One of the most important aspects of living off the grid is our large garden.
Watch the following video about the fall garden and learn to live off the grid.
From the Living Off The Grid Homestead.
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When visitors come to our off grid home the most asked questions is usually, “How difficult is it to start living off the grid?”. For most people we have to assume that they are really asking us, do you think ‘I’ can do this?
With a reasonable amount of energy and determination anyone can achieve these same results. Here is a list of our Top 10 Tips to get you started.
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Finding land for sale off the grid used to be much simpler. Living off the grid was considered by many to be an alternative lifestyle choice that didn’t warrant their approval. But, times have changed…
Now, finding your off grid home has become a goal of many families, and for good reason.
You can find cheaper land, a larger parcel than you could have before, and have space enough to do all of those things you have always dreamed of…
Whether it’s that dream log home, with the little stream meandering through the garden, or a simple home set back from the road for privacy and peace, it is all possible when you embrace off grid living.
Let’s examine the why first…
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Jan 11
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How To Live Off The Grid
Have you been wondering about living off the Grid? We can show you how to live off the grid. Top 10 ways to get started and then how to really experience off grid living to its fullest.
When someone asks us how to live off the grid we have found that most times they are asking for a step by step guide.
To receive the inside scoop make sure you are subscribed to our special newsletter, and we will send you our 100 page guide to Living Off The Grid ,it is filled with tips and advice to help you make the move more smoothly.
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May 12
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Off Grid Solar Kits
Give yourself all of the comforts of home with modular off grid solar kits , a terrific option for living off the grid. Easy to get started, easy to install and completely expandable.
You can get them with a range of 2 to 30 powerful Schott, Kyocera, or Astroenergy 245-watt solar panels and an american made Mni Magnum Power Center.
With the AC output from the inverter you can run a small efficient refrigerator, stereo, computer, lights and a Television set quite easily.
This is a great place to start and will help your family with conscious conservation of energy. If you time your activities for daylight, you’ll be able to use a washing machine or even power tools, with even the smallest of off grid solar power kits.
True Sinewave
Clean sinewave power from the Magnum Energy inverter, or any other choice of inverter is the heart of this system.
An inverter converts the DC (Direct Current) electricity produced by your solar panels into a usable and very efficient form of AC (Alternating Current) electricity that is compatible with sensitive electronics such as TV’s and computers, just like power you have now.
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Apr 12
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Spring in the Homestead Garden
Next week marks 18 years living off the grid for our family.
We are always asked why we made this decision and why we stick to it more tenaciously each and every year.
The answer is not easy to find, nor easy to express but those answers are usually found outdoors in our homestead garden or in the woods that surrounds us.
When I was younger I learned a very important fact that has been with me ever since, ‘never trust a thought arrived at while sitting down’.
It may seem strange but each and every time I have made an important decision about my life, that was made while sitting has been terribly wrong.
Put your body in motion, whether it’s walking or simply gardening then you can be sure your mind is working correctly.
Thus has been our journey to off the grid. We keep ourselves in motion and our ultimate destination is always made clearer.
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One of our favorite things about our vegetable garden is extending the seasons for living off the grid.
We did forget to mention in the video that it is supposed to rain tomorrow. Watch the video to see why that is important.
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Is living off the grid right for me? You might be wondering why anyone would choose such a lifestyle. Are they hermits, loners, anti-social, escaping from something, or just plain stupid to deny all of the benefits of urban life.
The truth is that most people who assume these things about us, have no real or actual basis for making their decision. Or they assert that moving over 300 miles away from your known family and friends was a huge mistake and hurt your children immensely. The truth is that the alternative, of staying where we were would have hurt them even more, a fact that these people never really assess fully.
Off grid living as we have experienced it the past 18 years was really a positive move of moving towards a goal of having resources with which to keep our life, our expenses and ultimately our sanity intact.
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Mar 12
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Basic Off Grid Skills
Sometimes I think it’s not very important to be good at the basic skills for living off the grid. Things like chopping wood, growing a garden or even fishing are all things I sometimes take for granted as they have been part of my life for so long.
But, then usually just as I start to question how important these things are, I wonder ‘what would my life be without them?’
A friend of mine once told me that to be a good writer you have to ‘write about what you know’, and I hasten to add, write about what you love, your real passions.
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Mar 12
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Banking Needs Off The Grid
One of the many questions we are asked here concerning living off the grid, is about banking. Should we try and live without a bank account? Is it possible? What options do we have?
Whether you are off the grid or not you will need some form of banking in most cases. There are just no ways to totally escape from needing some cash, some money, and most forms of payment occur at the bank.
Our assertion is not to try and get out of our responsibilities and shuck the banks. What we have tried to do and try to teach are ways to lessen their control of our lives. Ways in which the average family can keep more of their money in their pockets. Avoiding banks totally is not really the way to do that, here is what you need to do.
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Hi, My name is Valerie Rogers and here is our story of living off the grid.
When we moved from Minnesota to New Mexico almost 11 years ago, we had the intent to seek self-sufficiency.
We heard plenty of folks talk about going solar but never actually doing it.
For the first five years here we were on the grid, all the while reading and learning about solar.
We decided a hybrid system solar/wind was the way to go as you mostly have sun, wind or both.
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Mar 12
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Off Grid Mobile Solutions
One aspect of living off the grid that we get asked about often is our recommendations for mobile options for charging electric devices such as cell phones, laptops and tablets.
We think we have found a really interesting solution, that we have been testing ourselves, for when you are off the grid.
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When we first moved and began living off the grid we had never really even considered ice fishing as a means to provide for our family.
I have to tell you that I simply love fishing. My earliest childhood memories are of sitting on a pier with my dad and casting out my line to catch the plentiful perch from Lake Erie. That was some years ago, but the lessons dad taught me have stuck. He kept everything he caught, and we ate fish on a regular basis in the summer.
I never got the chance to take him ice fishing, pretty sure he would have loved that too. It is a time to connect with family, to soak up the winter wilderness all around us, and if done right, bring home some fish for supper or the freezer.
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