12/31/2023 0 Comments Pictures cortez journal building![]() ![]() Vegatation in the meadow on the lower part of the property, we are definitely While we plan on having a large organic garden tucked in between the natural People have asked us if we plan on being farmers and the answer is, "No." Most preferable wouldīe some sort of high tech, being able to telecommute. Will allow me to move back home on a permanent basis. I am looking for an alternative career that I am currently still working in San Diego andĬommuting home about every 6 weeks. Her weaving and jewelry making and her business Microclimate of the canyon extends this growing season, but we do notĪs far as plans for employment, Phyllis plans to continue There is an abundance of sunshine (321ĭays per year) and a growing season of about 125 days. The canyon we are in makes it warmer in both winter and summer than Property is and a map of where things are on the land, so check backĬlimate in the area is a relatively mild four season climate and We will be putting up additional information like a map of where the Sitting just above the well head, and uphill. Mesa Verde National Park where there are many cliff dwellings left by ancient native American people.Īcross the meadow and up Gifford's Knoll. sent me the current cleaned up HTML version. Not have the time to do the HTML work on it, when after about 6 months on my It was scanned in from the original ordinance,Ĭonverted by OmniPage Pro OCR software and then I had to spend about an hourįixing up what the OCR did not do right. I am still working in high techĪnd am currently commuting to San Diego for work.Ĭortez, Colorado Strawbale Ordinance. As of July,Ģ003, we have been living here for 4 years. Is a new website that is devoted to all aspects of sustainable architectureĪt this time, one straw building (workshop) has been completed. Home building, please visit the Green Home Building Web Site. Link to "Surfin' Strawbale" which is one of the most comprehensiveĬollections of strawbale info and links available.Īlso, if you would like to see strawbale as well as other methods of "green" ![]() If you want to delve further into strawbale construction, take the Pictures of several bale houses, completed as well in construction. Pictures and explanations and links to many other sites to tell you If you are not strawbale literate, here is a link to a site that has Literate,both the shop and the house will be post and beam. Having someone build it for us, but I am designing and building it myself! AlsoĪ strawbale shop, carport and brewery building. If youĭo not already know, we are planning on building a straw bale house. Permits and the only inspections necessary are electrical and septic. The property is in Montezuma County and as such is not subject to any building (municipal piped water) at the road, and has 6 shares of irrigation This property is blessed with a permitted well, a water tap Water in this area is very important since it is a high desertĬlimate. The house site would be between the dirt road and the edge Northern boundary is a dirt road which goes up the hill (down the The dotted dark blue lines coming up from Country Road G at the Picture) just to the green strip (these are trees) and West to theĮxtent of the green strip and to the East all the way to the property It extends South (North is to the top of the Property is bordered on the top of the hill and the west by the Ute Mountain The balance of the property in juniper and pinyon forest, going up a hill. There is about 1.25 acres of gently sloping meadow near the road with "Four Corners" inatersection of the states of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico andĬolorado. ![]() Cortez is about 44 miles Northeast from the The previous January, we had purchased a 12圆0 mobile home and had it In May of 1999, we sold our house in La Jolla and moved toĬortez. In mid-September 1997 we purchased a 16-acre parcel of land just outside ofĬortez, Colorado. Good enough to let you know what we will be seeing out our front Sorry the quality is not stellar, but it is pretty darn Is to the North, and the picture on the right, to the East. Individual thumbnails to see larger versions. Placed on the land (just to whet your appetite). Here is a panorama of the view from where we think our house will be Photos of Phyllis and Dion on the land.Some pictures of the strawbale workshop building. ![]()
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