Animal Track Identification The featured article today is a helpful animal tracking guide from the Farmer’s Almanac. It, fortunately for me, it includes pictures! Even though I am not an active hunter I find the information useful in just knowing which animal is wandering about on my property. It helps me protect my garden and my pets from …
Winter Indoor Gardening Tips I do really like having my herb garden indoors. But it does tend to kind of freak out non-gardening friends when I clip a bit of green off a plant sitting in the window and drop it nonchalantly into whatever dish I am preparing! Because they aren’t vegetable plants they aren’t …
Off Grid Useful Gadgets I enjoy camping and other outdoor activities. But this doesn’t mean I don’t also like the convenience of my gadgets. I do! In a life or death scenario some of these off grid items would be life savers and some would have no value. Most of these gadgets would provide comfort …
“Green Roof” More Than a Trend When I first saw this photo, my first thoughts were not pro green roofs. How would you keep it up? Mow your roof? Would weeding the roof go on your gardening to do list? What about the weight, would it bring down the roof? Moisture issues? and many more …
DIY Portable Wind Generator If you reside in an area with more wind then sun then this is an awesome project for you! No matter why you are off grid, this is one way to produce your own power. It’s portable, puts off 12 volts, 17 watts and automatically furls. Great little generator for camp sites …
FREE Outhouse Plans I don’t know about you. But if I have to live off grid for any amount of time, I want an outhouse! Not just for the nicety of privacy either. If you are in the wild, you don’t want to be caught with your pants down by a predatory animals or even people who …
101 Outdoor Tips Outdoor life has compiled 101 tips for your outdoor adventures and activities. Ideas and methods of making your experiences no matter what season of the year easier and more fruitful. There are tips on fishing, outdoor cooking, hunting, and even just camping! No one has more tips for the sportsman than outdoor life! …
Secret Prepper Tip List The featured article from Survival Life lists several little tips and tricks that can make living after a SHTF easier and less stressful. From trekking water back and forth to opening can goods with rusted rings. With this prepper tip list you can make better use of your time getting down to …
DIY Cold Spring House – Off Grid Refrigeration With this off grid project the key is as they say in real estate, location, location, location! If you live near naturally moving water like a creek or even a small river where controlling a water diversion is possible then a cold spring house is the obvious answer …
Silent rooftop wind turbines generate household energy Finally they are making wind turbines for residential use! Unlike the huge noisy ones we often see on commercial roof tops these can run almost silently. Capable of providing about half an average households energy needs. See Dutch renewable energy start-up The Archimedes advances in this renewable energy source …
