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dublinben  ·  1291 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sharing my misadventures in going off-grid (so far)

You've got a nice, cozy camp set up. What's your plan for getting food while you're out there?

Someone else I know who lives off grid has a solar fridge that acts as a thermal battery.





OftenBen  ·  1291 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a great concept. I may end up stealing that myself for the 'ol urban/suburban homestead.

rustyshackleford  ·  1291 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Very cool link, thanks for sending that my way! I have very similar plans for refrigeration, unfortunately this has been a heck of a year to try and buy a chest freezer. It's been months since I've seen one in stock around here.

We have a few different plans in action for food... we have shelf-stable goods sufficient for us and the dogs for six months, plenty of deer and turkey in the area, and a shelf-stable cache of seeds sufficient for about 3-4 years of growing seasons. Hopefully all of those, plus what we can forage off the land, will be enough for us in the long-term. The very first thing we did in 2019 when we bought the land was put in a whole bunch of fruit and nut trees, since those will take a few years before they're producing.