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Off Grid Homes Rock (Here Are 7 Reason Why)

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 […]

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 […]

Wilderness 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 […]

Off 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 […]

How 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 […]

Homestead 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 […]

Entering The Spring Garden

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 to […]

Build Solar Panels for Off Grid Living

If 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 […]

10 Tips for Successfully Living Off The Grid

When 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. […]