Desert Homesteading with Bryce

Join me on my homesteading journey where we embrace permaculture principles in the Chihuahuan desert. I moved here in 2024, and this is my first time living in the desert. I have a lot to learn. 

My first instinct was actually to wait and listen to the land. A quick walk down to the creek gave evidence of a recent big flood. There was flood debris - sticks, fence posts, tree trunks - all caught in the brush, many feet above the creek's bank. The floods present both a blessing and a curse - there is silt and water in this property but there is also the potential of destructive flash floods.

I'll be building alternatively. That's actually one of the reasons I moved here. In Brewster County (Texas), you can live and build whatever you want as long as it's outside the city of Alpine. I have always been intrigued by log cabins, cordwood houses, stone buildings, and other creative ways to construct dwellings with the resources around you.