I have been living essentially "OFF-Grid" above the 45th parallel for the past 13+ years now. I have 16 solar panels which charge 24 six volt batteries in a 48-volt system. I have a 3500-watt wind turbine but I took it down to get it repaired and won't put it up again until I REALLY NEED it...IYKWIM.
Life at this latitude and 1900 MSL offers a very challenging set of experiences. I have watched hundreds of YouTubes on off-grid living and things related to my "lifestyle" but they all live in warm/temperate locations where winter is a short, reasonable part of the year. Winter here frequently lasts 7-8 months of the year. My growing season is just over 110 days or so. The remainder of the year is still too cold to grow many crops.
I'd really like to see if there is any interest here in starting a group for folks who live NORTH of 45.
If you are interested, please answer this post or send me a "PM" so we can get a chance to discuss things that are peculiar to our environment. This is by no means an attempt to "lure folks away from the usual threads here, but I think living this far north has challenges that the rest of the folks just can't relate to, particularly issues of growing season, winter damage to the farm infrastructure, snow removal, etc.
Cheers,
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Life at this latitude and 1900 MSL offers a very challenging set of experiences. I have watched hundreds of YouTubes on off-grid living and things related to my "lifestyle" but they all live in warm/temperate locations where winter is a short, reasonable part of the year. Winter here frequently lasts 7-8 months of the year. My growing season is just over 110 days or so. The remainder of the year is still too cold to grow many crops.
I'd really like to see if there is any interest here in starting a group for folks who live NORTH of 45.
If you are interested, please answer this post or send me a "PM" so we can get a chance to discuss things that are peculiar to our environment. This is by no means an attempt to "lure folks away from the usual threads here, but I think living this far north has challenges that the rest of the folks just can't relate to, particularly issues of growing season, winter damage to the farm infrastructure, snow removal, etc.
Cheers,
Trim sends