no bills to pay in over a decade....

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Misty Murph'Ariens, 36, and her husband Bryce 46, met as chefs in Hamilton, Ontario and loved visiting his grandmother's rural cottage. In 2009, they bought a piece of farmland for $37,500 and spent $10,000 building a house out of clay, sand, and straw. They get food from their animals and garden, electricity from solar panels, and water from a well. They earn some money from a small local catering business but get around by cycling, walking, or on horseback because they have no car. Misty homeschools their five- and seven-year-old daughters.