Be off-grid ready – Power yourself up with this battery-panel combo
If you want to Work From Anywhere, and you need to make sure you never run out of power, then…
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7 Ways to Beat Blackouts this Winter
You don’t need to become an off-grid survivalist to learn a few of our tricks. The products mentioned below –…
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Reinventing writing, paper, printing presses after fall of civilization
After the initial trauma of the coronavirus lockdown, one can imagine the ease with which civilization might disintegrate in the…
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Iowa Land Rental Prices Up
An authoritative annual survey of cash rental rates for Iowa farmland, a bellwether for the national market, shows cost per…
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Digital detox weekend
We’re on our way to West Virginia for a low-tech weekend at promisingly-named Lost River State Park – just across…
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No 1 destination on AirBnB, final few days left unbooked – Yes, its off-grid
Hurry! AirBnB has just announced the world’s most popular getaway — its an off-grid mushroom-shaped shed located in 10 acres of…
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Why Off-grid Housing is the Future
Green living has gone beyond being a fad and has become an essential part of modern life. So much so…
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Be Our Guest – Food Preserving Part 2
In Part I, I covered canning and smoking as food preservation methods. This article takes a look at refrigeration and…
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Be Our Guest: Food Preservation Part I
Charcutier Sean Cannon is opening his first restaurant, Nape, in London this month. Born and bred in Norfolk, Sean…
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Tech 101: All about Batteries
New to off-grid living? Thinking about going off-grid? Have years of experience? Bet you’ve thought about batteries. Having a back-up…
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Two years in a tiny home
Two years after moving into his tiny home, Bryce Langston came back for a return visit to see how Brett…
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In praise of the humble Hammock
Yes, those things your grandma used to relax in in her garden with a nice book are the way…
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