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Missing my dad on Father’s Day
CommunitiesJun 18, 2017

Missing my dad on Father’s Day

Today is Father’s Day, a bittersweet day for me. My Dad was instrumental in my interest in living off-grid, as well as actually getting to live off-grid. ...

Modern vs retro tiny home
CommunitiesJun 6, 2017

Modern vs retro tiny home

From ultra modern to a retro 50s look, you can have just about any look and style you wish in a tiny house. My first thought when I looked at this tiny house is...

What is? What if?
CommunitiesMay 27, 2017

What is? What if?

I watched a man die at one of the stores where I work doing merchandising. He just fell over and died right there about 15 feet away from me. I didn’t go ...

What are your super skills?
CommunitiesMay 20, 2017

What are your super skills?

How do you get what you need and want if you have little or no money to buy? I assume you have some sort of skills, something you know how to do and can do it p...

Truck garden
CommunitiesMay 13, 2017

Truck garden

Growing up I had heard of truck farms, usually small family farms, when the produce is ready, the farmer takes the produce to a farmer’s market in a truck...

Bug season!
CommunitiesApr 30, 2017

Bug season!

Duck season! Wabbit season! Does that bring back memories of the old Bugs Bunny and Daffy (along with Elmer Fudd)? I grew up watching that, now I am adding my o...

Another brick in the wall
CommunitiesApr 29, 2017

Another brick in the wall

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on the SkyCastle. This is going on our 9th summer out here, we started out with raw land, just under 6...

Build your tiny home like a boat
CommunitiesApr 24, 2017

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...

Frugal noodle
CommunitiesApr 21, 2017

Frugal noodle

Let’s use our frugal noodle to come up with some frugal ideas. For me personally, I’ve grown up frugally, I didn’t know or even understand it ...

Planting by the moon, hype or help?
CommunitiesApr 20, 2017

Planting by the moon, hype or help?

I was born in 1965 so I grew up less than one generation removed from those in my family who really farmed and those who went through the Great Depression. We s...

Is it healthier to live off-grid?
CommunitiesApr 12, 2017

Is it healthier to live off-grid?

Are there health benefits to living off-grid? I’d say yes, for me there definitely are. First, I find living in a more simple manner is much less stressfu...

Bonita domes
CommunitiesApr 6, 2017

Bonita domes

I think I have always been attracted to unconventional homes (I live in a small castle after all…), when perusing my YouTube page with all the suggestions...