Winter in the mountains can always throw surprises your way. This last weekend we watched time and the season itself warp from winter to spring. This created some good opportunities and some unpleasant reminders. But first, what exactly happened? Nice normal winter Last ...
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Wow, its hard to believe how fast things happen once the first snows happen. All those 'round tuits' get buried and the important projects happen out of necessity. Fortunately the important items like firewood and fuel are taken care of.
Snowmobiles
On the snowmobile ...
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Hindsight is always 20/20 vision. When you're evaluating a property for your remote off grid home, foresight is the best. Don't make that big commitment by signing on the dotted line before you consider this short list. Eyes wide open is the best way to ...
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Being self sufficient in your lifestyle is very helpful when you live off grid in a remote area, When I speak of self sufficiency, I refer to physical needs and not emotional, since we all need to be part of a community of others (peers, family ...
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In the second final part of the series, Jackie shares more about our relationship with our pet/working dogs. They are invaluable for remote off the grid living when there’s livestock involved.. Also see Part 1 of Pigs ...
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Don't you just hate it when you loose something of value? Especially when that loss means a lot more work and a greater delay getting home? Last night we had one ...
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