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Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question

 
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Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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.

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]
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07/26/2012 10:58 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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.

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]
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Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy and take care.
hf
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07/26/2012 11:00 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
how bad do you smell?
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07/26/2012 11:00 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
how does she clean her vagina?
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07/26/2012 11:04 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
we don't smell bad, and we bathe like anyone else.
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07/26/2012 11:08 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
How long until Marissa find your children?

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07/26/2012 11:09 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
what do you do with all the poop?
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07/26/2012 11:10 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
If you're paying property taxes, which you are, you're on the grid. Don't kid yourself.
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07/26/2012 11:10 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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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07/26/2012 11:10 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Do you grow food for your animals as well? What do you feed them and how much land are you using?
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07/26/2012 11:14 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
do u masturbate all animals to keep them loyal to u?
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07/26/2012 11:18 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Off grid means no internet, why the web-page?
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07/26/2012 11:19 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
do u masturbate all animals to keep them loyal to u?
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Feeding them regularily will usualy suffice.
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07/26/2012 11:20 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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.

What's your water source?
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07/26/2012 11:20 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
yins a bunch of rotards
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07/26/2012 11:21 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
If you're paying property taxes, which you are, you're on the grid. Don't kid yourself.
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You can lease land and have the right to build a home on it worked into the contract. Not exactly the smartest thing to do, but it would keep you off the grid.
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07/26/2012 11:21 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Off grid means no internet, why the web-page?
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Not necessarily, pay as you go cell phones and wireless broadband paid for with untraceable Visa check cards is off the grid.

You're only on the grid if they can find and identify you.
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07/26/2012 11:21 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
How are you able to connect to the internet?
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07/26/2012 11:24 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
do u masturbate all animals to keep them loyal to u?
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Lol. That requires reach arounds.
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07/26/2012 11:30 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Off grid means no internet, why the web-page?
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Off the grid mans off the Hydro grid. You idiot.
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07/26/2012 11:33 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
do u masturbate all animals to keep them loyal to u?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20064144

Lol. That requires reach arounds.
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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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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
what do you do with all the poop?
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Composting toilet:

[link to www.velacreations.com]
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07/26/2012 11:34 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
do u masturbate all animals to keep them loyal to u?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20064144

Lol. That requires reach arounds.
 Quoting: Snarf


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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PM
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07/26/2012 11:35 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Off grid means no internet, why the web-page?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7074288


Off the grid mans off the Hydro grid. You idiot.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 8174032


Please explain this magic water grid to me.
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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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07/26/2012 11:36 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Yeah, you're off-grid until they enact the habitat corridor in your county.
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Off grid means no internet, why the web-page?
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well, to us, the grid means the power, water, sewage, and waste grid. We don't have any of that.
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07/26/2012 11:39 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
Off grid means no internet, why the web-page?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7074288


well, to us, the grid means the power, water, sewage, and waste grid. We don't have any of that.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 485160


But you maintain a web-page, so you are not truly off-grid?

I am just messing with you, sounds cool what you have done.
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07/26/2012 11:40 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
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]

What's your water source?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20620017


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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07/26/2012 11:42 PM
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Re: Living offgrid for more than a decade, ask me a question
I watched the video. These folks have access to CCD (charge coupled devices) and have Aussie accents. I think we should monitor their progress using the internet until we know their true intentions in the forespoken USA-canuckistani war.





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