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 [...]
Ever since we started living off the grid we have noticed a very prevalent opinion that goes something like this – ” your home is nice, but how would you ever sell it?” We used to get kind of irritated at the question as being off the grid has given us the option of not [...]
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 [...]
For most of us the old saying, ‘the first step is the hardest’, really does apply to living off the grid. This is a big step for you and your family to consider. We know it certainly was for us. But getting started does not have to be difficult. There are lots of little steps [...]
While living off the grid for the past 17 years we have added a lot of items to our emergency preparedness checklist. Virtually every minute we are prepared, and we have seen a lot of different weather events that leads us to believe that an emergency could be around just about any corner and occur [...]
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