Will your wood stove heat the area you need? Maybe you need two wood stoves, one at each end of the house? And the really big question follows with, "how much wood will I need for a season?" In this series I'll attempt to provide ...
Monthly Archives: April 2010
small generator review – inverter generators
I ran across a fascinating small 1000W generator and thought this might be of great interest for those looking at off grid power options. Every once and a while you run across a unique product that addresses a need so well that you know others will ...
off grid construction: climbing technique
What ever kind of off grid construction projects you choose, safety is very important. Any kind of accident can make the remote location a hazard that compounds your problems. You always need to be aware of safety and "what ifs". What if; this doesn't hold ...
Firewood and Kindling
As I mentioned in; Why firewood? I have this nifty little heater… , using your off grid power system to heat your home with electric heat is impractical and inefficient. Wood heat ...
Live in your head, or live off grid?
Living in your head. Do you? Everything starts in our head and that's normal. Very few actions we take in life are not reviewed and rehearsed in our minds first. Usually the actions we didn't think about first, are those we need forgiveness for. However, if ...
Off Grid Chicken Tips
In our first guest post, resident chicken "expert", Ondra provides important tips for raising chickens off grid. Ondra has worked many years with just about any kind of chicken you can imagine, and has created many veterinary solutions for her chickens, from splayed legs ...
