And This Little Piggy…

Offline project number 1

This project may or may not be a money making exercise. it certainly has NO future as a passive income type of project in itself, but as a teaching/experience/niche area it has potential.

My partner and I have bought the property to which we will be slipping away to come 2010. It is 700 acres of unspoilt bush with an existing comfortable mud-brick house in place. There are various parts of the existing property that could be rolled into products

• solar energy
• wind energy
• composting toilets
• sea change, tree change

My plan though is to build a straw bale observatory on the property. Straw bale building is becoming better known amongst the eco-aware people out there, and makes sense in the climate to which our property sits.

Here is a site that is doing the whole niche marketing thing, but doing it pretty well. Their free newsletter is worth signing up for if you are interested in learning about straw bale building.

Back to the project plan for the observatory. This is a very very long term project and I will be keeping the blog updated on progress…but do not expect anything for a while