Comments by "Sandie Armagost" (@sandiearmagost2914) on "Why I Live Off Grid: FREEDOM, No Mortgage, No Utilities" video.
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@christianbetancourt4648 I get water right now in town. I have about 10, fifty gallon barrels. My goal is to get some tanks that I can put into the ground so they don’t freeze in the winter. In the winter I use snow for most things but have drinking water also. I will set up a rainwater retention system with the rest of my barrels. I would love to have a well, but that’s runs about $50,000.00 that I don’t have. I’m a breast cancer survivor so my choice was to find land that I could afford close to my family. That said, my land is not in a place that has plenty of water and fire wood. If I did this sooner, those would be my top priority.
My advice would be look for land that has water, firewood, and good soil to grow your garden. Check if the land has a history of flooding, fire, large amounts of predators, insects, etc…. The big thing this year is Mormon crickets. I found out that they have been around for 100’s of years and the people would dry them and make a flour based dough and cook them. Thank you Jesus I’m not there yet!😁
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@lourensduplessis8643 I started with finding the land. I made a list on what I’m looking for in the land and what I can afford.
Do I want to be by family, what state? Looking for water, wood, good gardening soil, does it snow, rain, wind, and have fires?
What kind of structure can I but on it. How long will it take? Do I have to grade the land?
During this time I’m collecting the things I need. Solar panels, solar lights (inside and outside) cooking stove, water barrels, heaters, wind turbine, solar generators, and dried food etc…
Because I don’t have a freezer, I dried canned rice, beans, flour etc… ( If you freeze and thaw it it several times it kills the bugs that may be in it)
That took me about a year and a half.
That’s a start.
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@wanerromero9766 I’m not sure if I did it right, but the first thing I did was to get the things that I needed. Solar lights with small panels, water filters, ( like a Berkeley) solar, and gas/propane generators. Solar panels, propane tanks, propane heaters. Read up on solar energy, gardening etc… Make a list of what you need in your land. Start looking into land. Do a Google earth search to see what would be around you, like railroads, jail/ prisons, farm land, towns, water. Find out what kind of things plague the area, like pest, high crime and drug problems.
I hope this helps. Good luck🍀
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@jonnijhhon This is the one thing I can give my kids and Grandkids that might help, or even save them. As I said, I’m 65 so much has changed in the world now. 2019 to now has been mind blowing. Even as a 40 year old, there were no smash and grab, and employees being fired if they stopped them, no defunding police, no law and order, so many people living in the streets, no home, no food, no water, no hope. This scares the 💩out of me.
When I say my family thinks I’m nuts, it’s the older group not the younger ones. This is a hard life. But in my house that I had in the city in California, I was a target. 55 and older communities are easy picking for criminals. I had been targeted. My friend tells me it’s getting worse. Im doing this for my kids and grandkids. Not me.
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@m42037 I started while I was still working. After that I get a small retirement from my old job. I sold my house in California and stayed with my son’s family to take care of my grandchildren while they worked. That was for about 2 years. I made lists of the land I wanted and how much I could afford. I also made a list of the things that I needed to live off grid. I started little by little getting them. I also started to get food supplies, like rice, beans, and pasta. I found different colored buckets, so I could separate things in different colors. ( Red was for medical, yellow was for dried dairy, green was for spices, brown was for freezes dried meats etc…) I dried caned things like sugar, salt, honey etc.. I collected seeds for a garden.
I went to places like goodwill and garage sales to find how to books and things that were on my list.
It took me a long time and by no means I don’t live high on the hog. Each year I learn more about my land. I made many mistakes, but I correct them and go on. I need so much more, but little by little, fingers crossed I’ll get there.
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@gfg5622 I got land that is fairly close to my family. I needed to find land that I can afford, and is not very close to a large city.
My advice is to make a list of what you need from your land. Water, gardening land, climate, (winter/summer), wood for warmth what state has the cheapest taxes, land.
If you live off grid,( no water, electricity, etc) are your property taxes reasonable? Some states and or counties make it illegal to collect rainwater.
It’s all about what state you want to live in, and what stipulations they may have.
Good luck 🍀
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