Mother Earth News’ 2012 Homesteaders of The Year

HOME SWEET HOMESTEAD New on the blog: Meet Mother Earth News' inspiring 2012 Homesteaders of the Year, including Jim Strickland and Laurie Freeman, who called on 126 friends and neighbors to help raise their hand-built timber-frame residence in Meco, New York (pictured above). Thanks to solar energy, Strickland and Freeman paid their last utility bill in 2000. Click through to read the full post and glean ideas for your own home base.