Comments on: Living Off The Grid In Stages http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/ Money Saving Insights: Coupons, Smart Spending and Promotional Codes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lee http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-43975 Lee Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:11:39 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-43975 Deb, how are you making out now??? I am interested!! I too am in Ontario. Deb, how are you making out now??? I am interested!! I too am in Ontario.

]]> By: laurie http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-41059 laurie Thu, 06 May 2010 15:35:34 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-41059 Hi We live off the grid and have several renters that live that way on our ranch. We have a unit that 2 guys are moving out of I list on craigslist and I love your post any ideas on posting our grean living rental ? In ca alot of people dont know what it is to be green. Well at least the bay area Hi

We live off the grid and have several renters that live that way on our ranch. We have a unit that 2 guys are moving out of I list on craigslist and I love your post any ideas on posting our grean living rental ? In ca alot of people dont know what it is to be green. Well at least the bay area

]]> By: Kendra at New Life On A Homestead http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-40587 Kendra at New Life On A Homestead Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:58:59 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-40587 Frugal Dad, You have described our dream. One which we are desperately striving towards. We want so badly to be off-grid- out of the system- broken free from the chains of the enslavement of modern conveniences. Will we ever get there. I hope we do. We are new to this lifestyle. This year will be our second attempt at gardening... hopefully a much more successful attempt! We have goats, chickens, and a pig. We are learning to raise livestock for food, though we haven't gotten to the slaughtering stage yet. We are doing our best to live off the land, and yet, we are still stuck with a mortgage and power bill. If only we could be rid of those two prisons! It is good to dream about it though. It gives us something to work towards! Frugal Dad,

You have described our dream. One which we are desperately striving towards. We want so badly to be off-grid- out of the system- broken free from the chains of the enslavement of modern conveniences. Will we ever get there. I hope we do. We are new to this lifestyle. This year will be our second attempt at gardening… hopefully a much more successful attempt! We have goats, chickens, and a pig. We are learning to raise livestock for food, though we haven’t gotten to the slaughtering stage yet. We are doing our best to live off the land, and yet, we are still stuck with a mortgage and power bill. If only we could be rid of those two prisons! It is good to dream about it though. It gives us something to work towards!

]]> By: George http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-35918 George Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:56:13 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-35918 Excellent and intriguing article! I too have thought about or fantasized about living 'off the grid' for years now, although I would not or could not realistically quit my job. I would have to be gainfully employed in order to pay other bills and have other key things, like health insurance, car or motorcycle, travel, pet bills, and other day-to-day expenses. I would however, be extremely pleased to know that I am doing my part to help lower carbon emissions, and generally making the world a better place for us and our child. There is also the personal satisfaction of knowing you can run all your household appliances and electronics via hybrid solar/wind power. Even my Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) hobby could be easily run using less output power (let's say 25 watts instead of 100 watts output), while still being able to maintain worldwide or emergency communications. Excellent and intriguing article! I too have thought about or fantasized about living ‘off the grid’ for years now, although I would not or could not realistically quit my job. I would have to be gainfully employed in order to pay other bills and have other key things, like health insurance, car or motorcycle, travel, pet bills, and other day-to-day expenses. I would however, be extremely pleased to know that I am doing my part to help lower carbon emissions, and generally making the world a better place for us and our child. There is also the personal satisfaction of knowing you can run all your household appliances and electronics via hybrid solar/wind power. Even my Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) hobby could be easily run using less output power (let’s say 25 watts instead of 100 watts output), while still being able to maintain worldwide or emergency communications.

]]> By: Jason http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-35597 Jason Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:27:46 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-35597 I've been thinking of going off the grid for about 15 years now, well I'm finaly going for it. Found a nice 10 acre plot and moving onto it in 3 months. Going the way of the yurt for the family and will be shareing the land with another family. Will be using propane, solar, and a natural spring and rain collection until a well can be drilled. Its a bit scary but dropping my rent by 600 a month and dropping the land loan in 5 years to 0 sounds like a deal to me. Keep on dreaming, because sometimes they come true. I’ve been thinking of going off the grid for about 15 years now, well I’m finaly going for it. Found a nice 10 acre plot and moving onto it in 3 months. Going the way of the yurt for the family and will be shareing the land with another family. Will be using propane, solar, and a natural spring and rain collection until a well can be drilled. Its a bit scary but dropping my rent by 600 a month and dropping the land loan in 5 years to 0 sounds like a deal to me. Keep on dreaming, because sometimes they come true.

]]> By: Joe Bernard http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-33560 Joe Bernard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:53:33 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-33560 If you are theoretically enabling others to do what you cannot why set up a proxy. While living in rural Africa for nearly a decade I read the guide to self-sufficiency and found it a fools errand for suburban americans. " Ma gavta la nata" , read Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Echo for what that means. If you are theoretically enabling others to do what you cannot why set up a proxy. While living in rural Africa for nearly a decade I read the guide to self-sufficiency and found it a fools errand for suburban americans. ” Ma gavta la nata” , read Focault’s Pendulum by Umberto Echo for what that means.

]]> By: Jilly http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-33152 Jilly Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:43:49 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-33152 We're living the dream! I'm 27 and my wife is 34...in all our aged wisdom we realized that we didn't want to live the "rat race" in the city anymore. We never got to see each other and our life bills mortgage=TOO MUCH $$! We sold our place, found a cheap 5.5 acre piece with a LITTLE cabin and moved! HEAVEN! We're in Northern BC, running almost exclusively off solar...sometimes we use the gas generator for the power hungry items like power tools. We are in the middle of building, by ourselves, a lovely 24x24 house. We just took the pigs in to get butchered and put the chickens in the freezer after enjoying their eggs all year. We make a fraction of the income we made in the city but we don't need as much. We are home far more to focus on sustainable living, by choice. A lot of it is physical work that we are figuring out as we go. Now we are hunkering down for winter. Gotta chop wood...hard work that my body loves. Then at the end of the day, we sit on the couch with the lights on, put a DVD in the laptop, and drink a glass of wine. Lovely. BTW, made a homemade solar panel this summer...works perfect and MUCH cheaper that store bought. We’re living the dream!

I’m 27 and my wife is 34…in all our aged wisdom we realized that we didn’t want to live the “rat race” in the city anymore. We never got to see each other and our life bills mortgage=TOO MUCH $$!

We sold our place, found a cheap 5.5 acre piece with a LITTLE cabin and moved! HEAVEN!

We’re in Northern BC, running almost exclusively off solar…sometimes we use the gas generator for the power hungry items like power tools. We are in the middle of building, by ourselves, a lovely 24×24 house. We just took the pigs in to get butchered and put the chickens in the freezer after enjoying their eggs all year. We make a fraction of the income we made in the city but we don’t need as much. We are home far more to focus on sustainable living, by choice. A lot of it is physical work that we are figuring out as we go. Now we are hunkering down for winter. Gotta chop wood…hard work that my body loves. Then at the end of the day, we sit on the couch with the lights on, put a DVD in the laptop, and drink a glass of wine.

Lovely.

BTW, made a homemade solar panel this summer…works perfect and MUCH cheaper that store bought.

]]> By: Karch Alliax http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-32227 Karch Alliax Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:44:15 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-32227 I have had many dreams of living off the grid for a while now. Although I haven't taken the plunge yet, I have been a ton of research on it. Based on all the comments, it seems that everybody has the notion that it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to get an off the grid house established. On the contrary, there is a huge Do-It-Yourself market out there that thrives on helping you get a off the grid lifestyle. I love reading your articles Frugal Dad....I am mostly a lurker, but some days I just like to put my 2 cents in.... I have had many dreams of living off the grid for a while now. Although I haven’t taken the plunge yet, I have been a ton of research on it.

Based on all the comments, it seems that everybody has the notion that it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to get an off the grid house established. On the contrary, there is a huge Do-It-Yourself market out there that thrives on helping you get a off the grid lifestyle.

I love reading your articles Frugal Dad….I am mostly a lurker, but some days I just like to put my 2 cents in….

]]> By: Andrew http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-31807 Andrew Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:25:24 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-31807 Well Trish, I would have never thought anybody could write words that makes livin off the grid sounding better that I dream it to be. Wow! Well Trish, I would have never thought anybody could write words that makes livin off the grid sounding better that I dream it to be.

Wow!

]]> By: Trish http://frugaldad.com/2009/04/05/living-off-the-grid/#comment-31770 Trish Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:39:06 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2245#comment-31770 Living off of the grid is more than just going green. It's about absolute freedom. It opens you up to who you are, breaking the bond of the materialistic life. You can't be free unless you let everything go. Get rid of everything you don't use, and you'll be surprised of how much that actually is. Everyone is unique, find yourself. Don't try to live like the Rich Jones' next door- or buy better toys than your friends, those things bind you. The more you let go, the easier it gets and your eyes open to how blind you have been. Learn to prepare and you could consolidate your life into a travel trailer (or a back pack). The freedom you have once you let go is awesome! If you own your land your possibilities are endless. Living off of the grid is more than just going green. It’s about absolute freedom. It opens you up to who you are, breaking the bond of the materialistic life. You can’t be free unless you let everything go. Get rid of everything you don’t use, and you’ll be surprised of how much that actually is. Everyone is unique, find yourself. Don’t try to live like the Rich Jones’ next door- or buy better toys than your friends, those things bind you. The more you let go, the easier it gets and your eyes open to how blind you have been. Learn to prepare and you could consolidate your life into a travel trailer (or a back pack). The freedom you have once you let go is awesome! If you own your land your possibilities are endless.

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