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10 Tips for Successfully Living Off Grid
When visitors come to our home the most asked questions is usually, “How difficult is it to start living off 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 […]
Continue readingWilderness Encounters
For many years we have tried to come up with the definitive answer to the question, “What does living off the grid really mean to us?”Yes, there is the energy savings from using renewable energy sources, wind generators we built ourselves and solar panels. There is the garden of course. And our off grid home […]
Continue readingOff Grid Meaning
Off The Grid MeaningI remember the first time someone asked us ‘ What does Off The Grid mean to you?’ The words did not come easy… the obvious non-connection to the grid always comes to mind, but there was (and is) so much more to it. Then came the question, after a few years when the off […]
Continue readingSanyo HIT vs. Mitsubishi Solar Panels
Ok, so which one is better for living off the grid (or grid tie systems)? We asked this question recently of some friends, solar panel installers, and all of our acquaintances who are using either Sanyo HIT Solar or Mitsubishi Solar Panels. We have to admit to a slight bias here in that we have used the […]
Continue readingOwning Your Own Off Grid Home
Every now and then Jane and I are asked about our daily life living off the grid. We do write more information that is only available to our newsletter subscribers. You are subscribed to the Off Grid Newsletter right? Top Right corner of this page. For those of you who are curious about our daily lives here […]
Continue readingOur Life Depends on the Garden
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 grown […]
Continue readingOff Grid Solar Panels
Off grid solar panels is one of the fastest ways to begin with living off the grid and it’s not really that hard, here is what you need to know.With so many choices out there today we figured the best solution was to build our own. We set out to do just that, to solve […]
Continue readingLiving Off Grid Our Early Years
In 1993 our family decided that we wanted to start living off the grid. It was a major decision in our lives, and the lives of 3 small children, but we knew it was time to give it a try. Back then we knew nothing about our new choices, or how they would affect the […]
Continue readingOur Self Sufficient Garden: More Than Enough For Us
Our Self Sufficient GardenThis past summer has been rather hectic and stressful for Jane and I at our off grid home. It is not a matter of things we created ourselves but reactions from friends and family to our new found confidence with our choice of living off the grid.It might seem strange to you […]
Continue readingHow To Build A Solar Panel for Off Grid Living
When our family first started living off the grid we learned how to build a solar panel in order to make our venture successful. We needed a way to power our home with renewable energy, but every avenue we explored was just so expensive. After building our home we just did not have a lot of […]
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