Building Off the Grid TV Show is Looking for Projects

“Hello, I’m a casting director with Warm Springs Productions and the DIY network. The first season of the DIY’s show “Building Off the Grid” was such a huge success that we’re now casting a second season! We’re looking all across the country for folks who will soon be building an off grid dwelling (i.e. starting within in the next few months).

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Forest Garden Shelterbelts: Investment Strategy for Restoring Degraded Land

Shelterbelts/windbreaks have many different benefits
Shelterbelts/windbreaks have many different benefits

Tree shelterbelts are commonly grown throughout the world for windbreaks, privacy, livestock protection, soil management, wildlife conservation, etc. What is not so common is growing food producing shelterbelts for investment purposes.

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The Three Best Decisions We’ve Made Homesteading


“As we’ve made our transition from city life to an off-grid homestead over the last three and a half years, we’ve done some things right and we’ve done some things wrong. In the spirit of encouraging others and hoping that YOU have the easiest time of all, we’re sharing the three best decisions we’ve made homesteading.”

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How We’re Living In Our Tiny Home LEGALLY

Derek from Life Inside a Box channel explains how he and Hannah live legally in their tiny home in Cochise county, Arizona. Note how building codes vary from county to county and what they’re doing is not legal everywhere, so you have to research the requirements where you live.

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