wait to see what you come up with!

[@johnbornschein5525]

You guys are so cute ! Happy new year

[@ram1brn]

thats really amazing im 60 miles as the crow flies from you and we didnt get anything no rain no snow no nada

[@dianlovejoy8264]

Thanks!

[@dianlovejoy8264]

Live just outside Tucson Arizona

[@creinicke1000]

Looking forward to seeing the interior walls.

[@gregoryclark3870]

Building off grid a wonderful experience I don’t get why people who have the opportunity don’t do it Some people buy a mobile home and drag it out on there land then regret their choice later I built a straw-bale house love it

[@RVBadlands2015]

We have a Strawbale home also.

[@josettesciberras1613]

Happy New Year Green Dream Project

[@StoneKathryn]

Nice door jamb Jim! The cold looks tough for you guys in the desert. It was nice to see the winter wonderland there. The dogs seem to be taking this in stride. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

[@suezqcamacho]

Happy new year! Hope u guys can get the dogs to get along pretty soon. It seems like it's been a long time.

[@offgridrooster]

Southwest Texas desert in Terlingua recently had a cold front in the single digits with wind-chill of -15°. 🥶 Stay warm, safe and healthy. Desert life can be no joke ☮️🙏☯️

[@eleanorchapple8772]

And here in southern Ontario Canada we have not seen minus fifteen yet!

[@adventurereadyoffgrid]

Happy New Years to you guys We have been getting some really cold temps up here in Concho AZ down to 7 degrees! I'm a wuss with the cold and just hide inside drinking coffee all day and get back to projects when the wind and snow take their days off.......

[@cochorrorshow1005]

2:27 I had my dog spayed and they only put these internal "stitches," and not the external stitches. We found her with her intestines hanging in a wad beneath her belly, just off the floor while she stood. Everyone was panicking, and crying, and I grabbed her and tried to pull her intestines up closer to her belly. I wrapped her stomach with a towel, and rushed her to an emergency vet 25 miles away. Although, she's no longer with us, she survived that day. Almost no day goes by that I don't think about her.

[@StoneKathryn]

So sad. That sounds horrible. I hope you don't use that Vet anymore.

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you guys.

[@charlenehuff19]

Good to see you both. Jess, you look good. Get out in the sun as much as you can Jess. I am a bear I think sometimes. Winter makes me want to do that, but the sun helps. Good thing El Paso gets a lot of sun.

[@stephenrussin5081]

Happy new years guys

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

[@robinmarie5180]

Happy Happy New Year. 😊

[@mumpygumboo8554]

Wow.... looks like Colorado now! Jeez.... I wonder how often it snows in Arizona anyway?

[@dalepowell6815]

Happy New Year! Florida 82 degrees. Eat your heart out... hahahahaha

[@kurtcurtis2730]

I am! I’m cold!

[@googiesfairyfarm4834]

You are living proof that doggie daddies tell dad jokes too🤣

[@ourselfreliantlife]

😁

[@mynameis_d5844]

Happy New Year!!!

[@annburge291]

Love the frosty snow look in the desert. I'm missing out because I am visiting my daughter in Zimbabwe where everything is rainy, tropical and green. Always test your gas connection with soapy water to make sure no bubbles form. You don't want a gas leak. Even if you did do this, it's advisable to show this step on video otherwise you come across as being irresponsible. Happy New Year. Great you celebrated in the dome.

[@BethS55]

Happy New Year!

[@stellabrown5034]

Are you guys I hope you had a merry Christmas and I hope you have a Happy New Year I love watching you guys keep up the good work we love you bless you guys

[@damatomargatekzn5228]

Happy New Year!!!!

[@raymondfolsom5859]

saw you all on paragraphic...nice!

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

Happy New Year! 🎊 We thought we need some kind of wood stove to heat our house, but the sun is heating our house wonderfully! Passive design and thermal mass is pretty awesome! 13° outside & it's still 64° inside. 🌞

[@StoneKathryn]

Wow, nice job putting passive solar to work for you! Happy New Year!

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

@@StoneKathryn Thanks! Yes, it has worked much better than we expected!

[@donjonesjones5766]

Happy New Year....!!!!

[@janettegrove5085]

Happy New Year! Just wondering - wouldn't it be better if you build a dog house for Uvia. She will then be protected against the elements. She can then choose to be cosy inside her house or outside, whatever she likes.

[@Jaantoenen]

Happy New Year.

[@DesertNails]

All your improvements look great. I'm so glad you were able to have your first celebration inside the dome

[@ericjohnson1008]

Happy New Year y'all.

[@cottagebliss]

Happy New Year! Really enjoyed watching you two and the puppies, nice dose of relaxation and a few laughs. Thanks always 💙

[@michaelf1434]

Happy New Year 🎉 🥂🍾

[@cindyspence3549]

Happy New Year... Have you thought of a Rocket stove for your dome? I've been watching the thelittlehomestread. They've made 3 or 4 in the earthbag homes.... Just a thought but they heat them and the basement. It takes very little wood to heat with them.

[@YourAverageWitch]

Yeah it was REALLY cold for a few days. And stupidly, I didn't notice that I turned the house fan to "On" instead of "Auto" so it just stayed on for the 3 coldest days. Man I was mad! And cold! Now it's raining... hope you're getting some of this water down your way!

[@chuckjohnson919]

Jim, get yourself a piece of rubber hose to put on your chop saw so the saw dust doesn't shoot in your eyes. maybe a rubber elbow from the plumbing section at the hardware store.

[@NonaMaryGrace1952]

Hello Jessica and Jim, I think I am solar powered too. The get my jam was so so like Jessica said with her hands. The dogs love the cooler temperatures. Like you I think it is cold. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓. Happy New Year

[@TheLvablebird]

👋 Hi from southern New Mexico🌶️🌵...Thanks...Enjoyed the video.

[@orlanduhden5842]

You have an awesome wife, happy for you. 🙂

[@grannyframmy]

Happy New Year you guys!! Resolutions? Hm- survive this inflation!

[@michele6799]

Happy New Year!!!best of luck in the new year!!! thanking you for sharing🤟👍💚

[@alexbruski1138]

I would not use MDF boards for an external door frame. You will need to make sure that that does not get hit by any direct rain exposure. I think it looks nice, and will probably hold up for a year until you get the second dome finished and redo the door situation.

[@smokingfoxx]

Happy New Year🎉

[@bubbaredneck75]

My resilolution is to stop hurting myself and get the foundation done by mid march. Had a lingual hernia and umbilical hernia blow out then had a bowel blockage and had 48" of bowel removed. Took 2 surgeries and 2 weeks in icu at tmc to fix. BUT i came home on turkey day so didnt miss the good food lol

[@cherylstraub5970]

how did your swells and ditches work for holding the rain? I know you used more a pot hole way then ditches but wondered if it is holding the water away from your collapsed area of your build?

[@chancepatrick6260]

Happy new year’s

[@OWK000]

Povidine iodine is cheap and good for topical use on wounds. Also Yarrow tea for small cuts and wounds and even nails that get clipped to short: yarrow stops blood, takes the pain away and disinfects and speeds healing. Pets seem to like the smell of it and it makes them trust you better. I keep it around for if I cut a finger, I make some tea, soak the finger cut in it and then use a band aid. It's the best! It is pretty drought resistant: you may be able to grow some out where you are with just a tiny bit of water. . . grey maybe. If you have some shade to grow aloe in, also quite drought/heat resistant

[@rosaolbera8768]

Awesome video

[@MaxBernseGA]

Love ya guys!

[@ridingvenus]

I hadn’t noticed the green dream and that involving plants till recently…Ive thought its a bit of a challenge to green land in Grand Canyon area…but dang it will take a while to green down in the Phoenix basin area….

[@davidowen888]

Hay ya'll lookin good ! ☮️❤️