/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I like all of this discussion! I'm learning a lot about the different thoughts behind being self-reliant, this is pretty dang cool.

I want to contribute what I have been reading about.

I found a few torrents on Demonoid- books written by Mike Oehler
his site: http://www.undergroundhousing.com/

His idea is that if you partially sink a house into the earth, you can get better insulation and protection for less money.
Essentially, you place a plastic barrier between your wooden posts and shoring. The plastic described in the book (polyethylene?) only degrades in sunlight.

He also wrote a more complex book about a similar style of greenhouse that I'm interested in.