Home & Garden...

I thought it might be cool today to reach out to some other folks who have built green. It's so much better when you can hear first hand about the experience of building. You get a personal view at all the pros and cons, plus you get to develop some ideas of your own.

That said, if you're interested in building a green home, the following reads will come in handy.

Jessie over at Green.mnp hasn't actually built a house yet - but is at the start of the process, The land has been bought, pictures are up, and the planning has started for Jessie's straw bale home. If you start following along now, it should be entertaining and educational, from start to finish.

Ron Gompertz and his his wife started Bozeman House after purchasing a turn of the century house in the historic district of Bozeman, Montana. Their site covers tons of great green building and renovation issues. At the site you can connect with green builders and suppliers, learn about the cost aspects and financial incentives for sustainable building, follow the renovation progress of Gompertz’s home, and learn lots more. This is a treasure hunt of a green building site.

PassiveSolarGreenhouse.com is unique in that they're talking about green, greenhouses. If you're considering building a greenhouse that's actually "green" i.e. earth friendly, you won't want to miss this site. Project details are included.

A Low Impact Woodland Home is a home you have to see to believe - built by one family, with help from family and friends, this home is a partial underground, green roof, sustainable, fairy-tale like delight. This home was built mere pennies and I promise you'll be amazed when you see it. It's one of my favorite green homes out there.

Lastly today is the house I built. I did some past posts on this house, because I have mixed feelings - like many home builders.

10 Reasons Why Building Your Own House Rocks

10 Reasons Why Building Your Own House Sucks

We'll continue to look at other personal accounts of green home builders as this blog develops, so stay tuned.