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Well my friends a lot has happened in my life since my last post, Lets start with my life changing events, My not so darling wife informed me at the end of july 2014 she no longer wanted to be married and left me for another man, so yeah i was really bummed out for a while, then i got really ill...

I have tried to talk to her, she refuses to go to counseling :( I'm struggling with accepting it and trying to look ahead, it's strange how someone can just flip a switch like nothing bothers them. I know i will have to protect my assets, biggest one is the homestead its 36 acres and paid for. I...

My wife of 18 years together 23 years has decided that she is moving out, said the off grid life is to much :( She is moving on with out me, I am so lost and depressed. I know this hard scrabble life is demanding and now it just got worst, i have everything invested in it and im stuck here...

Today was our 18th wedding anniversary :) Been storming here a good part of the week now, really needed the rain tho. my blog is still www.homesteading-arizona.blogspot.com The Jersey Gaint eggs arrived today and are in the incubator this is the first time we ever bought eggs on ebay, hope they...

It's been forever since i posted, We are still off grid in the desert, been off grid and homesteading for 2 1/2 years now. We have came along ways in that period of time, we are raising sheep, goats, chickens and turkeys. We have some Jersey Giant chicken eggs coming this week and will be...

Hi All :) We are still alive and well, we have been off grid and homesteading now for over a year, It has been alot of work but we are finally getting there. Garden is doing great, we are almost totally self sufficient now. We are raising sheep, goats,turkeys,chickens and rabbits. Please check...

Much rather deal with a skunk lol we have a full grown male mountian lion stalking around, so far he hasn't jumped the fence in to our compound where all the livestock is at, if he does i will have to shoot the big kitty.

Hi all its been awhile since i posted but all is going great living off the grid on our homestead, just about done insulating our small home, we add several more chickens to the homestead, wont belong till we start dressing out some of our extra roosters, starting to build a small smoke house to...

I use my smartphone its a t-mobile comet and cost 99.00 dollars my plan is 45.00 amonth and i have 3g speed for internet and its unlimited. Im not on a contract i pay month to month. My phone turns in to a mobile hotspot and can connect up to 5 devices to it at the same time. Been working fine...

Welcome and enjoy, we made our move to off-grid living in feb and havnt looked back its great!!

I have the gudcraft wg-450 it works great with my solar panels. http://www.gudcraftonline.com/default.asp My blog is at http://homesteading-arizona.blogspot.com/ you can see my setup there. Hope this helps

We found a person that is getting out of the rabbit business, she had a pair of New Zealands and a pair of Californian Rabbits left, she sold them to us for 30.00 a pair they are all about 1 year old, She is holding the Californian's for us till i get a hutch made for them only had room for one...

Ok all round 2 on the garden, went and bought fencing, replanted everything, adding extra water, means extra trips to town to fill water barrels and things are coming back up and nothing getting to it now, We will see if this works :barnie We really need the garden, next month i'm starting on...

Yes you can move your solar equipment anytime you want to.

Hi we have been living off grid now since feb, we have 6 - 80watt solar panels, 1 - 450watt wind generator and 4 - six volt batteries for our battery bank, we run lights, refrigerator, satellite tv,lcd tv, xbox game system, computer, charge our electronics and have never ran out of power yet. We...

Well we got our garden area fenced in, we have added 3 alpine dairy goats to our homestead, they were born in march so it will be next year before we can breed them. We still need to find a buck tho, The person sold us all 3 for 50.00 dollars but one is a wether, we decided to keep him for...

Wow your garden is awesome!!!! Great Job on it.

Lol we learned that one about the sun here.

Hi all, we are still alive and kickin in the desert, its been so HOT!!!!!!!!!!!! thankfully the moonson is starting. We have had a terrible time with mojave rattlesnakes, i have already killed 9 around the house. We are still struggling with off grid life, it has its up's and down's. Garden...