Tag Archives: off-grid

Rain and Snow

It almost never rains here in the summer. When it does rain in the winter, we usually get a lot of it all at once. Everything that grows needs the water, so that’s good, but heavy rain also can cause … Continue reading

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Road Maintainence

One of the joys of living in an out of the way place is unpaved gravel roads and driveways. It’s good to have a pickup truck to haul the rock needed for repairs. Note that potholes look a lot bigger … Continue reading

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Quick change water pump

When I first moved here, there was a large steel water tank on a concrete slab. A nice start for a good water system, but with only gravity feed, it has to be 3/4 full to get usable water pressure. … Continue reading

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Living Off Grid blog

Casting about for kindred blogs, I foundĀ  http://www.livingoffgrid.org/ and posted a little bit about this blog and my setup on their “Tell us your story” page.

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Off Grid

Google “off grid” and you’re likely to find several meanings. As in “going off the grid to an uncharted locale”, or in TV and movies when people stop using their traceable credit cards. It seems to imply all kinds of … Continue reading

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