If youre off in Maine, are you Northern or Southern? Is there winter sun? How cold are the winters?? How hot are the summers?? What are the issues with growing food you run into? What is the hardest and best part about your area??
Looking at moving that way, but know close to nothing about the area.
If you're off grid in Maine, what area are you in and what is the hardest and best parts of that area? Whats youre climate like? Growing challenges? Winter challenges? Enough sun for solar?? Any other
Currently off grid in Washington state. Looking to change things up.
We have been homesteading for over a decade. We grow our own food(bout 60% but havent tried for more), herbs(100%), and medicine(98% we stillcutilize epi pens, and ibuprofen when needed), build our own infrastructure(100%), and need a hand getting off the ground at our relatively new property.
I am an herbalist(currently getting certified). I can teach someone how to can , and preserve meat without a pressure canner, dehydrate and make well preserved fruit in many forms, make wine, vinegar and medicine. teach herbal identification and understanding, so no matter what environment you're in, you can identify unknown herbs. We also utilize fungi for food and medicine. We can teach you how to set up and understand solar, electrical, and plumbing. I am a very experienced gardener who understands how plants grow, and what they need to do so. We use MANY different gardening modalities. We can also teach how to identify and utilize different land terrain, working with the earth not against it(permaculture). We can teach how to fell trees, mill wood, and work with clay for construction of ponds and structures. We are hunters, and process our own meat and furs(not a ton of experience with furs, but can definitely help someone get started & love learning with others). Im sure there is more I am missing.
We have decided to move, up to the top of our mountain before winter. We must dig a cistern, jack up the cabin to repair and replace piers and beams, take down a porch and utilize that wood to repair an old cabin, build inside walls, extend our loft, replace windows, install sheeting and roofing, lay cover crop for next year's garden, build fencing for ducks and geese(no chickens). In the spring we plan to get sheep & process the wool and meat.
We DO NOT have a place for somone to sleep and utilize until we finish the cabin. Once it is livable, we will have a 36' RV with running water ready for someone. We also have a 30×40 shop for storage. We need someone ASAP who has their own liveable area, and their own power. Which we are happy to help set up.
We are a family of three me(34), my husband (37), and my homeschooled son (11). We have three dogs and 6 cats(most of which are outside only). We are in the PNW, have 30 acres, year round creek, old growth forest, 4 seasons, and varying terrian.
We live in a small community(500 people). There is a Walmart 40 minutes away, and a small town that does have hardware stores, fast food, small theater, a bowling alley, and other amenities, but not as much as a big town. The entire county has under 50,000 residents and its a HUGE county(1.5 million acres or 2,541 square miles). Our community thrives much on trading, and helping people out. You cant pull over without someone stopping to see if you need help. This part of the country is beautiful with much to explore.
Our property is mostly firs, larch, and spruce, with a couple ponderosa pines. Much of it is dense forest bountiful with food and medicine.
We are looking for people to come stay and help us. We have much knowledge and reaources to share.
If you're looking to learn about and experience homesteading off grid, please email me!!
We are trying to build underground water storage without purchasing a giant tank. We have come up with a couple ideas, an about ground pool reinforced to prevent collapse, with an earthen top(logs across, plywood plastic above and below the logs, earth on top) and accessible lid.
Digging a giant hole, lining and reinforcing it. I have seen one guy do this.
Anybody have input, experience or advice on how we can do cheap underground storage? It would be our water source for the year. Will be part of a rain water system
Husband found this at our neighbors... is this the revered matsutake? Very pleasant smell. May be hard to distinguish without gills visible. I have found this variety before, as I recognize the smell. what features make it distinguishable? Any input is appreciated!!