We've been on the land since late 1999. Off grid with power 9 months of the year, produce roughly 75-80% of our own food. Debt free since April 17, 2008. We love it and wouldn't go back to "life" in the city for anything.
Lowdown3
Lowdown3
great for you!debt free since april 17, 2008.
Lowdown3
Been doing the survivalist thing since I was 14,I'm 45 now.Just wondering how long the people here have been homesteading and/or becoming self-sufficient.
I have been working at it for about 12 years now, but just moved to a new place farther out, so we are kind of starting over.
A really good friend of mine had problems with their chickens being taken by coyotes. What we did was build an outdoor cage and an indoor shack and tie it all together with steel.We are trying to figure out how and where to build a chicken coop (bears,coyotes and fisher cats an issue) for fresh eggs. Right now, we are building our infrastructure...tractor, shed, etc. Wood heat with propane backup, looking into wind and solar to be more off grid.