Off The Grid And Loving It

Living miles away from fabric shops and not wanting to spend dollars to make fabric then recycling is a neat way to make your own.   do it yourself fabric is unique and a cool way to recycle a favourite item.  Believe it or not this weaving is done with torn strips of hubby's night shirt, frayed and ready to toss out when inspiration hit - guess he's still searching for it  ...  looks mighty like denim and gave a very strong and interesting texture fabric for a bag. 

Quick Pic today with a simple and effective climbing frame for the garden this one is made from tea tree but could be any branches of the right size 

site of the river in Puniu rural NZ on a fishing trip  Fishing Hut overlooking the Puniu river  Everything you need for a fishing weekend - great site for setting up off grid  Campfire 

  Believe in synchonicty ?   off the grid living  ? Mmmmmnnnn ....... Life has a habit of whacking you on the nose when you don't pay attention....   Until quite recently, I was going along minding my own business and following my own path and decided it might be a great idea  to enrol in a horticultural course.  This is not a new thing.  We have grown our own food for decades.  I scuttled along to this course expecting to find out  "a wee bit more" about how to"do it better" when WHAM ! It was like when something hits you at a million miles an hour in a split second of time.  We were watching our tutor/teacher/life-pointer-in the-right directionist was slicing up an apple to illustrate how the earth has only 1/32nds worth of usable space to grow all the food for everyone on earth.    Google "The Earth as an Apple" to see what I mean   It got worse -  it turns out that we only have the equivalent of the  ski...

Off the grid living  ? Is it for the birds ? How would you get on if you had to generate enough energy/power to run the "must haves" in your life ? Would you be able to sustain yourself for even a week ? How important is  the whole energy thing anyway ?  And why should we even bother ? Do you know how easy it is to  build your own off grid living gear  ? You can save a stack of money by DIY It can be quite simple with the right instructions and done using tools you probably already  have at home. Build Your own -  off grid living guides here Building it yourself is far more cost effective  than purchasing the ready made renewable systems Live the good life  wherever you choose when you  live off the grid and stop being reliant on the national grid. But how do you begin to generate your own electricity ? From scratch, without any know how  ? Like Zilch, nada ...... Like eating an elephant - one bite...