Self-Sufficiency

…and truck update. A few weeks ago, I had a chance encounter with an elk, an animal of much height, girth and weight. After looking up the average weight ...

Each time I see a new tiny home, I think it’s the coolest one I’ve seen yet, and this is no exception, pro-snowboarder, Mike Basich, shows us his ve...

Last Sunday afternoon, I decided I would do some work in town to get ahead of my work week, it wasn’t a lot of work, but doing it early meant I would be a...

There are many off the grid tutorial videos about nearly anything having to do with off-grid life, there are a precious few about the people themselves, the why...

hi my is adam i am 26 yo i love to cook and hunt i am looking to join or create a off-grid community i have been researching and planing this since i was about ...

There are a few needs, requirements for life, food, water, shelter, once those basic requirements are met, after that come the things that make life pleasant. W...

When I first saw this, I wondered how interesting this might be, then I watched the video, I’m blown away, so is PB, he was even impressed, and that&#8217...

Squeezing those photons, that’s what I call it when we don’t have much power. Our solar system is small, and most of the time, it holds us pretty we...

There is a big movement, well maybe it’s a “small” movement :) using sheds for cabins or even your full on home, it’s a good way to have...

One of the things I enjoy about the area where we live is we get all kinds of weather, even some extremes, but none of it lasts very long, our winters are mild ...

Vince took a page from LaMar Alexander’s book and videos and built his own semi-small house, by most standards this is a small home,  measuring in at: 640...

The last couple of winters have been very hard for those of us living in the USA, the so called “polar vortexes” have come down from above, of cours...