How People Managed To Entirely Live Off-Grid
The harsh reality is that living totally off-grid, over 100 miles away from civilization is an extremely hard life; one that few of us are prepared for.
The harsh reality is that living totally off-grid, over 100 miles away from civilization is an extremely hard life; one that few of us are prepared for.
The idea of breaking free from the electric company, the water company, and all the others who expect a piece of the pie every month is supremely attractive.
The Lost Ways is a book with chapters ranging from making tasty bark-bread-like people did when there was no food-to building a backyard smokehouse.
When we talk off-grid power, that means solar and wind power. While there are some other means of generating electricity, most of us are limited to those options.
For surviving in the woods you’ve got to do it by your wit and your knowledge, along with whatever you happen to have in your pockets.
Making a decision to stay, or “bug in”, versus leaving or “bugging out” to a perceived safer area is not always an easy one when disaster strikes.