Thank you all for the love and encouragement! Here are some requested resources: If you would like to check out the full song (used in this video) we composed and recorded together, you can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5h1oMijl6ylgmg.html As well as a backstory and message of inspiration behind the song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7GUdZpo2621hnk.html For more music from the project, you can go here: kzfaq.info/love/0UH7KBpLZB5Fl1V9g7k0JQ Or search "Jeremy Strand" on most music platforms. Also, a 5-minute mini-documentary, introducing a similar project we are doing at our home in the suburbs of Denver on a 1/4 acre: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nq-qicSf1MmRnH0.html

I've been feeling the Lord moving me in this same direction.

God has been moving me for years to do a very similar plan in the high desert of southern Oregon with an earthship home. So encouraging to see other who has similar plans in their hearts. It’s amazing how he plants seeds in us and we plant our own seeds both literally and spiritually. He works in such amazing ways and we can form a deeper relationship with Him through working closer with His creation. We will be needed in the tribulation to come. ❤️ 🙏

This lady is awesome. Fantastic video

Beautiful couple; extraordinary project; amazing provision from Yah! All glory to Yah! We love you guys!

The bench must be one of the best uses of energy ever. Such an incredible cool idea!

She moved my soul with her words. Thank you for the video ☺️!

This is excellent in every way. Christians should be spearheading holistic land use by understanding God's creation and our dominion over it and this wonderful family is a fantastic example of that. Bless them!

This was a great exploration, not only for sharing the technical details of the homestead, but the heart of Kathy and her observations about making this type of system work on a human, community, and spiritual level. Thank you for sharing, your contribution means a lot to me as I'm exploring what a project like this truly entails.

Wow, impressive. This lady is very calculated. Structure + Work = Productivity

We have been using an Endomycorrhizal Inoculant on all of our seeds to innoculate the soil and have recently begun using UnSulfered Molasses as a fertilizer in our driplines (one cup per gallon max, but the plants will react to much smaller amounts. The concept is to innoculate and feed the soil rather than feeding the plants, and it really works well for us.

I've been through Cortez and Mesa Verde, and that is a very harsh climate. Beautiful and impressive transformation!

Extraordinary place. Thank you for this excellent mini documentary.

Kathy, It is a blessing to see what God is doing through you. What an inspiration. Very humbling, also. Much Love...

So lovely Blessings!

Most amazing info. Your loving guidance will save the earth and save my soul. You are energy, you are light, you are consciousness. 🌅 🌎 🌙.

The world is the teacher. Everything is here. We don't have to go to Mars or Jupiter to find a better planet to settle. It's right here and we see some are learning how to appreciate the Earth, the life and the sustenance being provided, once we stop and learn. You are doing good in this world Madam. Keep up the good work.

Beautiful vid and wonderful to see the Lord providing abundance for all of us when we seek Him first. God bless you guys! PS- you probably already know this, but free woodchips are a food forest’s best friend.

I very much enjoyed watching this. This lady has an extraordinary life. God has blessed her because she follows his word. It's an inspiration to see this I hope the other people watching understand that.

I attended the permaculture convergence there several years ago. What wonderful people, and a beautiful property. It was nice to see all your progress, and the fruit of your labor, may God continue to bless what your doing there!

i love the design in her space, its great to see an interior designer take a project like this. I am in love with the exposed shipping containers as walls, so cool and full of character

So, living and thriving, gardening, and farming is definitely possible in the high desert. Great to see this.

I'm glad the cat has her own section in the video.

This was amazing. I especially love how she spoke about community and how this can't be done alone.

Beautiful,beautifulvideo...thankyou!

We need to build a bench stove, I've been looking at rocket stoves for a while, we are at the beginning of a permaculture project it's so good that so many are starting to do this now, there is hope, thanks for sharing :)

What wonderful blessings and projects. We have been building our small permaculture farm since 2013 in the Midwest zone 5. I too went to school for interior design. My sons are not builders, but my husband is really good even though it is not his day job. We hope our farm is a help and inspiration in the times ahead. Thank you for sharing your beautiful farm. Blessings and shalom

amazing ingenuity. God has really given you wisdom! I love the concept of your heating via the unique wood stove.... it reminds me somewhat of the Roman hypocaust. In this respect, the Romans were way ahead of all other civilizations and only in the late 20th Century did we start to catch up!

Third president said "in the garden I grow." Nice video. Tx.

I've been here for more than 20 years and I love this kind of stuff and I've been a Jeff fan forever is working Australia and in Africa has been great

beautiful story, lovely people, well done guys!

Awesome song to close out the video Evan.

We are here... with you

"A gift from Jah." I liked that. Good luck in your project.

Absolutely fantastic video. I want and need this so much

Beautiful !

God Bless you and yours.🙏

Nice job! I am trying something similar in the north west corner of Kansas. I am quite excited to see how things work out. I have so much to learn I should come see you :-)

Inspirational.

Preach it sister! This is the way.

I was searching from Permaculture videos and "happened" upon your video this morning.... and I just "happen" to be in Durango for the winter. That's God's providence and I'm going to find out how to visit this oasis this winter ❤️ God bless you for sharing this video!! 🙏 What a wise and beautiful woman this lady is!!

Praise Yehova!

i love seeing land get reclaimed using nature

Magnificent. I hope I can do something like this at my house.

I'm here in Durango

This type of living has been and will always be all around the world. Christian or not. It's only when others want to destroy this way and follow another path that leads to being a slave to others agendas. This is what is called the free man's way that has learned! This is the way in to true freedom of choices and health.

With a rabbit farm and doves nest you can eat meat every day. I don't know it they can keep cattle but one cow produce enough milk for two grownups and two kids, a day.

I need these people as friends

We must see God in everything.

CONGRATULATIONS Evan, 100k views

A hell of a change from Allegheny county PA.....

The "bench stove" reminds me of a Russian wood stove. On which you could sleep but also bake your bread and much more. But that said, your stove is awesome! 😀👍

I used this swale concept and called it a meandering stream concept in my fictional novel, Michael's Eyes.

I know enough to keep the soil alive and work on desert soils

Is this far still open? We have felt similarly- that homesteading/gardening/ranching/farming needs to be done in community for it to be sustainable long term. We also live in a desert climate. I would like to talk to Kathy if she is up for it.

Great video! So happy that you made this, thank you! I‘m very interested in the background: how much did the land cost, how much the house, how did she afford all of that- did she work full-/parttime while build everything up? how did she make the shift from her ‚previous‘ life ‚before‘ she moved there

Where you at in Durango I would like to come out and see

Just wow, this is what I wanna do....like this anyway your video, seeing this here...filled the missing pieces in my brain as far as my plan goes

My aunt pat loved interior design too.

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain

I would like to visit and utilize one of the vacation rentals, but I cannot find you anywhere. Is there a link that I am missing?

Two little considerations I recently learned. The two basic ecosystems first need to consider the microbiology. There is the fungi ecosystem, which is basically the forest, woody plants and the mushrooms in the wood chips is a reminder of the relationship that "happened". The other is the bacterial ecosystem that is more of the grassy and herbaceous types of plants. The point is that the two types are not the same base microbiological organisms doing the decomposition. So they produce different type of products that change the soil differently.

This woman has such a pure, connected heart with God. The fact that she was talking about what's coming, and her mission to teach and build a community centered around spirit, and a butterfly circled her to affirm what she said.... amazing. 🙏

Jesus bless yall!

Do they have a website? I tried to find their IG or any other page?? Thank you

Geoff Lawton👍

How can we learn more about this particular project/community? Do they have a KZfaq of their own?

Dear wonderful couple, You are doing great work by turning the desert into a beautiful place with plenty of plants and flowers. My question is HOW DO YOU GET WATER in the desert? Efraim

How can we learn this and where would I find the airbnb available?

For the rocket heating stove, I wouldn't be using construction timber. From the video it seems like treated timber which will be emitting toxic fumes into your house when burning.

water from swales might create a spring in high rainfall zones - water travels downwards if the sub soil rock is fractured - it is only clay that will make it go side ways - chance of a spring occurring is possible but extremely unlikely - wet spots can occur - SO Chance of you having a flowing spring = almost zero

I'm on a mission to find the airbnb to visit with my family. I would love to experience this place first hand. Any information on how to find the Airbnb listing?

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” -Jesus

I found this: "The Carolina Permaculture Farm" while searching for the Permaculture Farm and was wondering if it is close to your place?

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Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food.” Genesis1:29-31

I would love to contact Kathy and I would love to come help for a week to learn. How can we contact her. I love all the good information.

No one has ever said it better than P.A.Yeomans, the best way to store water is in the earth.

Amen. Good video. Where is that desert place, in Southern California?

How could i find them? you said they have a airbnb, could you give me that link so I can find her airbnb? thank you

Kindness is the basis of compassion. So many different religions out there, but the same base essential teaching. The World, Humanity, and all living things are interdependent (ecological relationships), but there is the deeper understanding of it's all us together. We can't survive without the Earth and all the living things here are intertwined. So it's all God if you will. And the one base rule is: Don't kill.

How do we get in contact with the project?

I started van life to be able to study the life of homesteading which I believe is the direction the Lord is taking me. How can I get in contact with them to one volunteer?

~12:30 you need to get the rocket stove to fully combust the wood gases before passing through any heat sink or you will have creasote buildup that can lead to a pipe fire. you do this by allowing additional air in after the combustion chamber. the addition of oxygen and the high heat of the rocket action causes the secondary combustion

Live free to honor Heavenly Father like the good book say

Don’t forget the lords year of rest for the land to give back to the earth and for your bodies to recover ❤️

She referred to growing trees in a (Spring Bed) for a couple of years before planting them out. Can someone help me understand what a spring bed is?

thank you kathy and family for all your hard and caring creative work! earth is so happy you all are here! great caretakers of the land, animals, plants trees, and recycled bldg materials! grt short docum film, smart and healthy ideas, exclt. example of what loving good people with open minds can create in any type of environment! what a terrific place you made! a happy community, much love to you all. in WA. state

I've always wanted to be a farmer, but all I manage to farm is my front yard and some cats lol. Technically I live in a desert, but it's a low urban desert with way too many people. When I moved in here, they didn't even have grass growing. It was just dirt and a few trees. Every dirt area is now filled with grass, roses, cacti and other plants because of us. I have onions in a pot that I never pick. I just let them go to seed every year because the bees love them. Sometimes I cut the green part and use those. Since I use the compost/steer manure they sell at Home Depot in my pots as their soil, the runoff has fertilized the dirt around them and allowed grass to grow. I tried to have chickens during the pandemic, but my neighbors complained and the city made me get rid of them. But while I did have them, I put them in a cage in the front yard and moved them when they ate all the grass. You could literally see the rectangular patch where the chickens used to be was so much greener and bigger than the area right next to it the following year. It was like grass on steroids just because of chickens! I want to do what you are doing, but it is too much work for just my family to do it by themselves. I would need a community of people like you were saying. Who knows, maybe in a few years I can come visit your community and see if it's a good fit for me. I can't wait to see what the future brings.

Is that treated wood? I was always worried about using the wood from our building projects.

Maybe the Suspicious0bservers community would be interested in this. Could you Contact Ben Davidson?

Thank you for what you are doing. My wife Barb and i are trying to do something similar west of you at yellow jacket. We have a rammed earth home solar off grid power, water collection system. Could we come visit you sometime possibly spring time. Thanks and may God continue to bless you with abundance. John and Barb Nolan.

What is a “spring bed”?

im curious if a spring has sprouted, yet...

Watching this turns off all the noise and anger out there. No Call of Duty videos, no war shorts, no businesses selling you shiny stuff that you don't want, no Monday Night Football, no picketers lining up to defend some regressive ideology.

What is a ‘spring bed for trees”?

The community is the key, but it doesn't come from outside of people. What people believe is "god" is the essence of life that is within us all. We are all part of the whole there is nothing above that nor nothing below that. Earth is one living system.

Hello sister. What a beautiful setup you have created there. Keep doing what you are doing, I would like to bring your attention back for a moment to the picture frame you have hanging on the wall, quoting the whole passage. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5,6. God will send you the right people to join you , that will work as a team during a crisis. When God puts together a team its always the right one. This is already happening around the globe. Thanks for sharing your project with us, a rich blessing upon you , your family and those that come to the property. Greetings from Australia God bless .

Who did they learn from?? Geoff or Jeff??

Bro you're next door to me