Glakesar
Prescott,Ontario
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Lisa you should check out the forums at www. Backwoodshome.com there is a lot of info there on the lifestyle you are considering.
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mikeandlisa
East TN Mountains
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Thanks Glakesar-
I do belong to that forum.
Lisa
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Hiker3
Florida
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Lisa,
Congrats on your adventure! Sounds exciting.
By the way, if you ever want to throw a Celebration Party, I bet there are 200 campers on this forum who would Just Love to camp on your beautiful mountain for the weekend(grin).
Best of luck!
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butkus21
On Galveston Bay
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Look forward to following your progress. What I wouldn't give to have a piece of property like that, beautiful!! Continued success!!
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sneakers145
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I plan on doing something similar on my Texas property in the future with wind and solar. I'll likely have a backup propane generator (as I'll have all propane appliances anyway). Cool!
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CatandJim
Tulsa, as in Oklahoma
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Awesome property! Congratulations! Y'all have wonderful plans, I'll be interested in watching your progress.
Cat
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minkhill
Tennessee
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I thought I recognized that barn!!!!!!
Welcome to the area!! It is indeed a beautiful piece of property!!
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Matthew_B
The boonies near Dallas, Oregon
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sneakers145 wrote: I'll likely have a backup propane generator (as I'll have all propane appliances anyway).
Now that's the part that bugs me about "off grid" folks.
I'm on grid, and my power is dang near 100% domestic sourced. It's even 70% renewable (hydro). That's my heat and cooling, ALL appliances, refrigeration and water pumping.
Pretty much anytime people go "off grid" the appliances go propane. With the advent of good low voltage fridges, the refrigeration is less commonly propane, but many still do use absorption fridges. And they throw in a propane generator. Propane isn't domestic. Propane is relatively clean, but still a fossil fuel.
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JTMO
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Chapter 5
Lisa, hit reply to topic versus quick reply when you need to add pictures or links. Then hit the globe for links, the picture icon for pictures etc.
Smilies..
Or, add a direct link.
If you want me to edit this one out, just ask:
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edited 07/01/08 10:14pm by JTMO *
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mikeandlisa
East TN Mountains
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Hiker3- I'm sure there are a lot of people interested in camping out. We might rent out our old place(the one with our motorhome on it now).
Minkhill- Yeah I've seen hundreds of barns just like that. Where are you from?
MatthewB- Congrats on you energy conservation. We are not "going green" never claimed to. Just trying to conserve our "electric usage" because we will not be connected to the grid. Most people started going off grid long before "going green" became popular.
For anyone interested
I will be posting the first part of chapter 6 with more pictures tonight. Check it out at the City-Data forums in the TN section.
Lisa
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