When things go south and we have to stay north~
We have always lived as if we would need to go off the grid. When we built the first phase of our house it was built with Y2K in mind…I’m dating myself.
We actually moved in on Dec. 31st of 1999…..”waiting for the world to end as we knew it”.
Obviously we are still here and not much happened. However, we decided that we would always want to be ready for any kind of national catastrophe. So, we equipped our home with the ability to live without modern technology.
We have a bicycle generated battery situation for power, 2 wood cook stoves for heat and cooking food, ample storage for housing others, a root cellar, ability to heat water without propane, fresh running water in a river, optimal land to grow our own food, trading heirloom seeds with friends, and the list goes on.
Recently we have been talking about attaching a green house to our walkout basement and heating it with the wood stove that is only a few feet away. We can then grow veggies that we so love in the winter time.
We are also in the lookout for a larger wood cooking stove….something like this:
Ain’t she a beauty?
Every time we go to my Aunt’s house I drool over hers…..its somewhat similar to this. She also has an antique bakers oven that is the bomb!
We have been staking out our property for horses, goats and chickens as well.
Living on the grid is comfortable, but can lull us to sleep of the world’s current condition. These luxuries will not always be ours for the taking.
What are you doing to become more self sufficient?
The Coop would love to hear from you!
Farmhouse Chicks
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