Homesteading "off the grid"

[PacificPandeist]

Yep thatt is the way of it with rural co op's . Same for the power company we are hooked up with. You could take them to court but,? I have a friend in central Texas and he built a wind generator and the power company came out and dissconnected him from thier grid. For a really good look go to otherpower.com It will be two years down the road before we can produce our own energy here. May the Lord shine on ya.
TRUTH & MERCY Big Dave Redneck for Christ

That's horrible, truly horrible-- a company shouldn't be able to refuse service to someone just because they try to be self-reliant!! That's like the supermarket refusing to sell you food because you grow some of your own on your property!! First, it's none of their damn business, and second, it's bad for the country, encourages too much reliance on things out of our own control!!

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[Henaynei]

truly, but if I declined to sign the agreement I'd be itting in the cold dark withou food or abty to cook - I'd reallt like to get off the grid, always have wanted to, but have not yet had the money or ability to do so....

 

[PacificPandeist]

truly, but if I declined to sign the agreement I'd be itting in the cold dark withou food or abty to cook - I'd reallt like to get off the grid, always have wanted to, but have not yet had the money or ability to do so....

I suggested not long ago in another thread that folks should consider giving the gift of solar power for these coming holidays!! Would that I could afford it as well!!

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[PacificPandeist]

Ah, here's that thread: http://www.christianforums.com/t4109600-give-the-gift-of-solar-this-holiday-season.html

 

[Nightwatchsong]

We also are taking very small steps toward limited independence and a closer connection to God's beautiful creation. One acre and just an electricity bill has meant so much to us former city-dwellers, and worth the many years of prayer in this direction. Knowing that my water comes from beneath my feet -- through a well of God's provision -- has helped me to appreciate this vital substance like never before. Plus, it tastes better than the lake fare we were accustomed to! The sky is bigger than suburbia allowed us to conceive; the horizon like a storybook. Come to the country, if God so leads you!

Many blessings,
Elizabeth

 

[Henaynei]

and tonight, thanks to having moved to where the light pollution is nearly nil, we are going to be able to see the Leonid metor shower like never before!!

 

[Sojourner<><]

and tonight, thanks to having moved to where the light pollution is nearly nil, we are going to be able to see the Leonid metor shower like never before!!

Awesome! You're in NC right? What time will you be able to view it?

 

[Henaynei]

Awesome! You're in NC right? What time will you be able to view it?

yes, NC - nearly as far NW as one can get in NC

I hear peak sighting should be between 11:30p and 1:30a - absolute best place is said to be NE US and SE Canada.... but I figure that without the light pollution we should be able to see a pretty good show here, as long as the skys stay clear

 

[PacificPandeist]

and tonight, thanks to having moved to where the light pollution is nearly nil, we are going to be able to see the Leonid metor shower like never before!!

How I envy you tonight!!

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[Henaynei]

How I envy you tonight!!

//// Pacific PanDeist

sadkly, the clouds obscured and we missed it....

 

[PacificPandeist]

sadkly, the clouds obscured and we missed it....

Sorry to hear that.... I missed it as well....

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[SecretBlessings]

I'm into voluntary simplicity, meaning I don't become attached to "material things" and buy only what I need.

 

[scoutswife]

That is what me and my family are doing. We are trying to provide for ourselves by our own means.

 

[scoutswife]

Only by Gods help though.

 

[scoutswife]

He provides and we use what He gives us.

 

[PacificPandeist]

Hmmmm, and yet we apparently all have computers.... I'd hate to give that up, the connection they provide to everything....

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[Henaynei]

Hmmmm, and yet we apparently all have computers.... I'd hate to give that up, the connection they provide to everything....

//// Pacific PanDeist

WHAT ??? I ave a computer???

I thought this was a typewriter

 

[NostalgicGranny]

Just a thought about the alternative energy...

I heard recently by word of mouth that some energy companies are required by state law to purchase back excess energy from energy producing homes. I've always been sort of a geek so I'm thinking about looking into this. I think it would be great to own your own energy farm.

We live in Texas and from what I have heard our co=op electric buys back the excess energy. The problem is being able to afford the wind turbine.

 

[NostalgicGranny]

I have been lookin for yall. I am a homesteader.
No we do not live off the grid but we try to raise a garden to offset the amount of food we buy. Black Butt Dave the hog is going to Disney world tommorrow. He weighs 227 lbs live weight. Youngest boy showed and actioned his chickens at the fair this last saturday. We sell firewood and I am excited to find like minded people. We make soap and do not use no artifical anything in it. We eat alot of what we can grow and give the ecsess to feed the homeless. I would like to see a homesteader page on this forum. Think they will? If yall have any questions on alternative energy, welding, livestock, herbs Give me a shout
TRUTH & MERCY Big Dave Redneck for Christ

I requested a homesteading forum and they referred me to the gardening forum. I told them it was not quite the same thing. They don't think there is enough interest in that sort of thing. It is in the suggest new forum section: http://christianforums.com/showthread.php?t=7219271
It would be helpful if anyone else who was interested said so.

Would love to hear about your soap making. I have played around with it a little myself.

 

[The "J"]

I would love to have a solar-powered house out in the boondocks. Do without Internet? Hmm, that's a tough one. I don't necessarily want to cut off communication to the outside world.