Film Crew Comes to Dachaland

Yes, yes, we love all our sustainable systems, but a lot of us here at the Dacha are also really into the arts. It is our hope to integrate the systems side of things with our love for music/art/writing..etc. Luckily for us, the arts have been coming to us. Recently Lisa Marie Patzer from Philly […]

Septic Surprise

So here at the Dacha we have a septic system. As we were planning to have a number of guests for the weekend we decided to check it out. The person who installed our septic predicted that we would need to pump it out after all this time (about 3 years) but we weren’t so […]

Feeling “Tired” on the Homestead? Come help build an Earthship in Freeville!

Our friends and neighbors, Chad and Courtney, are definitely feeling “tired” as they gear up and pound dirt in salvaged tires that will make up the walls of their Earthship home. A man named Mike Reynolds began developing the Earthship idea in the 1970s. Since then, the idea has been taking off around the world. […]