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Off-Grid Living

Thinking of Going Off-Grid?

01.

Step by Step Instructions on Starting an Off-the-Grid Lifestyle

At its core, it’s a self-sustaining lifestyle free from public utilities like electricity, water, and the conventional societal system. Sounds tempting, doesn’t it?

02.

The Ultimate Guide to Off-grid Living: A Step-by-Step Breakdown

Jumping ship to a grid-less life is more than just romancing the wilderness. It’s a calculated journey into autonomy, and it’s vital to know what you’re diving into.

03.

Choose the Right Off-Grid Property to Start your New Life of FREEDOM

Picture this: A cozy cabin tucked away amid rolling hills, with a bubbling stream nearby and endless acres of woods stretching beyond. Sounds idyllic, right?

Why Off-Grid Living?

Here are four reasons why you may choose to live off the grid.

Self-Sufficiency and Independence

Off-grid living allows you the freedom to choose your own path, and your own way to get there.

Economic Reasons

Being off-grid means you are not subjected to those increasing energy costs, the inevitable rationing (that you know is coming), or potential blackouts.

Lifestyle and Philosophical Choices:

Living off the grid often means being in a more remote setting - Feeling the cycle of seasons and being more in-tune with Nature.

Environmental Concerns

Living off the grid challenges you to be more conscious of your resources.
You transition from a consumer to more of a producer.

Stuff you need for your Off-Grid home!

Solar Panel Kits

1200 watt solar panel kits for DIY solar power.

Inverters

3000w solar inverter for your DIY solar system.

Water Collection

A DIY water Collection system for storing water.

Batteries

Lithium off grid batteries to store all your solar power.

Wind Turbines

3000 watt wind turbine for home DIY power system.

Growing Food

Everything you need to know about garden care.

Rocket Mass Heaters and Solar Dehydrator

Things you may not think about for Off-grid living – rocket mass heat, solar dehydrators, natural water filtration, willow tree outhouses, composting toilets.

Rocket Mass Heater

Warm up your off-grid home with low cost, natural heat!

Solar Food Dehydrator

Preserve your harvest without electricity! 3 Models that you can build from scratch.

Building a Cob Style Rocket Mass Heater

A cob style rocket mass heater is "the old reliable". This includes two designs to demonstrate this technique.

Building a Better World in Your Backyard

Composting toilets, a willow tree feeding outhouse, graywater solutions, intense gardening, and more!

Our Top Recommended Off-Grid Living Book

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself.

About the book

#1 — The Best Country and Rural Living Books*
#1 — 15 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners in 2021**

For more than 50 years, this homesteading classic is the essential book of basic skills and country wisdom for living off the land, being prepared, and doing it yourself. Keep your family healthy, safe, and independent–no matter what’s going on in the world.

From homesteaders to urban farmers, and everyone in between, there is a desire for a simpler way of life: a healthier, greener, more self-sustaining, and holistic approach that allows you to survive and thrive—even in uncertain times.

What can I expect to learn?

With its origins in the back-to-the-land movement of the late 1960s, Carla Emery’s landmark book has grown into a comprehensive guide to living a self-sustaining lifestyle. Learn how to live independently in this comprehensive guide, including how to:

* Can, dry, and preserve food
* Plan your garden
* Grow your own food
* Make 20-minute cheese
* Make your own natural skincare products
* Bake bread
* Cook on a wood stove
* Learn beekeeping
* Raise chickens, goats, and pigs
* Create natural skincare products
* Make organic bug spray
* Treat your family with homemade remedies
* Make fruit leather
* Forage for wild food
* Spin wool into yarn
* Mill your own flour
* Tap a maple tree

And more!

What others say?

#1 The Best Country and Rural Living Books list: “This comprehensive resource is the most authoritative guide available to a sustainable lifestyle and living off of the land.”
—Bookscrolling.com

#1 15 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners in 2021: “This book is one of our favorites…many aspects of basic farm life fill the (tremendously) detailed 928 pages. You’ll find gardening tips, how to prepare food, and how to buy land. …If you want to know more about keeping bees, raising rabbits, and taking care of cows, then this is the book to get!
—Outdoor Happens

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