Thought I'd ask about Well Heat, see if anybody knows how to use it. I have a small building that's 4.5 feet off the ground that will be fully insulated under...
Where are you located . Do you get ground frost . ? Whats the winter mean temperature and whats the ground water temp . For my location near Ottawa Ontario ....
Subject: Off-grid, simple life => give up real estate Hi there, Heh, I figured that subject would get someone's attention. Where a few generations ago, mankind...
Rom, I agree wholeheartedly for the males on the list or in general. We don't take much to live. It's the females (not all, at least on this list) that demand...
It's the females (not all, at least on this list) that ... Two points: The first is that, regardless of how sensible and economical it is, very few people want...
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jbc@... wrote: It's the females (not all, at least on this list) that ... Two points: The first is that, regardless of how sensible and economical it...
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... In fact, I do live in the back country, in the same place that my folks did. It certainly might be that different areas attract different types of OTGers....
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I realize this is a bit different of a subject than most of the fairly non-personal technical ideas that I see most often presented on this list. I'm glad to...
Wow--your house sounds lovely, especially the "green cathedral". I got to talking with friends about this topic and the general consensus is that you bring...
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Diana- Hear Hear! You tell 'em. :) ... Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals...
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Diana, you Princess, I'm proud of you and I take my hat off to honor what you're doing. I hope you'll just keep right on doing it. Obie. ... From: Diana of...
Oh, yeah...nobody asked me how I could write to you on the net off grid. I'm sure some of you already know, but it's Direcway wireless dish and the prices are...
I usually just lurk here and post occasionally. I want to say clean, healthy and happy Diana is. I have been to her cabin to visit, during the days I was...
Hello Jackie! This is Cindy Lou and I also know Diana. We've been to Dinner and hun out at my Parents land in the Country and I showed her my Travel Trailer...
Hi Thought I would introduce myself. My name is Nathan Watts I am married to a wonderful lady from the Philippines. I have live off and on off grid during my...
Hi, Nathan, Obie here. Think about Arkansas, if you want really great weather, low priced land, lots of cedar, pine and oak for building and consider catching...
Hi Obie That is one area we are looking. I am also looking up in Alaska and a number of other places. Cisterns are a intrest of mine and would be worth the...
Well, really, why would one want a composting toilet, anyway? I wonder if you've seen them, their size, what it takes to service them, putting hay and other...
Hi I do understand the size of a composte toilet. But I can also install one myself and I can most likely work on it if something goes wrong. I do not want to...
The sawdust bucket toilet I use cost me no more than $15 to make, and only requires sawdust between uses. It requires no water, which allows me to use ...
mine is a 2' cube. I'm very happy with it. septic systems rarely last a lifetime, and are expensive to boot. all that fresh drinking water being polluted ........
The one big reason why a person might not want a septic system is COST!. You can build a functional composting system for only a little labor using free...
... was ... shoulder. Perhaps you've never know a Gypsy or Romani person. By the way, just as English and American is spelled with a capital, so is Gypsy (you...
... live. Perhaps you should try the back country where we already live simply. ... folks did. It certainly might be that different areas attract different...
Hi JBC, you're _exactly_ right. :-) Take care, Rom Publius ... consensus is that you bring your background with you. If you are accustomed to a clean house...
Hi Steve, Although this is a somewhat "personal" topic that isn't discussed openly that much, almost all of what you hear said about such sawdust bucket...
Yikes .. Wow thats expensive . Out here where I live , you can have a contracter install a complete septic system for $1500 Normaly to $2500 if in rock . A...
