J O DeVries

Does Your House Know Where South Is? J O DeVries

Jo was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, but has since left the city for life in the back woods. Determined to understand what it means to live simply, Jo began to design and build her own home, where she and her son Jordan enjoyed a pioneer type lifestyle without electricity. As a student of rural life, living on the cooler part of the planet, Jo of the Woods shares some valuable lessons, and raises interesting questions about common house-building practices today.