Trash pandas my ass, they are definitely assassins, one has yet to get into my garage can. Maybe those city ones are different lol

Lol, you’re right but… I have to get my well line to the cabin first, 4’ down and 110’

If only I had a tractor with a backhoe…

Unfortunately I sit on 35-40 of glacial till and water seems to sink through pretty quick. I do collect rain water for the garden though and the garden itself brings a lot of life

Nice! My grandparents and mother came over after the war, they grew up on a tiny farms in Poland. During the war my grandparents were in separate nazi work camps in Austria. Found each other after the war and wound up in the USA

Ya it takes a few years, people have to stick it out but it seems some give up just before the good part

Yup, my wife saw a weasel and some little ones crossing our driveway not to long ago. That raccoon broke through the screen on the window, should have used chicken wire but I don’t think I had any at the time

👍 Yessa!

Nice! Post what you’re doing so we can follow the progress

Cheap is the only way 👍 if you’re going to make it

Wow sounds like you will thrive, just get’er going, don’t wait, life is too short!

It’s been about 7 years since I’ve had bees, I think it’s time again. I really miss the honey and pollen in my coffee

You make due with what you have, and I had an extra toilet seat

We had a raccoon break into the coop the other night and killed 6 of our Rhode Island reds. Just chewed on their necks and drank blood, didn’t bother eating a one. And of course my big ass rooster came out unscathed, probably hiding in a nesting box lol. Luckily I found a local couple who had some young Plymouth Rocks and I was able to replace them pretty quick. You get used to fresh eggs and you don’t want to go back to store bought, that’s a fact

You up here in blueberry capital of Maine?

One old dog and a bunch of chickens, not counting. Not counting the moose, coyotes, fox, and deer lol. We scratched a place out of the woods here so we don’t have any fields for anything else like sheep or goats so we’re concentrating on growing what we can. We have some fruit trees wild blackberries, elderberry, and our raised beds for vegetables. We add stuff every year so eventually we’ll be rich in fruits and vegetables, give it a couple more years. Veggies are doing good though

Absolutely we need more of this 👍

Gearing up for some canning next weekend, going to do some Klondike pickles and some picallily. Both of which are old recipes handed down and are delicious!

I as well, seems pretty cool so far, hoping I can find some like minded people here

I’m too far up in Maine for guess, didn’t feel anything

Cool but AI can be so very creepy sometimes

One thing that gets me on lost platforms is that off grid has become mostly glamour and not based in reality. Most of us scrape by and use what we have of can find for free or second hand to make this lifestyle work. Most of us did not sell our million dollar house in California and immediately by up an established homestead to be trendy. I think most of us are doing this to try break free form the system that controls our every move. Most of us claw and scratch our way to make this work. Some make it and some do not. You need the right mindset to live like our ancestors did off the land. Heck even my grandparents had victory gardens and canned most of their food. We need to get back to that!

Is there anyone out there interested at all in living off grid and homesteading? Please join me so we can help each other with ideas and knowledge. It isn’t easy, but we can make it easier by helping each other to solve our little ‘issues’ that we run into living this lifestyle ✌️