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Anonymous Coward User ID: 14206864 United States 07/26/2012 10:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My wife and I have been living off the grid for about 12 years, now. We have 2 sons, one is 4, the other is 1. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 485160 We built our homestead from scratch, house and all. This is the second off-grid homestead we've built in the last decade. Our power comes from solar and wind. Our water is from rain catchment. We raise most of our food from gardens, chickens, rabbits, pigs, etc. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. You can follow our experiences here: [link to velacreations.com] Thanks for sharing. Enjoy and take care. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 20402331 United States 07/26/2012 11:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If the higgs boson ends up being the gravity particle in the same way the electron is the E/M force particle, what will be the first implementation of gravity control? Will it be flying cars, hanging gardens, or chicks whose breasts never sag? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8174032 Canada 07/26/2012 11:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You peice of shit.If you have nothing intelligent to say, well you know the rest. This one must be no more than 12 yrs old. I almost feel like apologizing for all these morons that posted this shit. You need to post in the morning. All the idiots get out of bed around 5 o clock. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8174032 Canada 07/26/2012 11:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You peice of shit.If you have nothing intelligent to say, well you know the rest. This one must be no more than 12 yrs old. I almost feel like apologizing for all these morons that posted this shit. You need to post in the morning. All the idiots get out of bed around 5 o clock. PM |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 485160 United States 07/26/2012 11:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you grow food for your animals as well? What do you feed them and how much land are you using? Quoting: lionhound We have 10 acres, and we grow most of the animals food here, and also gather weeds and grasses from our local area (mowing orchards, etc) for feed inputs. Check out our project on that topic: [link to indiegogo.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8174032 Canada 07/26/2012 11:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm not off the grid but can make do without power. Wood heat is my main heat already. Also in the outbuildings. Have gravity feed water. Have wood cook stove with water jacket. Propane hot water. Tank kept full all the time, big one. Been thinking about chickens. Are you buying feed or are you doing somthing else. I guess my main concern would be what to do in the winter for them if the feed runs out? Do tell. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 485160 United States 07/26/2012 11:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Would you say that one's first rural offgrid experience is where you make all your mistakes, but learn a lot? For ex city people mostly. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20620017 yes, you make a lot of mistakes as you go. We are on our second off-grid homestead, and we've mad a lot less mistakes with this one. But, mistakes are part of the process. Take a look at our pointers for getting started,, based on our experiences: [link to www.velacreations.com] All of our water comes from rain catchment, and we live in a dry climate (20" of rain a year). Here's info about our water system: [link to www.velacreations.com] |
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