"Techno-Amish"

I just found this amazing listing for sale on the Pennsylvania/New York State line. I've been thinking about that line...

Cherry Hill Farm

It is downright amazing! Fruit orchards, solar paneling, insulated house, earth-sheltered solar greenhouse, plans for a windmill! Singing Amish neighbors! I would live there in about 2 seconds.

The price is amazingly good too. My father could retire to that place and love it so. I must contact them and see if they mind me posting pictures or links of their material here.

Even still, they have provided the model of homesteading. I wonder if they use solar panel trickle pump water in a slow sand filter...

Only one way to find out!!

Permaculture.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/
http://frugalliving.about.com/ -it's a good exercise
http://4dw.net/peckofsalt/index.html -a good comic ad a nice place to live

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NEWS UPDATE:

The phone number to this site is out of service, so I presume it to be freeware. The place is a lovely Amish efficient farmhouse built recently. Asking price is $113,000. That is considerably cheaper than a conventional house, and they said they pay $2000 taxes and $200 propane annually for their energy costs.