Category: Off-Grid
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Banishing Off-Grid Imposter Syndrome
I follow some fantastic Substacks about lady farmers and homesteaders, and I greatly admire all the work they do to keep their farms going. I read about Sam moving sheep and Jenna harvesting potatoes and Helen weaning pigs, and I think to myself, “WOW these ladies are super badass.” And what the hell am I… Read more
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Assisting the Parental Units
The Coneheads reference never gets old, but getting old happened to my parents. I moved to Mexico for many reasons, but a big one was to help out my parents. Even though they were both in decent health, they were now in their 80s and I felt like one of us kids needed to be Read more
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Water in Mexico
Before designing a water system for your home, it’s important to understand the outside factors that will affect your access. These outside factors can be grouped into two areas:Environmental (factors caused by Mother Nature), andCommunity (factors caused by people). Read more
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An improved quality of life
After a difficult year trying to adjust to our new life in Mexico, we finally feel like we have turned a corner. This Thanksgiving, we can truly be thankful. Read more
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One-year anniversay
And it has been quite a year. Difficult, for sure. Adjusting to living in isolation. Not enough power to run a refrigerator. Fighting to get temporary residency and a bank account. A terrible trip back to the States to get our big trailer. Being unemployed for three months. Dealing with the oppressive summer heat. Read more
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How We Made Enough Money to Live Off-Grid In Mexico
Making money off-grid is already a challenge, and we also had to move two people, two dogs and all of our stuff to a foreign country. Read more
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Off-Grid Waste Management in Mexico
Living off-grid means that at some point, Lurko and I had to think about where our waste was going to go. Ever the idealist, I dreamed about living a zero-waste lifestyle. The basic idea of zero waste is to live in such a way as to create as little waste as possible. Sounds great, right? Read more
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How to Live Without a Refrigerator
Why would anyone live without a refrigerator? Because refrigerators need POWER, and you may not have enough of it. Maybe the power is out in your neighborhood. Maybe you’re just starting to build and you don’t have power yet. Maybe you just can’t afford a fridge right now. Read more
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An Off-Grid Sunday in Mexico
07/21/24 Here’s what we did in our off-grid life today: – Woke up around 4:30am. It’s too dark to get up, so we lie in bed reading our Kindles. – At 6am we check the battery (38%), turn on Starlink and check our messages. Then I get up to feed the dogs, while Lurko plays Read more
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The Trials and Tribulations of Solar Power
I have posted about our power situation in dribs and drabs. Here is the whole story: In April 2023 we bought the property. In June 2023, we started construction… Read more
