How To Insulate Overhead Garage Doors

Have you ever wondered how to insulate overhead garage doors…and not spend a bunch of money doing it? You could spray foam them and really bring the r-factor up. Or you could use bat type insulation. How about using foam board like I am sharing in this blog post? I … Continue reading

Dometic RV Refrigerator Troubleshooting

Dometic RV refrigerator troubleshooting to find the problem with the cooling of this unit. This dometic refrigerator was working perfectly and all the sudden it isn’t cooling. This is why I keep thermometers in both the freezer and the refrigerator so that I can monitor temperatures of both. I switched … Continue reading

Before and After Pictures of Our Little Farm…

In this post I wanted to share the Before and After Pictures of Our Little Farm so that you can see the transformation. When we first came to look at this property it was a grown up jungle. There was tree limbs hanging down on the ground when we came … Continue reading

Moving Firewood Inside Before The Ice Storm – Off Grid Living During The Winter Months

Today I spent a great deal of time moving firewood inside before the ice storm gets here. I was doing this all by way of wheel barrel. Although the wheel barrel might not serve as a useful tool for some, it works great for me. Load it as full as … Continue reading

No Rural Water…No Problem!

Stock piling firewood for off grid emergency's

No rural water on our farm…our off grid living adventure…no problem! Below you will see a video that I shot today sharing exactly how I built this water tank holding stand that would handle this 3000# water tank, and how I got this heavy beast of a tank up on … Continue reading

Our Off Grid Journey

Why did we start our off grid journey? Good question…right? We still have family and friends that think we are crazy, but this isn’t their journey, it’s ours. We both grew on farms and once you’ve grown up on a farm and the closest neighbor is 1/2 mile to 1 … Continue reading