Off-grid living often starts with finding a piece of land that you can shape to your specific needs.
Maybe you want that add a cabin or convert one old car to a new house. Maybe you need room for one series of solar panels to provide clean, free, renewable energy.
In addition to having enough space to live and an area dedicated to electricity supply, you may also want to become self-sufficient by grow your own food. But how much land do you need for that?
That was the question a Redditor asked the r/OffGrid community, and one user provided a helpful answer.
‘We live on half an acre’ the answer began. “The garden is 30’x50′, a few fruit trees, a grape arbor and some small raised beds. We have chickens, rabbits and two beehives with bees. If necessary, we breed meat chickens or other poultry. We also hunt and fish. We also forage, mainly nuts, berries and mushrooms. We grow or harvest about 70% of what we eat.”
That’s an impressive amount for a relatively small area. A half acre is approximately 21,000 square feet, or 2,000 square meters. Spatial blog provides some useful visual demonstrations, noting that an American football field without end zones fits on 2.2 hectares of land.
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One commenter was amazed that they could accomplish so much in so much space.
“It’s very manageable (and IMO, we still have too much grass to mow),” the helpful Redditor replied.
It just goes to show what you can achieve if you plan accordingly and make the most of what you have. Going off-grid is an increasingly desirable way of life due to its simplicity, affordability and the opportunity it offers to reconnect with nature.
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You may be convinced to go off-grid to reduce your personal pollutant output. The lifestyle encourages you to be more resourceful consume lessand to be more aware of what you use. Access to renewable energy also means avoiding getting power from the wider electricity grid, which is still overwhelming dependent on dirty fuel.
Fortunately, there are helpful Redditors available to provide tips and tricks to make the move successful.
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