Solar Rights Act adapted by some states which overrides the state laws in several states that outright ban clotheslines HOA or not.
Category: Off Grid
DIY Solar Distiller
DIY Solar Distiller The featured article talks about building your own solar still. With a still you can turn undrinkable water into pure home distilled hydration. Purchasing one can be really pricey, even for a small distiller the asking prices are 200+. The uses can be almost unlimited from refilling lead-acid batteries in normal times to …
Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well
Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well Imagine the frustration of a grid down scenario when you have a well but can’t power it to bring up the water! No one wants additional costs to installing their well and if your well was one that was installed back when we believed electricity was always …
Build a Wilderness Fire Bed
Build a Wilderness Fire Bed Maintaining a survivable body temperature is imperative while in the wilderness. Hypothermia is more likely to do you in than any wild animal and will do so faster than even lack of water will. Especially helpful if you don’t have shelter in avoiding hypothermia is a fire bed. It works even …
DIY Smokehouse From Cement Blocks
DIY Smokehouse From Cement Blocks Not only are smoked meats tasty but it is a great low-cost way of preserving meat. Because this method doesn’t require electricity it makes it an excellent post SHTF method as well. If you are smoking a large amount of meat this is the way to do it! It is …
Converting an Electric Water Heater to Solar
Converting an Electric Water Heater to Solar More and more new construction is moving to solar power. But that doesn’t mean those of us who have older homes don’t want in on the savings! The cost of heating water is one of the largest expenses in my household. Loads of laundry and tons of showers …
Setting Broken Bones with a Emergency Splint
Setting Broken Bones with a Emergency Splint In the event of an emergency where you have suddenly become the first or only responder there are some basic medical procedures, we all should know. CPR being the first and most likely to be needed by the average person. But after a disaster of any kind where …
No Camping on Your Private Property
Some posts may contain affiliate links. No Camping on Your Private Property To some of you this may seem to be old news. When this problem first became an issue a few years ago, I thought it was being over exaggerated and waited to see what the results of the hearings in Colorado would be. …
Instant Boil a Meals
Instant Boil a Meals These kinds of meals are just what I had in mind when I first began dehydrating my own produce and meats. At the time I was living in Kansas which is of course famous for its tornados. I thought I was so clever as to have stocked our dehydrated and emergency …
3 Skills You Can’t Live Without
3 Skills You Can’t Live Without There are a multitude of skills that would serve you well in a crisis situation, from negotiating, marksmanship, butchering, fishing, foraging and gardening to scratch cooking and dozens more in between. We must accept that no matter how hard we try there is simply no way that any one person can …
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