If you're new to this page, we recently purchased bare land in a remote part of Idaho where we will be developing an off grid property from scratch (including building our own timber frame home). One of the components we will need to figure out is a sustainable off grid water … [Read more...]
First Year Off Grid Living in an RV: Our Water Solution
One very common question that is raised when discussing our our off grid journey is "What are you doing for water?" This topic conjures fear, or at least anxiety, in many people unless you've done this before, and for good reason! We need water to survive and can only go a few … [Read more...]
Living off the Grid: Today Was the Day We Got Our Off Grid Internet Installed!
We've been living off the grid on our land for three full months now and today is a great day because we had our off grid internet installed! We didn't know how complicated it would be to get internet to our off grid property, and we also thought we may have to have a solid power … [Read more...]
Why We Installed Our Septic System ASAP, By a Contractor
When you decide to buy bare land to build an off-grid home, you’re literally starting with a blank slate- there is so much to do! It can be overwhelming to know where to start. We had to pick and choose what to work on first, even when it seemed that we needed it all. Of all … [Read more...]
Septic Permitting Process & Soil Percolation Test
After living on our land for a couple of weeks in a travel trailer and making multiple trips to the septic dump, we quickly realized that installing a septic system was moving up on the priority list of things to do on our land. However, before we could get our septic installed … [Read more...]
