The Pros And Cons Of Going Off Grid

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Going off Grid (Homesteading) Does Not Mean You Go Without
Denying yourself and your family things for comfort or survival is not self-sufficiency. Being self-sufficient simply means you are now the one providing what you need to survive and be comfortable, and not someone else.
A private well, for example, means you do not have to rely on your local government to provide you with water. Raising your own produce and livestock allows you to control what chemicals are used to repel pest and what antibiotics are fed to the livestock. You have more control, but you still need many of the things that up until this point someone else provided.
Harvesting your own firewood or putting up solar panels or wind turbines means you are less dependent …show more content…

You need clothes, tools, fertilizer, feed for your livestock, you need beds and bedding and the list goes on. How are these things provided now, and how will they be provided once you start living less dependent upon others.
The Wrong Impression
Some of you may have watched or have heard about the reality show "Live Free or Die". The show follows some individuals as they essentially live free. Some of the participants take it to the extreme however, but you will notice the couple depicted on the show have somewhat of an idea about how to do it.
If you want to eat chicken, you raise chickens. If you want fresh milk you have a dairy cow. If you want honey for your biscuits, you keep bees. If you want a cucumber salad three nights a week you had better get digging. You like jams and jellies, well you know what you need to do then, or do you, well you will soon find out if you do not know as of yet.
The one that build huts in the wild and dresses in animal's skins, has by definition gone off grid, but that's not likely what you want for you and your family. You can of course do this, but the lifestyle would be rough and it relies more on bush craft skills than on anything

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