Category: Off-Grid
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Blog Launch Day
07/01/2024 Historically, July 1 has been the day we celebrate the dogs’ birthdays. I don’t know their actual birthdays, but I know they were born somewhere near this date. Dutchy is now 6, and Auggie is 12(!) Today we have another reason to celebrate: Blog Launch Day! And the name of the blog is…. Lurko… Read more
We’re Hot
06/20/24 Since returning from our air-conditioned vacation, we’ve had cloud cover most of the week. On some days the battery can only charge up to 50-60 percent, which means our 5000 watt battery only has 2000 watts available to us when you factor in only being able to run the battery down to 20%. And… Read more
