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XUL
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: CookieCrumbs]
#26152136 - 08/25/19 09:30 AM (4 years, 5 months ago) |
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Outside of Machias ME.
It's a port town and large timber lot with taxes at 80 dollars per year.
I will be heading up to start a camp in September. Although I won't be permanently living off grid as of yet. This will be a season process of building up my camp.
I will post pictures of the initial cabin and camp setup.
Cheers.
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Tulipslave
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: XUL]
#26153071 - 08/25/19 11:34 PM (4 years, 5 months ago) |
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XUL said: Outside of Machias ME.
It's a port town and large timber lot with taxes at 80 dollars per year.
I will be heading up to start a camp in September. Although I won't be permanently living off grid as of yet. This will be a season process of building up my camp.
I will post pictures of the initial cabin and camp setup.
Cheers.
any idea of what kinds of trees grow on the land? do you know when there was last a timber harvest? what are your intentions for the trees?
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XUL
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: Tulipslave]
#26153311 - 08/26/19 07:49 AM (4 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mostly hard wood. It was selectively cut a few years ago.
I am going to let it grow until I'm older. I would like to use the lumber for myself. I would like one property to be a nearly untouched sanctuary.
But then again, I am working hard to buy several properties in timber country. For the purpose of supplying the south with my own milled boards.
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Shikamaru
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: XUL]
#26164258 - 09/01/19 06:34 PM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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Have you thought about using clay for construction? I dream of making a large outdoor oven out of clay. I've also seen furniture and even buildings made with clay.
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Drboomer
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: XUL]
#26280733 - 10/27/19 05:06 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I could easily live without power or on solar/wind. Without high speed internet... hell no
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Buster_Brown
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: Drboomer]
#26280802 - 10/27/19 05:42 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Drboomer said: I could easily live without power or on solar/wind. Without high speed internet... hell no
isn't that just another addiction like alcohol, tobacco?
Actually I just turned down an offer to go camping in the Florida wilderness because I'd miss my washing machine.
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Re: Living off grid - preparation, lists, case study [Re: Buster_Brown]
#26286875 - 10/30/19 10:50 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Buster_Brown said:
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Drboomer said: I could easily live without power or on solar/wind. Without high speed internet... hell no
isn't that just another addiction like alcohol, tobacco?
Actually I just turned down an offer to go camping in the Florida wilderness because I'd miss my washing machine.
My final setup turned out being an insulated Amish cabin with a large wood stove. Propane oven and cooking stove. Propane shower with pump and shower head. . Propane refrigerator. There is phone service too, which is great. 
Next spring I will be setting up solar power and combining it with propane. In this way, I can live relatively modern and still be away from population.
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Edited by XUL (10/30/19 10:52 AM)
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