Off Grid Homes Rock (Here Are 3 Benefits and 4 things you should consider) “To find yourself, think for yourself..”Socrates An off grid home can help you answer these questions; Are you tired of the everyday fast-paced life that you have found yourself in? Do you miss your joyful moments of serene, peaceful life that […]
Continue readingWhen 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 readingFor 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 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 readingWe 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 readingFor 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 […]
Continue readingOver 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 to […]
Continue readingIf you want a simple system for meeting your energy needs when you begin living off the grid then building solar panels is probably your best answer. We learned how to build solar panels over 16 years ago and have seen many designs and plans. Some good some not so good. What does 16 years of experience […]
Continue readingWhen visitors come to our home the most asked questions is usually, “How difficult is it to start living off the 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. […]
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