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Spring in the Homestead Garden

Published on April 30, 2012 By les1

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 [...]

Is Living Off The Grid Right For Me ?

Published on April 9, 2012 By les1

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 [...]

Basic Off Grid Skills

Published on March 22, 2012 By les1

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 [...]

Banking Needs Off The Grid

Published on March 8, 2012 By offthegrid

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 [...]

The Day the Electric Meter Went Away

Published on March 8, 2012 By valerie

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 [...]

Off Grid Mobile Solutions

Published on March 3, 2012 By les1

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.

Living Off The Land Ice Fishing Basics

Published on January 31, 2012 By les1

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 [...]

Your Garden – Does Your Life Depend on It?

Published on July 19, 2011 By les1

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 [...]

Entering the Spring Garden

Published on June 15, 2011 By les1

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 [...]

Living Off The Grid – A Home not an Investment

Published on June 15, 2011 By les1

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 [...]