A clothesline is the cheapest and quickest thing to do to be able to dry clothing when you are living off grid. Having a clothesline is great even if you live in a traditional on the grid home! Either way, setting up a clothesline is easy and inexpensive and everyone should have one. Here's how to do it yourself...
Read MoreThere’s nothing like the feeling of having the absolute right things on your body when you set out to do some work or chores. And it’s terrible when you are wearing the wrong thing. Over the past 2 years of living off grid, we have slowly figured out the best clothing, shoes, and accessories to fit each situation, whether it’s the heat of summer or the dead of winter. Here are the things we swear by!
Read MoreWhen we first moved onto our land, we had absolutely no systems in place. We set up our first bathroom the day we moved here. I had already built the composting toilet, thank goodness! But a composting toilet was our only option for a toilet for the foreseeable future. Here’s how we made our new and improved composting toilet.
Read MoreAfter 2+ years of living on our land, our off grid bathroom is FINALLY complete! But boy what a journey our bathrooms have been over the past two years. It all started when our tarp shower shredded in the windy season. Here’s how we made it from start to finish.
Read MoreIf you have considered going off grid, you are probably wondering what the heck it would take. And I’m here to tell you that that is a very valid question/concern. If we had to do it all over again, this is what we wish we would’ve known…
Read MoreIf you're embarking on an off-grid living journey, one of the essential aspects to consider is waste management. When it comes to dealing with human waste, composting toilets can be a game-changer. Similar to the importance of figuring out water sources, choosing the right composting toilet for you is crucial for the successful of the toilet in any off-grid or on grid lifestyle.
Read MoreWe are in the middle of winter here on the mountain and trying our best to get anything done on our shed to house conversion. The problem is the constant snow and rain is really making that hard. When we do have a window to work, we try to get small projects done. This week we finally set up our really simple solar system. We plan to have a much more robust system in the future, but we have the solar panels so we figured we might as well try to capture some energy whenever we can.
Read MoreIf you have found this post, you probably are looking into putting a compost toilet in your off grid home, cabin, camper van, or other space where an alternative toilet is needed. You’ve come to the right place!
Read MoreOne of the most important journeys you will go on in your off grid journey is how to get water. When you arrive to your new land it’s probably the first (or at least second) thing you think about. And for good reason! We were no different.
Read MoreWe knew we were going to need a source of power before we have a chance to get our solar system set up, so I started researching portable generators. The information is overwhelming and full of terms I knew nothing about. While I am certainly not an expert in generators now, I have a few of the basics down so I wanted to share those with you.
Read MoreYou’ve heard people saying going off grid is hard work and if you are seriously considering it like we were, you may think you’re ready for it. And you might be! Here are some things to deeply consider about yourself before taking the plunge.
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