is a Permaculture homestead in the midst of 365 acres of preserved temperate rainforest in coastal Oregon. Gravity fed water, solar and micro-hydro off grid electricity, eco-forestry, natural building, large garden, and a design for much more. Buildings are built with as local and sustainable materials as possible (and as cheap as possible!), which means roundwood framing from trees cut on-site, cob, strawbale or bale-cob, and milling our own wood onsite. Increasingly, we earn income from commercial Eco-Forestry, thinning dense stands of Red Alder, selling the larger logs, and replanting mixed species of trees. In the next few years we will be building a wood processing shop, with hydro-electric powered mill, lumber drying facility and a shop for making value added wood products. This would transform our finances, making all income land based. We are also working to establish a nearby cooperative biodynamic farm, for growing large scale grain and field crops.

The homestead operates as a center for development and education of modern American rural skills, focusing moreso on newly developing methods rather than traditional. We host workshops, apprenticeships, visits, and field trips.

Please see our website for current apprenticeship opportunities:

www.mountainhomestead.org