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Practical guides and tutorials to off-grid living
Looking for Real Families living off the grid
The success of Alaska Bush people on Discovery TV has pushed off-grid living up the agenda. But its another example of choosing off-grid people because they are...
Cheap portable solar power setup
The chatter about solar power and energy storage over the last few years, might make you come to the wrong conclusion that such systems are neither portable nor...
Get to know your property before you build
OK, you have purchased your land, you are all excited about getting your off-grid homestead going, but before you set your first post, before you lay your first...
Living and building off-grid on the cheap
Going off-grid on the cheap, it’s possible to do, but you should be creative and flexible, the property was the biggest expense, buying a property with &#...
A bridge to Bobbage
Living here going on 8 years and we still have to hike up to the sky castle, the reason is because of a seasonal creek that runs in front of the property near t...
How to build your own water cistern system
What Is A Water Cistern System? Those living in a municipality often take for granted utility services that many rural property dwellers are not privileged to e...
Off-Grid village planned for New South Wales
As Australian power prices rise and alternative-energy technologies progress, a growing number of Ozzies are opting to disconnect. Retired scientist and busines...
Short cycling? Problem solved :)
Short cycling, it makes me think of riding a bike a very small distance, or someone riding a really short bike…. actually it’s when a motor or compr...
Keeping it clean…
Hygiene while living off-grid, especially if you are living rough and/or just starting out, keeping clean can be one of the challenges. When PB and I first move...
Tiny home UK – £2500
A quiet corner of a farm near Birmingham has become a workplace for a busy mum-of-two. Just 20 yards from her house is Paula Fallows’ office, inside what ...
Devon smallholders win right to build home
A young family has won the right to live off the grid on their smallholding after a battle to get planning permission. Dinah and Stig Mason were refused permiss...
New golf cart batteries
Today was the first full day on the new batteries, we had everything hooked up to them, including the new chest freezer to refrigerator conversion, about a mont...