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Now I feel like I've really met you --- thank you for being verbose! (Doesn't help, though, that your last name starts with a W just like my college friend's last name!
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You will be awed by the butterflies, I promise you!!!
h1 Bob's Off-Grid Project in NV
Here is a brief introduction to my off-grid project planned for 2010...
I have some land in Lander County, NV, which is in north-central Nevada. This is in the Shoshonee Range (mountains) and is the only house on the visible horizon. There will be a couple other houses up the street in the coming years in several areas that are collectively known as Sage Valley. This is an attempt at a solar community.
My land is in the middle of nowhere, and I intend to build a small stick-frame house starting in perhaps April or May of this year. I will probably have someone do most of the foundation and roof for me, but I will try to build the walls, interior finish, and exterior finish. The house is a very simple 20' x 30' (exterior) from CountryPlans.com. I might shrink it two feet before I start to build. I had planned on having somebody build a house and garage for me, but if I did that I would need to get a job as soon as I moved in, and I want to avoid that.
I am not sure if I can post pictures, but if I can, I will.
Yup, this is your user page! It looks like you put your bio in the comment, but no problem! I'm thrilled you figured it out --- now I should be able to remember who you are.
As you can probably guess, I highly approve of living in the middle of nowhere and going cheaper so that you don't have to get a job. I'll be curious to hear how your project goes!
I bought some plans for a small cottage, and they are designed to be easy to modify and build. Here is an example of somebody who built this design: http://www.countryplans.com/cody.html
They modified the walls to be "panelized" so that it is easier for two people to erect the wall. I might do the same thing. I will modify the window size and placement, and I might eventually put stucco on the outside. One of the pictures on that link suggests that they did not add any support between the header and the top plate. The source that I have seen say to put either cripple studs up there or build the header up to the top plate.
I am not sure how I would attach the bottom of the panel to the sill plate. I want it to be secure so that it can withstand an earthquake. I'll ask the building department when I go for the review. I should also get the IBC book.
Aw, you named a dog after me.
(I know you didn't, but just let me pretend so I feel special, okay?)
I'm thrilled you made a page! I was hoping you would. Third person really isn't mandatory, though. Not sure where that started.
Probably in the pages I made up for other people because they were just too slow to make their own! 
I tried without any luck to post this in the clover thread.
You might want to try red clover for a cover crop. I did fall before last with these results. The clover came up small in the fall, then grew large in early spring, which I then tilled under as green manure. last summer, not a sign of it, but this fall and winter it came back and now is much larger than it was the first fall (when it got planted late). So it is not a weed during growing season but seeds itself for another year.