It seems like yesterday that we moved into our new home. It has been five years now and little did I know that the next five years would be just as busy and rewarding. We have accomplished a lot in that time. In fact, more than I could have ever imagined; we built a passive house, a root cellar, started growing our own produce, built a 4 season passive solar greenhouse, added a chicken coop, and have expanded our growing space to include some perennial food systems with our food forest. This is the bulk of what we have started/completed but this list really only scratches the surface of the amount of knowledge we have accumulated in this time. To be honest, there's enough information to write a stack of books. When we set out on this journey we had a vision. We were driven by many things including cost of living, energy insecurity and food security. We also wanted to be stewards of land and animals including livestock and wild life. We wanted to build soil and grow produce.
This is a blog about building a more sustainable lifestyle in Newfoundland. We built the Flatrock Passive House in Flatrock, Newfoundland. As it stands, this is first performance house built to the PHIUS standard in Newfoundland. Construction is complete but the project is still moving forward. We are currently exploring and devising options that deal with food security. We recently completed a vegetable garden and root cellar and are currently working on a winter greenhouse!