How Living Off The Grid is Affected by the U.S Debt Ceiling
One of the many things we have learned here at the Living Off The Grid Homestead is that we are usually better off than most people when a disaster hits. Whether it is a natural or man-made disaster by providing for yourself in a self sufficient manner you can definitely weather the storms. One of my favorite […]
Continue readingLiving Off The Grid Magazine
It is finally here, after months of preparation we want to introduce the new living off the grid magazine. For quite a few years we have had it in our minds to take the website concept and make it into a magazine format. We are not quite ready to unveil the ‘off the grid magazine’ just yet. […]
Continue readingDebt Free Living
I remember that moment with my son like it happened just yesterday, even though 10 years has passed. He got home from school on what was a great looking early spring day, and looked rather upset. He definitely didn’t want to talk about it. It took a couple hours but, finally at the dinner table it came […]
Continue readingA Home Not an Investment
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 looking […]
Continue reading16 Years of being Off The Grid
For the past 16 years our family has been living off the grid with only solar and wind power to run our home. Back in 1994 we began a search to find alternative energy options that we could afford. We had to because we had no other options. It was really a matter of time […]
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