Self-Sufficiency
News and guides on how to be self-sufficient and live off the grid.
Manual counterparts
You decide you are hungry, you get up from the couch, you pause your TV show on the way to the kitchen, you get a can of soup, you use the electric can opener, ...
Going old school batteries
The Achilles’ heel of every off-gridder has got to be the battery bank. It is generally the most expensive part of the system, especially if you are going...
It’s solar, what could possibly go wrong?
When you are doing your own solar system, the key words here are “doing your own”, you will have to be in charge of troubleshooting if things go wro...
Build your tiny home like a boat
It’s a funny thing, I had always thought people who built tiny homes, especially the portable ones did build their homes like a boat, water tight, flexibl...
Soaraway Sun plugs 3D printed homes
Britain’s Sun newspaper is known as narrow minded and bigoted. So it was a surprise to find it extolling the virtues of off-grid, 3D printed homes yester...
How to properly (and safely) dehydrate water for long term storage
For those of us who live off-grid, and others who camp or are just interested in prepping for whatever may come, having a source of clean potable water is high ...
The trash on trash
When we lived in the city and had city services, one of the things that was taken care of with no thought at all was the trash. Two times a week, a big closed d...
Reunion in Rhode Island
Drivin’ on up! Eunice and I went on our very first weekend road trip last week! We went up to visit my Godfather, David who I reconnected with via the pow...
Trail Cameras for Hunters or Animal Lovers
Whether you are an avid hunter or just love watching animals behaving normally in their natural habitat, you will want to read this. A trail camera is a relativ...