Posts by — Jack-in-Oklahoma

Almost a Year later
by JACK-IN-OKLAHOMA on DECEMBER 7, 2011 - 8 Comments in OFF-GRID 101

First of all I would like to apologize for such a long time between posts. About ten months have gone by with a huge learning curve. Many of my original plans had to be updated or changed.
As far as the original plans for the building everything went well. We built a single room that was almost 500 square feet. We purchased a carport and closed it in with sheet metal. We have almost six inches of ridged insulation.
I have attached a few pictures of the progress. The best addition is the front porch. We can sit for hours and just look at the river and the area around us. (more…)

Off The Grid in Oklahoma
by JACK-IN-OKLAHOMA on JANUARY 27, 2011 - 11 Comments in LAND

Our little piece of heaven

Just getting started on my project. We have twenty acres down on the Salt Fork of the Oklahoma Red River. The view is worth all the trouble. To your left is the river front, 300 hundred yards of river sand bar for the kids to play on. Just to the right is a creek that is about twenty feet deep. It is easy to catch a mess of fish for supper. We have two four wheelers to get around on the property and to run up and down the river. Nearest power utilities is about two miles away, you have to drive down an irrigation canal, through a cotton field, then a wheat field, and then another three quarters of a mile after you enter our property. Needless to say getting utilities to our site is cost prohibitive.
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