Why Urban Homesteading Is Part Of The Urban Future + 10 Tips To Get Started
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”Chinese Proverb Urban homesteading means different things to different people. It might focus on several unique issues: services by local, state, and federal agencies in the United States which try to assist folks back into urban houses, squatting, […]
Continue readingOff Grid Real Estate
There’s something incredibly romantic and idyllic about off grid real estate. Finding the perfect off grid homes for sale, however, is a completely different business. The decision has to be 100 percent pragmatic and based on rationality. Whether you’d like to buy land, an off grid shelter or something a bit more luxurious, you’ll need to […]
Continue readingLiving Off the Grid Does Not Have To Mean Moving To a Remote Location
Summary: Living off the grid Living off the grid doesn’t have to mean moving to some remote location. You’ve probably heard people talking about it and wondered exactly what that meant. There are a lot of people who want to change their lifestyle and live off the grid these days. It is a chance to live […]
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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 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 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 readingGetting Started Off The Grid
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 you can take […]
Continue readingGardening in November?
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 was […]
Continue readingHow To Get Off The Grid
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 […]
Continue readingHomestead Garden
For many years we were under the impression that gardening was something that you did only in the summer, but living off the grid has taught us that is not the case. The fall garden is now our favorite and this year is no different.The sun of fall is still strong enough to mature broccoli, cabbage […]
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