Off Grid Utilities
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Off-Grid Winter Bathing

Here on the homestead, where there is no running water, baths are a little more of a project.  Off-grid bathing during the winter is even more of a project, because there is no hot water. Once you get things all set up, it is not really all that bad. Now …

Just Chat and Pictures
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Passive Cooling, a Root Cellar Ice House

One of the issues we have here on the homestead is keeping food cold.  We have a cooler that goes through tons of ice all summer.   Then during the winter the food freezes.  We plan to put in a root cellar this year for sure, but what if we could …

Decorative Stuff
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What Happens When You Run Out of Money?

After working so hard all summer and into the fall, we hit winter and started loosing motivation and we ran out of money.  It has worked out just fine though.  We have kept busy with daily chores and a lot of relaxing.  No complaints at all.  I’m getting to the …

Land
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Off Grid Supply Hauling

The tractor got stuck at the bottom of the hill because we didn’t get chains for the tires.  We have to walk all of our supplies from the road up the the cabin.  It’s a decent hike and it is not fun to carry a heavy load back and fourth.  …

Just Chat and Pictures

Happy Imbolc

We are halfway through winter.  The days are getting longer.  It’s actually quite warm for winter right now anyways.  We have a huge spring ahead of us and I have started ordering seeds and plants and trees.  Hopefully I will have a lot to blog about around here very soon! …