Member AutumnDawn
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Dawn here, recently relocated to Tennessee, on the border between east and west with my husband. We are living off-grid in an RV while we build our new home.
We have raised chickens, Muscovy ducks, Tamworth pigs, and hair sheep in Ohio and are looking to transfer those skills once we terraform the land from forest to silvo-pasture. (Anyone with skills cutting tall trees safely, please feel free to share your knowledge.)
We are currently learning things like solar, battery banks, charge controllers, and inverters. Rain catchment and composting bins are next to be built. We plan to start building an earthbag home in the spring, though we will likely start with something small like a root cellar to build our skillset.
I don’t claim to know everything, but I learn what I need to know as I need to know it. 😇 Feel free to reach out any time to talk shop or build friendships.
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The Rapture isn’t guaranteed and if it does happen, you may well be leaving loved ones behind that still have time to repent if they can survive long enough. Leave a Bible in your preps…
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When I click the little bell to check my notifications, it always jumps me to the top of the discussion instead of where the notification is so I can respond to it. Digging through pages of discussion to find why I was notified is time consuming. 🙁
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I had an amazing time at SRF! I was working the Visitor Center and I got to talk to lots of cool people. I made some new friends and caught up with some old ones too. SRF is now my “family reunion”.
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I’m not sure if I should reply here to continue the thread or not, but here we go…
We made it! Last week, we hauled our 5th wheel RV down to our property in Tennessee, dropped it off, returned to Ohio, loaded up our utility trailer and truck with gear, and returned to Tennessee.
We’ve now established solar power with a gasoline generator for backup, water storage via IBC totes and a 12v transfer pump, and installed a mailbox and registered for mail service. We’ve done laundry off grid, and have a storage shed coming in a few days, and sorted out where to take our garbage.
Our next projects include building a second solar array and running it parallel to the other series, setting up a composting site, installing an access gate, and building out the shed as a mechanical room for the solar equipment as well as storage.
Not bad for week one. -
I have to say, I dragged my husband into homesteading. At least that’s the way he likes to tell the story. lol
When I planned my garden and livestock care, I planned the day to day chores in such a way that a person would be able to do it alone. You never know if someone would be sick or injured and HAVE to do it alone so better to just plan the work that way. Permaculture has been a big help in that design, and Lod help me, I’m about to start over and do it all again on a piece of raw land. At least I can use my knowledge and avoid some of the big errors this time around.
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The chickens may eat some of the scraps. They will certainly eat the bugs that come to feast on the scraps. They are constantly turning things over so it will stay aerated. If they don’t seen interested in it, throw some scratch grain on top.
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We are new. We’re moving down from Ohio.
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We’re familiar with Boom-Squish. The water heating is not pressurized nor sealed from the open air.