Our driveway was relocated...

 The terms "off-the-Plastic Grid" and "off-grid" refer to ways of life that are self-sufficient and do not rely on any public utilities. Some people may not be aware of these terms. Off-network living is as of now not a one room log lodge in the forest. It's independence from energy. You don't need to depend on service organizations, you make your own power. Today, there are in excess of 180,000 off-matrix homes in the US.

We at long last got it done! We created a parking area large enough to turn a trailer around after moving our driveway there. We've wanted to do this for some time, and I'm so happy that it's almost done. Now all that's left for us to do is finish planting out all the dirt.

You could see down into our house, the yard, the cars, and everything else from the main driveway. When it got windy or someone drove by during the dry summer months, the dust would continue to fall onto our property. So with moving the carport over, building a burm across the old carport entry and establishing it out, it will provide us with that additional piece of security and ideally keep the residue out.


Our family has decided to go off the Gravel Grid . In the Great Pacific Northwest, we have acquired 22 acres in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range. Since our property is off-grid, we do not have any public utilities. We will share with you, through this blog, our experiences building our off-grid house, how that is progressing, and how we live off the grid. Enjoy!

After a couple of the trees descended and we got the wreck, we strolled around our carport (new and old) and began throwing around thoughts of how we needed to dispose of the old carport entrance, and exactly the way that everything would spread out and meet up. Then, at that point, Tony recommended that we could take some soil from here and put it around there and presto, we could have a truly huge stopping region. I said how about we make it happen!

From the time Tony began moving soil, it required 3 and a half days (more than a week and a half time span) to finish the carport and stopping region project and since Tony had the option to reuse the stone from the old carport in the new stopping region, we had the option to save about $2500 on the grounds that we didn't have to purchase rock - I truly cherished that part!

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