http://www.off-grid.net/2010/03/05/off-the-grid-and-the-prepared/ renewable energy,survival,save money,self build,Green homes,Solar power, cheap power, 12 volt, Solar panels, Wind power, peak oil, Batteries, Inverter, Generator, Rainwater harvesting, survivalist, prepper, self-sufficient, vans, yurts, yachts, RVs Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.off-grid.net/2010/03/05/off-the-grid-and-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-331463 Warren Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:01:26 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=4397#comment-331463 Just starting to get setup for the upcoming chaos. Looks like food prices are really starting to take off. Setting up a greenhouse to help with winter greens. Looking at rabbits/chickens/pigeons/ducks for meat and eggs. For immediate short term Building a Herman Heater in the basement to replace fuel oil furnace. It is inexpensive but a bit of work. Look for rocket mass heater on youtube. Just starting to get setup for the upcoming chaos. Looks like food prices are really starting to take off. Setting up a greenhouse to help with winter greens. Looking at rabbits/chickens/pigeons/ducks for meat and eggs. For immediate short term
Building a Herman Heater in the basement to replace fuel oil furnace. It is inexpensive but a bit of work. Look for rocket mass heater on youtube.

]]> http://www.off-grid.net/2010/03/05/off-the-grid-and-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-320443 Roy Fritz Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:24:33 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=4397#comment-320443 Well if everything goes right I will be retired and off grid in about 643 days est. I have found out that planning to go off grid requires alot of planing and thinking. The land is the hardest to aquire. As for what is needed to begin lets see. Food to me is one of the most important a person will need at least one years supply of food and the ability to grow there own food to replace what they used before the next growing season finishes. It seems odd but you will need to figure out at least a years supply of your food usage. Will you work the land or just continue to work a job. Well you had better prepare yourself for off grid living is a full time job in it's self. Thus the reasons for planning. It has taken me two years of planning to get where I feel halfway comfortable with my plans. I am lucky for I have an iusolated property of 60a of land in the mountians with plenty of water and there never has been any electicity near where I plan on retireing. I already (when I am up there) I cook with wood and heat with wood. There is a three bedroom house garden spot and a creek that runs 20 ft from the house. This is just a begining of a new life for me and these are just some small parts of information that people might start to think about how or what they plan on doing when going off grid. MtMnRCF Well if everything goes right I will be retired and off grid in about 643 days est. I have found out that planning to go off grid requires alot of planing and thinking. The land is the hardest to aquire. As for what is needed to begin lets see. Food to me is one of the most important a person will need at least one years supply of food and the ability to grow there own food to replace what they used before the next growing season finishes. It seems odd but you will need to figure out at least a years supply of your food usage. Will you work the land or just continue to work a job. Well you had better prepare yourself for off grid living is a full time job in it’s self. Thus the reasons for planning. It has taken me two years of planning to get where I feel halfway comfortable with my plans. I am lucky for I have an iusolated property of 60a of land in the mountians with plenty of water and there never has been any electicity near where I plan on retireing. I already (when I am up there) I cook with wood and heat with wood. There is a three bedroom house garden spot and a creek that runs 20 ft from the house. This is just a begining of a new life for me and these are just some small parts of information that people might start to think about how or what they plan on doing when going off grid. MtMnRCF

]]> http://www.off-grid.net/2010/03/05/off-the-grid-and-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-299948 Adam Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:33:37 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=4397#comment-299948 Great Stuff Great Stuff

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