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Off-grid how-to & stories
Practical guides, gear, and real off-grid stories — fresh from the homestead.
Off Grid Living
Worst Places to Move Off-Grid
Want to live off the grid? While the dream of a self-sustained lifestyle is appealing to millions of folks all over the...
DRAFTS
The war against greed, This is how we win
Going off grid isn’t just about cabins, solar panels, or gardens.
Apocalypse
10 Reasons You Will "Most Likely" Die During The Zombie Apocalypse
10 Reasons You Will Most Likely Die During The Zombie Apocalypse. There's a high probability of chance that you will die...
Homesteading
Red Tape vs. The Right to Live Free Off Grid
Expanding on a comment I made about well and septic and how it's overregulated and puts too much financial and time dela...
Homesteading
Off grid does NOT mean living like a caveman
Off grid does NOT mean living like a caveman. It doesn’t mean “roughing it,” and it damn sure doesn’t mean giving up tec...
Homesteading
Crazy Idea: Turning a Barge Into the Ultimate Off-Grid Floating Homestead
I grew up on the river, and so I think differently than most folks about living off grid. For a long time (15+ years) I'...
Homesteading
SURVIVAL TIP #1: Never buy premade survival kits Bug Out Bags*
REAL-WORLD SURVIVAL TIP #1: Never buy premade survival kits or Bug Out Bags*
99% of them are junk. They're made by pe...
Homesteading
How Much Land Does Is REALLY Take To Feed A Family Of 4?
How much land do you really need to feed a family of four?
Not hypothetically, not in some idealized permaculture fan...
Homesteading
6 Stupidest Off-Grid Living Myths Busted
6 Stupidest Off-Grid Living Myths Busted:
What You Really Need to Know Let’s cut through the noise.
There’s a lo...
Homesteading
NO! You don't need to live like a caveman to live off grid.
NO! You don't need to live like a caveman to live off grid.Don't listen to the purist trolls. They are conflating and co...
Homesteading
The Best Long Term Off Grid Living & Survival Fuel
Propane is the best long-term fuel to stockpile
Homesteading
WANT TO GO OFF GRID? Change Your Mindset: Shift Your Perspective And Focus On What Matters - Everything Else Is Just Noise
People are so used to the current system the way it is, they don't know how to think outside of it. They're trapped insi...