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Home energy efficiency is vital to the success of any off-the-grid homesteading project. When you try to make a go of it without the phony sense of dependability offered by your local utility company, power resources become so precious that ...

  Winter is inevitable. At times, it is a mild affair. At other times, snow piles up higher than a man.  Preparing your homestead and farm are important if you want to ensure the highest chance of you, your livestock ...

When winter hits, you should not feel the difference in your home. If you’re feeling cold air leaking in, though, what that really means is that 10 to 20 percent (or more) of your heat is escaping through openings along ...

When the dead of winter starts setting in, the ability to maintain heat between your home or cabin walls can become a bit of a challenge. Sub-freezing and negative temperatures seem to draw the warmth out of your home at ...

Passive solar heating and cooling may not sound exciting or even effective, but if you’re off-grid, you definitely should learn more. When done right, passive solar can help offset electric costs by a great deal. How does passive solar design for homes ...

The world is getting more dangerous all the time. According to the latest FBI statistics, a burglary happens somewhere in the United States every 15 seconds. Even more startling than that, more and more of these burglaries are actual home ...

They’re affordable to purchase, easy to grow, versatile in recipes and are rich in vitamins C and B6, and potassium. They contain no fat, no sodium and no cholesterol, and they produce more food per unit area of land than ...

Editor’s note: The author is a policeman. Last year, there were more than 2 million burglaries in the US. About one every 15 seconds. If you have ever experienced your house being broken into, it is a sickening event. It ...

In Washington, scientists developed a model home that not only avoids energy bills, but it actually produces net additional energy that the homeowners would be able to sell for profit. The National Institute of Standards and Technology created the “Net ...

Going off the grid is about living more efficiently, and for many it is also about getting ready for the dramatic environmental and societal changes that may be coming. But more than anything else, going off the grid is about ...