Category: Off Grid

Tending your compost during the winter months

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tending your compost during the winter months Winter months unless you have a greenhouse aren’t known for being wonderful months for gardening. But one thing that we can do for our gardens during the winter is plan for them and care for our compost. My family continues to collect …

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Base Camp – Tent Mansion!

Base Camp – Tent Mansion! I want this tent!! It is way too big for an individual camping trip. But if you have a camping get together with family or close friends and want a gathering spot or to all to be within one tent this is perfect. I know groups who hunt together every …

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DIY deluxe barrel stove

DIY deluxe barrel stove Although this article is a golden oldie. Other than the prices in kit parts it is as appropriate today as it was when written. Perhaps even more so as the costs of heating have been steadily rising year after year. This barrel stove is a winner. Everyone should have a back …

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DIY Tablet Loom From a Wooden Stool

DIY Tablet Loom From a Wooden Stool I have always thought weaving would be a fun skill to learn as well as a valuable one should we be forced off grid. But before you could weave you would require a loom. This particular loom works for tablet or otherwise known as card weaving. This is …

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DIY Wood Stove Heat Reclaimer

DIY Wood Stove Heat Reclaimer No matter what method you use to heat your home you want it to be as effective as possible. This includes wood stoves. You want the fuel you use to stretch and be as efficient as possible. When heating with a wood stove, quite a bit of your heat is …

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Burn Injuries On and Off The Grid

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Burn Injuries On and Off The Grid Other than excessive bleeding these are the types of injuries that frighten me the most. I have I have a close relative who was burned badly enough to require skin grafts (much worse than is pictured above) and saw the pain, infection …

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Bicycle Powered Tiny Home

Bicycle Powered Tiny Home This is a great tiny home for the homeless, the wanderers, and a post SHTF traveler. But I don’t think it is going to become the preferred housing of the young with a wander lust! I does provide a ton of ideas on a scavenging vehicle or a lone bug out …

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Uncommon Ways To Generate Off Grid Electricity

Uncommon Ways To Generate Off Grid Electricity I am surprised at the household items that can be used to generated electricity off grid! When I think about generating power I think, windmill, water wheel, battery, gas generators  etc…. but I hadn’t considered the common items already in my possession! In any grid down scenario the …

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What a Grid Down Scenario Looks Like After 3 Months

What a Grid Down Scenario Looks Like After 3 Months When we look at a location off grid for a length of time, we usually talk about 3rd world countries that have never had power or live with daily power interruptions. This doesn’t give us a clear view. They are dealing with off the grid …

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Introducing the Ravean All Weather Heated Jacket – Updated

This jacket is hot! Pun intended. 🙂 If you live in a cold weather zone you know how important heating up your vehicle can be. Now you can heat your jacket as well!

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