Forget everything you thought you knew about off-grid living… Unless you’re living off the grid yourself, I'd bet at least one of the common misconceptions listed below is something you thought to be true.
The basics of setting up a solar system to live off-grid.
By popular demand: the recipe to my daily no-knead bread - 5 minutes at night + 5 minutes in the morning (+ 35 minutes of baking), and we've got fresh breakfast.
There's a choice here: do you want to buy cheap stuff or your favourite brand - or do you want to keep the village store open with conscious grocery shopping?
The person who decided to call this lifestyle "simple life" definitely didn't try to LIVE it.
We want our finca to be lush and green; we think the most efficient way to keep the grass nice and short, is to have grazers keep it that way. On the long run, it's not that much more expensive - and a lot more fun.
Living off-grid means there's always a new project around the corner... and you can get stressed and exhausted if you don't take a break.
An alternative currency, just for our little corner of the world; it sounded like a good idea at the time, and it was awesome while it lasted.
In theory, gardening from seed is pretty straightforward. Get seeds, put them in the ground and wait until a plant emerges. However, there are a few pitfalls - avoid the most important ones with this quick guide!