For everyone considering moving to an off-grid, no power, no assistance homestead, there are a few things you must consider.
First, are you ready for the challenge of explaining to your family why you feel you need to get away from the “real world?” Second, are you financially able to purchase everything you need to get yourself through that first year? Finally, and perhaps the most important, are you going to be able to make it through the winter?
It's a serious concern. Many people who choose to abandon urban life and live in a homestead have no concept of freezing septic tanks. They also have no idea how much it matters to have insulation in their shack or cabin, how much wood they'll need to prepare far ahead of time, and how difficult it will be to live without electricity for those first few months, especially when they're cooped up in their cabin for the winter.
To give light to those considerations, check out the video on the next page.
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I’m building my own solar panels now.. Once I’ve retrofitted my entire home I’ll be ready to head for the hills again.. Or maybe I’ll just stay here and pay even less bills.. You would be amazed at how much free firewood I have access to–most of it is already cut into rounds before I get there! Natural gas is dirt cheap. And UPS delivers and picks up from my front door. What food I don’t grow can be gotten just a few minutes down the road. Internet access is amazing.. You just don’t understand how big of a deal that is until you have lived with satellite internet restrictions.. For the cost of Satellite internet and tv in the country alone–all my bills are paid for in the city.
I lived on a mountain with a handful of neighbors within a 2 mile radius for 20 years. A round trip to town was about 110 miles or more if I went outside my usual shopping loop and was always an all day event. The mountain pass had been a construction zone for most of the last 14 years. My rock driveway was a nightmare to maintain and was disastrous on vehicles. I would become stranded for weeks every winter. I tried everything. I put lockers on my truck front and rear, a winch, chains on all 4, and a snow plow, but my road was so steep that once it turned to ice it was totally impassable. Many years left us with more than 6 feet dropped over a weekend, and if you don’t keep up on it as it comes down it’s game over. I learned to fall big heavy trees and move them around. I made logging skids, arches, and attachments for my truck. I cut firewood and milled lumber and learned to replace everything on a vehicle, including frame off restorations and extreme modifications. I learned to grow my own food, raise chicken and goat. I hiked the endless forest behind my home, and even hunted game. And then I left it all, because the cons began to weigh too much.
I miss the silence.. Now I’m restoring a 116 year old home. I think that once I replace the old single pane windows and add a layer of sheet insulation to the exterior I can cut out most of the city noise. I’ve learned that an acre of land is more than I need to grow all the food I could ever make use of, even for a family. The neighbors all have normal jobs and are gone all day so I am free to make as much noise as I want in the shop just like I could on the mountain. Some days I miss being alone. I could hear a vehicle driving up the road before the dogs did. Now they drive by all day, just a few hundred feet from the house.
Going off grid may have it’s pros. But honestly it took me years before I trusted the dogs to let me know if there was danger around. I’ve seen more than my fair share of wildlife. Bear and deer mostly. But the occasional mountain lion, fox, raccoon or skunk.. The rare fisher and ring tailed cat. If you have livestock and a garden you will attract everything for miles.
It’s liberating, that much there is no doubt. Being free to scream at the top of your lungs without a care, to target practice without having to go to a gun range, to walk around buck naked if you want to. Play loud music. Throw parties, acquire as much junk as you want and no one will tell you it’s an eyesore haha..
But it’s expensive. Owning a home in the city vs owning a home in the country. The simplest breakdown becomes a big pain in the butt. Rural stores are overpriced. I filled up diesel the day I moved at $4.60 a gallon, by the time I hit the east coast it was $1.76. I’ve rarely had need to drive more than 10 miles in any direction since then.
I guess what I’m saying is I really started to doubt my reasoning for wanting to live rural. You may say you want to get away from people. But no matter where you go you still have neighbors. They may be 100 feet away, or 5 miles away, but it’s all the same, and they’ll always find some way to annoy you. If you have money and want to feel free then rural is the way to go. If you work for a living the smart bet would be to live closer to that job and save big on fuel and vehicle maintenance. Me? I’ve found that sweet spot in the middle.. Close enough to everything in a small city (big by any means back home) with enough land to stretch my legs.
Is that a picture of Jason? Sure looks like him.
It’s Alyssa & Jesse! We love their YouTube videos!!
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