How to Live Off the Grid

Over 180,000 families a year get tired of the hustle and bustle of working 40+ hour jobs, living in highly congested areas and spending their health to gain their wealth. After all, when we are all dead and gone, what's all that fancy stuff going to contribute? Nothing. People are realizing this more and more as the world grows increasingly bad with acts of terrorism in big cities and the stress levels killing their health, it's simply not worth it.

When You decide to live off the grid, you will be like the Amish and be self sustaining. You will grow your own food, hunt you meat off the land, can over an open fire to store food, work the land and grow gardens to eat from and use sustainable energy for lights. Water will be carried from the nearest creek or branch. It's a tough way to live but there are no utility bills, water bills, phone bills or energy costs. The only items most people living off the grid will need is coffee, flour, meal and clothing as well as some sanitary items.

One family in particular that comes to mind was a surgeon from Atlanta Ga. He made over 500,000.00 a year and lived in the lap of luxury. His work load caused a great deal of depression and anxiety. He finally seen a psychiatrist and was told to cut his stress level down. His blood pressure was stroke level, having panic attacks and suffered with debilitating diabetes. We went and seen him and his wife 2 months ago. His depression has vanished and now he spends his days cutting wood for the winter, logging to build on to their humble cabin, planting his crops for food, hunting for meat to eat and enjoys everything the wilderness has to offer. His stress is eliminated, his blood pressure requires 1 pill a day, not 4 anymore and diabetes is under control. His wife says he's happier that she's ever seen him in the 33 years they've been happily married.

As a rule of thumb the Indians used to use when finding a location to settle in was a couple of important aspects:

1. Settle Close To Water

Preferably a spring for drinking water and to cook and bathe with.

2.Find Land That Does Not Flood

When looking for land to build on also look for land with a small hillside so floods will not destroy your home and food crops.

3. Always look for property in areas that require no building permits or zones

If your looking to really get off and allow nature to accompany you, go to the mountains, away from anyone.

Summer Harvest

Plant your garden outdoors and reap your harvest all summer long. Build an open fire and can your beans, tomatoes, okra, peppers, potatoes and squash for winter harvest without a greenhouse.

Winter Harvest

A green house is needed for fresh vegetables and some fruits in winter. You will need a wood heater to supply the greenhouse with hot temperatures to grow your food.

Solar panels reduces energy and heat usage by as much as 76%. Most electric cooperatives offer some type of assistance in adding solar panels.

For modern comforts of electricity without using a generator or candles, try for windmills. They generate well enough electricity to operate a small cabin. Especially if you choose to build near the edge of a mountain where the barometric pressure keeps a constant wind blowing or high atop a mountain.

If you are thinking of moving and living off the grid, the hill of Tennessee has about everything you need right there in them there hills. Below is a wonderful location and I've seen this property and it's as remote as one can get. A couple Amish families are about all you will see.

Tennessee Mountain Land For Sale