Looking for a permaculture homestead near Asheville

[Tiny_jane]

I'm new to permaculture and searching for a homestead near Asheville (in Buncombe or Henderson County). I'm pan-spiritual, and want to work together on growing food like greenhouses, chickens, and more. I'm quiet after 10pm, don't smoke, and open to about 30 hours of work-trade. I'm looking for like-minded, healthy people focused on community and conscious living

 

[kroos90]

That sounds like a great fit for the Asheville area , lots of small farms and intentional communities there share those values. You might find good leads through community boards at co-ops or farmers markets in Buncombe and Henderson County.

 

[Normal_Chem89]

Check out Wild Abundance, they offer hands-on classes in permaculture, tiny house building, and community living. Also, Grow & Harvest provides garden coaching and permaculture design help, pretty good for starting a homestead.

 

[eDJ_]

You may want to look into a semi-underground-passive geo thermal-passive solar greenhouse designed by a guy named Russ Finch. He passed away at 92 years of age in 2024, but during his lifetime he created and perfected a remarkable type of greenhouse.

A person could possibly build a tiny home in one end of it and just live in the greenhouse.

Russ Finch Greenhouse Story

Russ Finch Greenhouse in the Nebraska winter

Russ Finch created a greenhouse design in which the indoor climate is warmed in the winter and cooled in the summer simply by using the Earth's natural temperature eight feet underground. The only energy used to maintain the temperature is a 10-inch blower that circulates air, using a geothermal concept that conserves energy and reduces production costs.

Through his company, Greenhouse in the Snow, Finch sells detailed instructions for building the greenhouses, along with frames and Lexan Polycarbonate glazing in six-foot modules.

To date, he has sold his greenhouses in six states, 90% of which are being used for commercial plant production.

In the Nebraska winter he was able to grow oranges on the orange trees in his greenhouse.
Nebraska is a higher altitude state and temperatures can go below -20 F and have even dropped
below -30 on at least one occasion, such as the February 2021 polar vortex. As the land is flat the
winds can be quite strong too. And Mr Finch was still able to overcome all of that.