off grid living

Oregon Grape: A Powerful Wild Medicinal Plant (Uses, Benefits & How to Harvest)

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🌿 What Is Oregon Grape? Oregon grape is one of the most useful wild plants you’ll find along the west coast of North America. Around our off-grid property, it grows naturally and is something I’ve come to appreciate more every year. Despite the name, it’s not actually a grape—but once you see the deep purple … Read more

Off-Grid Tools Survival Axe: The Ultimate Off-Grid Multitool

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axe chopping wood

If you spend any time living off-grid, camping, overlanding, or simply keeping emergency supplies in your vehicle, having reliable multi-purpose tools can save both space and weight. One tool I’ve come across that really stands out is the Off Grid Tools Survival Axe Multitool — and honestly, it’s one of those tools that makes you … Read more

Best Books to Read Before Going Off Grid

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Books to Read If You’re Thinking About Going Off Grid If you’ve been thinking about moving off grid—or even just flirting with the idea—there are a few books that can help you understand what you’re really signing up for. Some focus on the practical skills you’ll need, while others share honest, often humorous stories about … Read more

Portable Washing Machines for Off-Grid Living

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doing laundry at the cabin

    We’ve been spending a lot more time out at the cabin this year, and I finally got tired of hauling laundry back and forth every few days. When you’re living off-grid, even simple chores like washing clothes can turn into a full-day project. Sure, I could head down to the spring with a … Read more

Medicinal Plants and Wild Herbs Growing Around Our Off-Grid Cabin

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Discovering Wild Medicinal Plants and Edible Herbs Living off-grid has a way of reconnecting you with the land in a way that’s hard to describe until you experience it. One of the most rewarding parts of this lifestyle is discovering the variety of medicinal plants and edible wild herbs growing naturally around your property. Over … Read more

Winter at the cabin

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Winter and an off grid cabin

This post is part of our ongoing cabin journey — you can start from the beginning in Finding Our Off-Grid Cabin: The Beginning of Our Cabin Project. This past summer was a challenge. With forest fires in the area and road closures limiting access, we weren’t able to get up to the cabin as much … Read more

Tesla Off-Grid Generator Ideas and Nikola Tesla’s Energy Experiments

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cabin with solar and tesla

Nikola Tesla has fascinated people for generations with his ideas about wireless electricity and alternative energy. Even today, many off-grid homesteaders and DIY experimenters are curious about Tesla-inspired energy devices and how they might relate to renewable power systems. While there is no proven “free energy” Tesla generator capable of powering an entire home without … Read more

Homesteading Today: What to Know Before You Start

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Modern homesteading and off-grid living lifestyle

Have you ever thought about homesteading—getting back to a simpler, more self-sufficient life? Homesteading has seen a major resurgence in recent years. Economic uncertainty, growing concerns about food quality, rising utility costs, and even popular survival-style entertainment have encouraged many people to reconsider how—and where—they live. Whatever your reason for exploring homesteading or off-grid living, … Read more

Installing Wood Flooring over Concrete

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installing floor in a rustic cabin

The Cabin Floor One of the first major projects we tackled in our little cabin was replacing the floor. The old floor had seen much better days. It was dirty, damaged, and clearly needed to go. We were almost certain that once we removed the old flooring we’d discover nothing but a dirt floor underneath. … Read more

Small Wood Stove

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A Small Wood Stove for a Small Cabin
Wood Stove

2025 Update:  We have taken the wood stove out and put in a propane furnace.  It’s wonderful and the cabin is now for our guests

The cabin is only 10 x 11 so there was no need to leave the big cast iron wood stove that was in there.  A small wood stove will do the job we need it to do.



There are all kinds of small wood stoves out there, we are trying to recycle and use what we have so spending money was not part of the plan.  We found a larger wood stove in the cabin, but the heat from it would have blown us out of there, so we decided to buy a cheaper wall tent stove.

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