Searching for off grid land to build your log cabin and start your homestead? These are the 3 things your land must have! Make sure you find land with these 3 things or else you will regret it later! Without these 3 things you can’t build your off grid homestead. You won’t be able to build your cabin or live your best off grid life. Homesteaders know, that if you’re going to live off the grid and be self reliant and 100% self sufficient then you should never buy off grid land without these 3 things. What are they?
Water, trees, and rock. To build with! Find land with all 3 of these things in one place and you’ve got a great place to build your off grid dream.
First and foremost you need fresh clean water to drink.
You need trees to cut logs to build your log cabin.
Firewood to keep warm with…
keep warm in the winters and cook your meals on a good wood stove.
Even if you live in the desert you can still build good solid shelters with mud bricks and rock. Desert dwellers don’t have many trees to build with, but they do have some water and clay and rock. If you don’t have rock, you can make do with clay to make bricks for building an adobe type home.
If you’ve got a good source of stone you could actually build a castle!
or stone cottage. You’re going to need rock. It’s important for building. At the very least you need good soil for growing food, but you also need clay and rock to build with if you’re planning on building your own cabin or log home.
There are a million other things you need for proper homesteading, but you can’t have anything unless you have trees, rock and water. You need trees to build with and make repairs and maintain your homestead. You need rock for the same reason. You need water to live. If you don’t have even that building material, you can’t build a shelter and without shelter you’re not going to live very long. Without any of these 3 things you cannot survive on the land for any prolonged amount of time. It’s just not possible.
Build yourself a good workshop and pole barn.
Buy land that has the resources you need to build your off grid cabin and maintain your homestead.
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