Doing your laundry off-grid doesn’t necessarily mean “difficult.” What it does mean is doing it “differently.” And off grid washing machines definitely make the job easier! Washing clothes, generations ago, was a proper workout. When you mention off-grid washing, the average person thinks of women bent over washtubs, scrubbing away on washboards, and sweating up …
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There’s little more delicious than a glass of fresh goat milk but, while raw milk does have some advantages, it can also contain potentially harmful bacteria and germs. Not so long ago, milk produced by the Valley Milk Simply Bottled of Stanislaus County was recalled after it was found to contain traces of the bacteria …
Did you know that around 80% of quails are farmed in China? Why not change this statistic and start hatching your own quail – we’ve made it easy with these 5 best quail incubators! Quail eggs hatch in less than a month. Hatched chicks are very self-sufficient from the moment they hatch. In nature, they …
If you live in a tiny house, you’ll likely have to forgo a lot of modern-day conveniences. But what if you’re not quite ready to live without a dishwasher? How does a dishwasher work inside of a tiny house? Can You Have a Dishwasher In a Tiny House? While not exactly an essential item – …
If you like to hunt, you may also prefer cutting up your deer meat. Doing so allows you to skip having to take your venison to a processing facility of some kind. It also lets you decide what cuts you want and to smoke it yourself if you choose. To get ground meat, though, you will either …
When people visit our off-grid homestead, one of the questions we often get asked (after they’ve finished admiring the chickens!) is what we do about a toilet! Having the right off-grid toilet system is essential to the harmonious functioning of your homestead. Overflowing toilets, undesirable odors, and swarms of flies can soon turn an off-grid …
Winter is over and if you’re like me, you’re looking forward to starting your lawn mower up again! There are a few things we should do before we start our mower after it’s been sitting idle for a while, which is what I’ll go through in this article. Before you start reading about getting your …