Living Off The Grid

[sotc]

Yup the payback takes a long time. My whole mindset right now though is I think things might get real tough here in the US in the future so anything you can do to minimize your future living expenses is a good thing. Think of it kinda like this, things aint never going to be this cheap again.....

Nor will your money be worth more in the future as it is now

 

[treesmith]

Does that mean I need to go buy that new rifle I've been wanting, Willie? I'm just looking for an excuse! I gots to buy it before its cost goes up and the value of my money goes down.

 

[Paul B]

http://www.survivaltopics.com/forums/

 

[Rborist1]

Ty for this most awesome link Paulie.

 

[NeTree]

I got foxed 2 months ago, got my ducks, hens, cockrel, everything. I'm too busy right now too replace them, but come springtime I'll make a new run and get maybe 20 hens and ducks.
In an ideal scenario, I would keep 4-5 pigs for ham and bacon, a pair of jersey cows, chickens, ducks, geese and maybe some goats. That and a large vegetable garden, huge greenhouse, potato patch.
One day!

I think we're going to do something in the spring, probably chickens and ducks again. Might even do the big plot for a garden, but I have a shitload of trees to cut up off of it.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I've raised Nubian goats and have drunk a lot of the milk, also the surplus milk from a neighbor raising Toggenbergs that he would give me. Made cheese from it too. These were hay and grain fed goats. I much prefer the taste of cow's milk. Drinking goat's milk that has been warmed up, I like best. I made cottage cheese that was so so, but i have had some excellent goat cheese made by someone else. If it came to a survival thing, I wouldn't have a problem at all with drinking goat's milk. The meat is just ok I find, I slaughtered a young male once, and had the local butcher cut it up for me. There is a definite reason why people in third world countries often keep goats. They are a very high milk production animal given what you have to put into them to keep them nourished.

Soy bean milk I love, a great soothing drink in the late evening, I find. Super high in protein. If you could raise soybeans it would be a real plus. Fermented and turned into a paste, it make a delicious base for soup as well. Soy burgers.... there is a lot that you can do with it.

 

[stehansen]

I'm a counter-culture type guy Paul.

 

[top_notch]

Great thread! I would like to find a piece of land out where I'm at and move my trailer out there. Would be nice to get solar set up, especially if the land would be outside of the grid.

 

[NeTree]

I'm a counter-culture type guy Paul.

I'm an anti-social bastard. Same thing.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Erik, never learned to dance, the funky chicken or the shopping cart?

 

[NeTree]

 

[PCTREE]

Eriks response proves your theory Jay.....

 

[woodworkingboy]

Yep, 'fraid so..

 

[NeTree]

My mama can't dance and my daddy don't rock and roll. What can I say.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

If you like off grid stuff and you cut wood, you'll love this-

http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/12/28/wayne-keith-sets-a-new-world-wood-gas-speed-record/

I'm hoping that Treesmith might be near this guy. He sounds like a very interesting person

 

[treesmith]

According to google, he's about 135 miles from me, Ed. I'm thinking I read something about him in a Farm Show paper at my dad's last year. They ran an article about gas-powered vehicles, but I don't remember the details. Interesting concept, nonetheless.