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March 27, 2008 at 12:00 am #62405
lamar5292
ParticipantThis is a great book full of plans for simple solar homesteading!
https://www.lulu.com/content/1328137
Solarman
September 18, 2008 at 12:00 am #64068lamar5292
ParticipantThis book was just reviewed on treehugger.com if interested:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/simple-solar-homesteading.php
October 18, 2008 at 12:00 am #64117lamar5292
ParticipantAnyone in this forum living off grid ?
LaMar
October 18, 2008 at 12:00 am #64118hardworkinghippy
ParticipantHi LaMar,
Yes, we live off grid too.
We built a small cabin and lived there for four year while we built the house where we live now. It seems to be a common theme that people who build cabins are off grid.
Our house isn’t finished yet, but it’s very comfortable and I try to add the details of our building projects, how we keep our animals, gardening and living off-grid updated in my blog.
https://lafermedesourrou.blogspot.com
We too are self-employed and have a small farm. We don’t make a “normal” living, people would laugh if they know what our income was! To be honest, we live really well thanks to our vegetable garden, sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, foraging and hunting.
I try to share my knowledge too and I find the best way is to describe everyday living and develop “how to” sections in the blog. People are shy about asking for information but if you have it already on line they can dip in and help themselves when they’re ready.
Irene
October 20, 2008 at 12:00 am #64119lamar5292
ParticipantThanks Irene- that is great. You have a nice homestead. if you would be interested in helping us get a homesteader newspaper going we could sure use some articles and your place would be perfect for our featured front page homestead.
It would help us and give your blog some new exposure!
LaMar
October 24, 2008 at 12:00 am #64126Kathleen
ParticipantI do! I have lived off the grid for over 9 years now. We work at home on our computers and have a online business. I am a distributor for Curt Mangan guitar strings and also sell a few other things.
So what do you want to know about it?
I cook and heat with wood. I don’t feel that living off the grid is a hardship in any way even though my system is small compared to the systems you usually read about. Right now we are living without refrigeration so that instead of paying for propane for the gas refrigerator, we are saving that money to buy another panel and the SunDanzer refrigerator and the freezer.
katlupe
October 26, 2008 at 12:00 am #64140hardworkinghippy
ParticipantHi Lamar,
“if you would be interested in helping us get a homesteader newspaper going we could sure use some articles and your place would be perfect for our featured front page homestead.”
I’m so sorry but I’ve already got far too much to do with the farm and building and gathering in all the veg to store for winter.
You’re very welcome to use anything in the blog – as long as you link back to it.
Irene
October 27, 2008 at 12:00 am #64144Greener
ParticipantYup….
we are off the grid in Ottawa, Canada. Nice family home, 3 bedrooms, standard size and construction…my two year old isn’t complaining either.
We love it. We had 4.3 m of snow last winter and managed just fine…my mom on the other hand had four major power outages! nasty! i am just happy to not be paying money for an unreliable power grid!
November 1, 2008 at 12:00 am #64158flag football leagues in
ParticipantDarn Lamar! Is there a ‘green’ site on the web your NOT getting free advertising from? I applaud your entrepreneurship!
Ditch the dependency on generator fuel and propane, you’ll attract more customers.
Please supply links to any ‘freely’ shared self-sufficiency info you’ve provided. Prove me wrong.
November 12, 2008 at 12:00 am #64165retired profile of WrethaOffGrid
SpectatorMy hubby and I are living off grid, this December will be one year. We started off small and inexpensively, the biggest cost was the land, and that was not too bad. We did everything ourselves, from building our cabin to hauling our water. We gave up our “traditional” 9-5 jobs, but we still work, everyday on our property, life is good!
Wretha
November 18, 2008 at 12:00 am #64172avenir.jim
ParticipantPassive solar is one of the simplest methods of acquiring solar heat for homes. Passive solar heating collects and distributes heat from the sun without external, mechanical pumping systems.
Here is an information that might be useful:https://www.lincenergy.us
December 17, 2008 at 12:00 am #64205lamar5292
ParticipantDear flag football, I provide information and ideas. If you want detailed instructions for my designs I spent many years working on I dont think buying a 155 page ebook for $5 out of line.
Part of being a homesteader is using your homesteading skills to be more self-sufficient which for many of us includes a home based business. Mine is providing quality designs for a solar cabin, solar powers system, solar composting toilet and many other plans at a very reasonable price. If that bothers you too bad!
I am alway willing and ready to help anyone that is interested in simple solar homesteading.
January 27, 2009 at 12:00 am #64220lamar5292
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January 28, 2009 at 12:00 am #64221kombi211
ParticipantHello we are now Off-grid too. well its been a dream of mine for many year and now it is so. When i say i am off grid i mean Off the grid AS WELL.
3 years ago i sold everything i did not need and moved to the Philippines. For a more laid back life. for income i buy and sale items on ebay and do VW repair work. Lots of Old VW’s here.
Well on june of 2008 we purchased 4 lots and started building our house. the plan from the start was off-grid well my wife was not sold on it. But i talked her into it. By Dec 15 the first level was done and we have moved in. i have built a small wind mill for power and working on larger ones as soon as my motors show up. we have a rain water catch system. and i grow many of my daily vegetables. Its all still a work in progress for us. we are working on a second level and improvements on the systems. But we are now rent free and and the only bills we have are the Wifi and wireless land line.
I have posted some videos on youtube.
February 26, 2009 at 12:00 am #64242lamar5292
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