One of the many questions we get in connection with living off the grid is, ‘why grow a garden?’ Doesn’t it make more sense to spend my time in my specialized career and just buy vegetables and fresh produce for my family? Granted, perhaps from an economic point of view this may be true. (strangely [...]

I remember the first time I discussed homesteading self sufficiency and living off the grid with my dad. He looked at me kind of strange and said ‘ there’s no money in farming…’ That was about 1 year before we moved. I was, in essence trying to explain a decision that was already made up [...]

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. This past fall season has been a wonderful time for our family with the seeming extension of the [...]

Hello, The following video is an introduction to living off the grid. You will see a new video every week showing you our life and how to live off the grid. Our aim is to show you that we live what we talk about here. How to live off the grid, watch the video now> [...]

Here at the off grid living homestead we love to use materials that we have on hand and create something lasting and permanent. One of our favorite jobs, one that lets us use our creative side more than you would first imagine is learning how to build a stone wall. The simple process of putting [...]

We were recently asked about living off the grid, and what we really think is important in making the move. In the email specifically we were asked how to get off the grid. It really is hard to know exactly what this fellow asking the question really had in mind. It all started with an [...]

One of the many things we have learned here at the Living Off The Grid Homestead is that we are usually better off than most people when a disaster hits. Whether it is a natural or man-made disaster by providing for yourself in a self sufficient manner you can definitely weather the storms. One of [...]

It may seem strange but one of the things we enjoy most about living off the grid is growing chickens. Strange that the simple act of keep a few birds should be so liberating or make us feel good about our decisions but it does.

After many years of living off the grid we have come to know what is really important in our everyday lives here. As spring turns to summer our focus changes to the garden. Our aim is to eat 3 meals a day with at least something from the garden, if not the entire meal being [...]

Over the past 17 years of living off the grid one constant for us has been our large garden. We have employed a lot of time saving methods and by far the best one is the keeping of chickens. This is a picture of the portable hoop coop that we built that allows the chickens [...]