Small Farm Life

I spent nearly 5 years as an armchair cabin builder — I had some loose ideas and visited web sites, but I didn’t own the ground.  I read countless stories of other people’s building exploits.  To be honest, even though I’ve read hundreds of stories, I never tire of hearing or reading about someone’s projects.

Here are three projects I am currently following:

Copyright Marc von Roojen

Mark van Roojen’s Timber Frame cabin (LINK UPDATED)

This is a 2 -3 year project of a University of Nebraska – Lincoln professor of metaethics, ethics and political philosophy. The cabin is located in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Wyoming.

A new project and blog (although it’s Topic at the New York Times, so it’s quasi blog, quasi editorial) is Lou Ureneck’s “From the Ground Up”.

Copyright Lou Ureneck

But the best of the best isn’t one project, but the collection of owner built projects housed at John Raabe’s www.countryplans.com. The discussion board, which is the heart of the site,  contains 74,106 Posts in 5,744 Topics by 3,463 Members as of today, and the number grows.

I first began following the discussion on Country Plans in late 1999 or early 2000, and have been flattered that John choise to include the Two Mile Ranch cabin on his front page, along with some very impressive stories and projects.

Related posts:

1. The Cabin at Two Mile Ranch
2. Amazing quote – and gift idea
3. A Cabin Is Not a Shack in the New Rustic Culture – NYTimes.com