It is our goal to be self-sustaining and living off grid someday
It is our goal to be self-sustaining and living off grid someday. We would love to get solar panels (most of our home is electric, only the furnace is gas). We can have a large garden and learn to can the fruits/veggies we grow, and also dry the herbs we grow. We have quite a few fruit trees. (15 or so) with a variety of fruits: Pears, Apples, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, and Peaches). We have 2 freshwater ponds on our property, and have a lake across the street. We also have a well. We want to get a manual pump for our well. The thing that we are lacking right now is hunting/fishing skills. We don't eat venison, wild game, or fish. If we did, it would be a lot easier, I could send Steve on hunting trips to catch a deer or fishing trips to catch fish, and we could store the meat until we needed to use it. Maybe we will try some venison and see if we like it.Living off grid to us doesn't mean living in the wild, like camping. It just means using our own resources, or resources from nature (like the sun). We would still have to have a high speed internet connection, probably that along with cable TV would be our only vice.We have medicines, vitamins, first aid kits, and the knowledge how to use the items. I have a lot of homeopathic medicines for various illnesses. My detox foot pads also are in stock, and can help us stay healthy if we use them consistently. When I use my foot detox pads on a regular basis, I just don't get sick. I have my stock of them at home, and they are stored in a storage room in my basement.We also have a large stock of NutraSilver, which not only purifies water, but is a unique form of colloidal silver and works as an antibiotic for any illnesses that we may face. And we have a large stock of MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution), which does some similar things that NutraSilver does, but also can cure chronic illnesses and even acute illnesses such as malaria. It also takes care of yeasts, funguses, molds, and can purify a large supply of water, very similar to how bleach kills off the bacteria, except it isn't harmful.I think it would be fun to be a contributor to our society, vs. just guzzling our natural resources and guzzling electricity that we can't make on our own. I can't wait to learn to can, and learn more about gardening. I also can't wait to learn more about solar energy. However, one thing that would be hard for me would be to give up my truck. I LOVE my truck!! So, those are our goals. We would love to be able to do this within 5 years!!