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Our First Thanksgiving…

…in our off-grid home. As far as I’m concerned, this was the best Thanksgiving I have ever had. we have been here for nearly a year now, a few days before Christmas will be one year, it’s been a challenging time, but we have done it, and with style!…

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Energy

Mini-Grids

Micro Grids represent the future of power in cities as well as rural communities…

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Baking a loaf of bread…

…the hard way.

Living off-grid isn’t always easy, but it is almost always interesting. We are having a test kitchen today. Last night we tried to use the bread maker to bake a loaf of bread. The way it’s supposed to work is it mixes the dough, it kneads the dough, it allows it to rise, it stirs it again, allows it to rise again, then it bakes the loaf of bread. Well, everything went well until the first rise. …

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Energy

Mini-Grids

Two experimental nicro-grids in the South African outback prove the concept can work anywhere…

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Introducing Wretha

Isn’t it funny that the first sentence is always the hardest to write? But here goes, first an introduction, my name is Wretha and I live 100% off-grid. I live in a small cabin with my hubby Bob and my little dog Pekoe, a 9 year old, long hair Chihuahua. We live on a 5.75 acre tract of land on the side of a mountain in the high desert of far west Texas.

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How We Went Off-Grid

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20 x 8 Ft. Outdoor Storage Shed, Desert Sand

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