Instead of posting photos to Instagram, catching up on our Netflix queue to wind down for the evening, or grabbing a latte before driving to work, we spend our days chopping firewood, growing and foraging food, chasing our crazy chickens, and working on building our home. I’m not going to lie to you-living off-grid does not make you normal by any stretch of the imagination. Challenges and Rewards of Off-Grid Living Some document their lives online so that others can learn likewise, others just want to be left alone and are so off the grid, neither you nor I will ever know who or where they are. Others long for self-sufficiency, growing their own food, caring for livestock, and composting their own waste. Some desire to reduce their energy use for nature’s sake, outfitting their homes with solar panels and wind turbines and harvesting rainwater for their daily use. Our solar dehydrator is made from an old freezer! Herbs, roots, and fruit are dried using absolutely no electricity.
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