SILVER SEED FARMS

We had the amazing support of family and friends, which really helped our transition a lot. We began building our straw house in late October, a beautiful time to build in Missouri... We now have a straw bale cottage and more conveniences (like solar-powered refrigerator, computer, and lights), but have continued to hold on to some of the "old" ways, too. Post-tent-living and decades later, we still use the humanure method with local sawdust. We like the humanure method, because composting makes sense to us. Composting what is normally considered waste into a precious resource (nutrient-rich compost) completes the food/nutrient cycle. Also, we don't want to use good drinking water (a precious resource) to flush a resource-turned-waste down the toilet! We cook our food with wood fires or propane - indoors using a "normal" propane range/oven and the wood stove, and outdoors during warmer months on a camp stove, over a campfire, and using our cob oven. Our home is a cozy but roomy 1300..

Also known as: Silver Seed Farms, LLC