Off Grid Living-
 

Count me in.

My wife and I recently got an amazing deal on a gorgeous, mossy, wooded acre in lower norther Michigan with a little, old-but-in-good-shape single wide on it. It's not currently completely off grid (hooked into the electric system, but well, septic, and propane otherwise). It's not a good candidate for solar (see: wooded), but I would love to get a windmill one day. Tomorrow is my last day at work and I will be a full-time homesteader going forward, though my wife will still commute to work. I'm ecstatic, besides that moving makes me a scatter-brained emotional wreck.

That is absolutely awesome!! Congratulations!! Im a bit jealous. You shall have to start a forum on your experience so i can live vicariously thru you!!!

Rainy eh, there's always Oregon.
That's one of the major things I think of when looking back to a student exchange program episode in the Willamette Valley. It rained all day, every day! I got so depressed, bailed on it by Second Semester. Packed up and drove back to Chicago. Cared not that it was cold with a foot on the ground, so happy to see the sunshine.
Depression went away immediately, and I re-enrolled at the College from which I had exchanged. Wasn't up for anymore experimental excursions even though studying Volcanology. I did it from the safety of the MW.

they call Alaska "Land of the Midnight Sun" and they are not kidding..in the summer it's still light outside at 11pm. Alaska is famous for growing super sweet peas, carrots, potatoes and huge cabbage...this idea would be interesting to try, altho it wouldn't work in Alaska where it can be dark at noon and an average of -10 but this would definitely work in (most) the lower 48

you gotta think of the creatures whose home you are invading!

in my off grid cabin.. you BET there would be wood carvings!

Off the grid
 

I would use a combo of solar panels and wind energy. I would still need a septic system and well. Garden for fresh food and can food for winter. It would need to be in a moderate climate somewhere steady between 20 degrees and 90 degrees.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/en...f-the-grid.htm

https://offgridworld.com/off-grid-li...legal-sort-of/

Are blanket forts considered off grid??? Asking for a friend.

A combination of solar and wind energy would be ideal unfortunately solar panels although more affordable now that ever before would be one of the most expensive up front costs for a homestead :(but wind is definitely something i'm going to look into!! .. I'm also planning on either a burn or composting toilet which is a little expensive initially but in the long run the smaller cost of maintaining would make it worthwhile. Insofar as weather...Chad you have me there, Alaska in winter averages 10 below..but it makes up for it in Spring and Summer with lots of sun (70's & 80's) and they grow the sweetest peas and carrots in the world that will spoil you forever to vegetables grown elsewhere...

A yurt is something i've considered RebelDyke..it's a great alternative to stick built..this one is off grid&

Alaska?? Burrr!
Wetlands are good at processing waste too.

Lots of yummy seafood in Alaska.

Coming very soon Oct 19-20th
 

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I thought about a water collection system too. I use rain barrels at my current house in the country.

I would not drink rain water. I would have a well that was tested. I guess my off grid would be a little different with a well and septic system.

a well and septic is cool....a nice addition if you can afford it...i had a well dug n my Alaska place and we hit artesian water......................at 400ft :|

Not sure I could live off-grid unless there was a reliable alternative electric power. I really would like to live as luxuriously as possible.

If there were a natural disaster or large civil unrest, think I'd head for the top of a NY or Chgo high rise with gardens for security from the strife below and roof top food via barter.