Oh nice! We came from Arvada and Doug actually lived in Boulder for 4 years. Doug was just up there in Northern AZ last week helping a friend on his off grid cabin :) Appreciate you guys watching!
Ya have to multitask trips to town for sure. Alot of folks dont realize that living off grid down here that EVERYTHING is on you, water garbage etc. Wait till your 1st good monsoon season. I would stock up as much as you can b4 it starts. Ive seen folks get rained in for 2 weeks(rd washed out that time). Best of luck and welcome to the neighborhood
Yep, you are so right...multitasking is key! We were out here during monsoons, BUT we were not living on the property yet. We had neighbors that said they would get stranded from a wash for a week or more, so we plan on being fully prepared for that in 2023! Thanks for following along and appreciate you welcoming us...we are really thankful to be here :) Happy 2023!
Its great getting to see other folks living the dream and embracing the homestead life style in all the work and awesomeness that it is! Our spread is out south of Double Adobe and I understand the "Makes lists and only one trip" Lifestyle.
Hello! Thanks for dropping in and commenting! Lol, yep, we are getting better and better and making less and less trips :) Hope you all got some of the rain we got last night because it's a lot cooler today...feels great!
Hi Olive! Boo kitty is 15 going on 16 and doing really well in our small space. She is strictly an indoor kitty because of all the coyote gangs out here :) We love the sky here too!! Have a great day!
Love what you guys are doing!! I’m in Northern Colorado, working in Denver four days a week, and am very close to being able to buy property in Arizona as well!! Looking forward to not making a 100 mile round trip commute any longer!! Keep up the great work!!
Hello and welcome! Thank you so much!! Oh wow, a 100 mile round trip 4 days a week is brutal...especially with that I-25 commuter traffic...we feel your pain! Hope everything comes together soon for you and best of luck in your move!!
We've lived in our small country town for 9 years, where everyone is friendly and helpful, and we really don't like going down to the city at all, too much traffic and bustle. We can go from one side to the other in 5 minutes! Our street has no lights and the night is amazing so we can appreciate your delight at your own starry nights. A family member came up from the city 2 years ago and has finally realised the benefits of small town living. Not nearly so much noise, so fewer sirens, people wave at you when they recognise you in your car. But being further out, as you are, yes, it takes planing but we all can see how good you are at it and getting better each shopping trip. Lists are important, memories being what they are. You've garnered some good advice on this video from folk who have been on the same adventure as you so I don't need to add further. We'll all look forward to Doug's next output. Happy New Year for 2023
Hey Kerry and Happy 2023 to you and yours! Yes, we totally agree with you and glad you had a family member join you! You just cannot explain the serenity and peace living in a small town and yes, people are so much friendlier! Hope you and yours have a wonderful 2023 and thank you for your continued support :)
Excellent video, Best advice for new Homestead people . I started eating lentil soup and rice. Minium living. Doug and Keri, both have good knowledge . Within a few year , you will becoming self-sufficient.
Thank you Abid! You are smart to start preparing for a minimal lifestyle for when you move out here. Lentil soup with rice is very good for you and easy to store!
That's wonderful and congratulations! If you have any questions at all, please reach out...we are happy to help! Best of luck with your move and relocation :)
I feel ya with regards to that toy kitchen and its EZBake oven lol! Dealing with harvest is the hardest. We got about a wheelbarrow load of tomatoes and tomatilloes the day before the killing frost and I had to put them all up in that toy kitchen space. And now we have 125 pounds of fresh turkey! Tomorrow is dispatch day for 10 rabbits who will join the turkeys in freezer camp. I brought cases of home canned goods when we moved out here in February. The next fine day, it's turkey carcass boiling day and I will have to figure out how to pressure can it all on a Coleman stove on the rv counter. Our two chest freezers run off the solar and have been a major lifeline for putting up fresh meat, bulk goods, and prepared meals. We also buy bulk dry goods stored in food grade buckets. Hopefully soon the second container build be get done and the utility room will hold the residential size fridge from the old place. Next growing season, I plan on having WAY more produce! And we will have lambs coming in May to join the poultry and rabbits in the freezers. Currently, the egg production is keeping me very busy. We are still getting a couple dozen every day! The joyous struggle is real! My favorite appliance is the 8 qt Instant Pot. I can make several meals worth of large roasts, whole chickens, etc with minimal space. Plus it's safe to walk away from it and do chores outside without worrying about burning down the homestead
Oh, WOW! I cannot believe you did all that in your tiny kitchen!! That's been such a concern for us, wondering where in the world we will store stuff once we get to harvesting veggies and meat, although we are a ways off from being able to do that :) You guys are seriously amazing with what you have accomplished in under a year and I give you all the props for that! It's not an easy life and when are also trying to "develop" your homestead, it can get a bit overwhelming for sure! Will you guys be building a home eventually? I was curious if you were and what type if you are? We will be doing what we are calling a hybrid of a hyperadobe earthbag and a earth ship home. There are some very cool earth ship details we want to use, but the main structure will be hyperadobe. Happy New Year to you all and may 2023 be blessed, healthy, and prosperous :)
Love the channel, the accomplishments you've made in such a short time is phenomenal. I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and have a happy New Year. Look forward to the next one. Jayman...
Thank you so much! You may not realize how much we appreciate you saying that :) We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too! A Very Happy and Blessed New Year to you and your's!
very informative and helpful for those who have the same dream--for those of us who would have loved to try ..a few years ago..its really interesting . and wonderful to see small victories turning into major difference and achievement. My favourite saying is---'it's not what happens,it's how you handle it.---that's what makes the difference'--an old sanskritt saying.
Hi Vivien - Thank you so much and glad you found it helpful :) It's definitely a different way of life...not in a bad way, just in a different way. That's a great saying by the way! You know, I look at it like this, we cannot control what happens, but we can control how we handle it which is basically the same thing as that saying. Part of letting go and "maturing" if you will. Thanks for following along and for your comments...always appreciated :)
Happy 6th Day of Christmas! As there are twelve days of Christmas, you know, so the celebration continues--and then we have Twelfth Night to look forward to, the end of the Christmas Season at Epiphany, marking the coming of the Kings to the newborn Lord--Jan. 6 :-) I imagine you are reminded of the Star as you marvel at your brightly starred sky. Congratulations on your one year on utube, and may your channel be discovered by many many more, as it deserves to be. Cheers!
Thank you so much and we hope you and yours also were blessed by the wonder of Christmas! We appreciate you following along and wish you all the best and many blessings in 2023!!!
WOW , I live 7 miles west of downtown Denver, it's totally crazy up here, ready do what your doing -- I've been here my whole life!! It's not what it used to be here,and that's not good. Anyway good luck and don't quit!!
RV off-grid living definitely isn't easy! It was worth it though, and it has made us appreciate everything a lot more. We usually did all of our grocery and materials shopping on Sundays. 🧡🏜️
You are so right and YES, we can picture when we have more space in the future and how wonderful it will be and how grateful we will be for it :) Thanks for stopping by!
It is certainly a crash course, isn't it? Appreciation is the best state of mind. Each time I step into that hot shower, i remember dry camping in a box trailer when we first arrived, and sigh with joy at the blessings!
Hello Doug and Keri, this is a very informative video. We can not walk to any store. We only eat out with the camping group otherwise we eat at home. The air is fresher too. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓
Hi Nonna Grace and we are glad you liked it :) We think eating at home and cooking from scratch is way better than eating out anyways...especially the last couple of years where it seems like the service and food quality eating out has just gone down and gotten more expensive anyways. Happy 2023 to you!!!
Hi again. For all my country living I never had the food storage problem of no space.. I started brain storming and came up with this suggestion. Get some galvanized steel garbage cans of the 30 to 35 gallon size. These containers are pretty much animal proof. You will need to place them on the side of a structure and figure out how to secure them being blown away by the wind. You can place a lot of cans in one. In a second one store dry food. Put the dog and cat food into them also. You will need them for chicken food storage also. It may not be as healthy as you would like but you can buy canned chicken like tuna. There sterilized
There are sterilized pouches of meat and canned meats.. You might have to order them. I use an old fashioned composition notebook with the sewn pages for my running shopping list. It's easy to go thru the list and make sure you got everything instead of scrolling around on a cell phone. Something you might like to try is using a solar oven. You can make one easily and cheaply from cardboard boxes, black paper and aluminum foil. Look up on Internet net, especially Wiki How. Cooking this way is easy and you save propane. If I had a way to email or snail mail you I could send recipe ideas, etc. By the way, The day you came through snow covered Tombstone, I drove home from Sierra Vista in almost blizzard conditions part of the way. I wrote a comment but lost before I got it posted so I gave up. I think you are giving good advice for people who want to homestead. It's not easy and takes lots of hard work on a daily basis. You guys have done a lot in the short time you have been on property.
Hi, Wanda...nice to see you! That's a great idea with the steel cans. When we lived in Colorado we had chickens and quickly discovered the mice, skunk, and racoons would chew right through any plastic storage containers we kept feed in, so we switched to those galvanized steel cans...they are a must! We hadn't thought of storing our own food in one, but great suggestion! We are definitely eating more canned food than we would like at this point, but don't have a lot of options yet. Some day we will have more space and that will hopefully motivate to get things done quicker :)
You're probably right on the cell phone list...it can be a pain trying to scroll around. I do like the idea of keeping a running list though of meals that we've made in a book because it's more permanent too if the phone fails. Yes, we actually have a solar oven in storage! I had bought one for Douglas for Father's Day 2021 thinking we would get a lot of use out of it in Colorado with all their sunny days too. We actually need to bust it out of storage and try it out! The one we bought was pretty reasonable, around $70 if I remember right, but not sure how well it works :) It's definitely a commitment being out here and living this lifestyle and you are right, it isn't easy and it's also not for everyone. I think for Douglas and I, we both love building and creating and it helps to see the fruits of our labor taking shape. Hope you are well and had a nice Christmas. Happy New Year to you and your's!
Like everyone else, I love it when you two have a new video that comes out. I watch them all, even though I do not say something every time, I always thumbs it up though. Do you use a 12 volt refrigerator / freezer? My wife and I have 3 rather large ones...I think 58 quarts each, and we really can put a lot of meat in ours. They do not use much power to run. I think 45 watts when the compressor kicks on. You two are doing a great job down there, and I am excited for you both. Take care, God Bless, and Happy New Year.
Hi and so nice to see your comments :) You know, we just are using the RV fridge for the moment, but the longer we are here, the more we are realizing we need to invest in a 12 volt fridge and/or freezer. We are thinking the freezer makes more sense right now so we can freeze the local meat we buy and then once we are harvesting our own meat, it will really come in handy. 45 watts is not bad and think our current solar set up will handle that just fine. Thank you so much for your continued support and wishing you and yours a Blessed and Healthy 2023!!!
Ive got 40AC so quiet you can hear a pin drop, no neighbors and im half an hour from town, 15 min from truck stop with junk food. Need a scooter to run to town with U can run a big fridge on one battery and 400W solar panel especially if you put it in the shade
Hi Shannon! Thank you...we are getting there slow but sure :) Wonderful that your family has a ranch out here...yes, we are close to the Sierra Vista area. Thanks for following along!
That's awesome and if you can manage that to save up, then that's fantastic! It's sad though that working full-time and paying rent does not allow any room for saving money. That says a lot about where our economy is at right now :(
The San Pedro river basin area gives you the water needs you need. Most wells are less then 60' feet. People need to research water first in this state. I live in Pinal county near Dudleyville / Winkelman. We are retired and drive 55 miles to town 1-3 times a week. For our needs, Medical and dental needs. We generate like 300 pounds of trash every 6 months. Composting all the card board and paper products reduces the waste.. Your lack of water is a real issue. I can pump 1,000 gallons per minute, The cost of electric to do so is very high. I own a 55 acre farm with irrigation wells.
We would have loved to have bought property near the San Pedro, but that wasn’t in the budget! We since water hauled pretty inexpensively and we did a lot of research on wells. We have a neighbor with a 60 ft well and one with a 1000 foot well, so decided against a well. We do rain water collection and we recently had these really need panels installed that pull moisture from the air…those will generate quite a bit of water too. It’s nice to be away from town and avoid all the traffic and stress. Appreciate you tuning in and hope you all are enjoying retirement :)
That would be so amazing! We are so thankful for our followers and never would have expected this many people to be interested in what we are doing. Appreciate your positive prediction :)
@@tworebelsoffgrid long time watcher, long time prepping for our move :) consider as well Electrolysis, if you've got the time you can convert a gas motor to hydrogen, steam distillation, electro-static transduction. so so much. love you guys, please be safe out there and as always keep us updated!!
@@enursha13drs wonderful and so glad you are following along :) Those are all excellent ideas and we will definitely be wanting to learn about all of it! If you’ve got knowledge around engines and alternative ways to rum them, it will help you tremendously when you make your move! Thank you so much and have a wonderful day!
Good call...we always forget about that! We have put in orders online and then picked them up curbside at Home Depot and that's pretty convenient too...wonder if we can also get those custom cuts and avoid going in the store at all...that would make us happy :)
I'm having to purchase an off grid property as close as possible near the Phoenix AZ area. I do want the property off grid style. How far is this area from Phoenix???? I'm looking for an hour or a little over an hour drive to Phoenix with the drive to Phoenix hopefully not containing any massive mountain range. Any suggestions would be more appreciated than you could ever imagine... Also it needs to allow a tiny home, etc.
I believe the closer you get to phoenix the more likely the building codes become more conventional and enforced. We are 3 hours from phoenix in the high desert 🌵.. the weather is not the same as in phoenix.. we actually have 4 seasons here where as phoenix is mostly hot and dry year round,, you may want to search north of phoenix for off grid property if you want to be close to phoenix and check the county rules etc before buying. We bought our land because it is isolated, far from big cities and the county has an opt out program.. we have several videos that goes deep into this subject.. hope this helps
@@tworebelsoffgrid hi !! Thank you for replying, Thinking about buying land in California desert so these videos are very helpful.i also follow Simply Simona for learning
At the moment I am working 1 full time job that’s 30 minutes away.. and two part time jobs,, and of course running a TH-cam channel that’s a job itself.. many people out here are retired that’s how they make it,, however Keri and I believe that we need to be out here doing this now,, so we made sacrifices
Hello! Yes, we did look in Colorado...that's actually where we moved from. There used to be some counties in Colorado that were off grid friendly, but we know at least a few of them have made it mandatory to be on-grid now. We love Colorado, but also wanted to be a warmer all year climate which is one of the reasons we came to Arizona. Plus property is still affordable out here. Hope that helps and we appreciate you watching!
Just about any bad day out there is better than a day in the city.....
You got that right!!
Amen
You're telling the truth! We're originally from Boulder & Brighton. We now live off the grid in Northern AZ. "Town "is an all-day affair!!!
Oh nice! We came from Arvada and Doug actually lived in Boulder for 4 years. Doug was just up there in Northern AZ last week helping a friend on his off grid cabin :) Appreciate you guys watching!
Love living in my small town in notthwest arizona!
Small towns are the best :)
Ya have to multitask trips to town for sure. Alot of folks dont realize that living off grid down here that EVERYTHING is on you, water garbage etc. Wait till your 1st good monsoon season. I would stock up as much as you can b4 it starts. Ive seen folks get rained in for 2 weeks(rd washed out that time). Best of luck and welcome to the neighborhood
Yep, you are so right...multitasking is key! We were out here during monsoons, BUT we were not living on the property yet. We had neighbors that said they would get stranded from a wash for a week or more, so we plan on being fully prepared for that in 2023! Thanks for following along and appreciate you welcoming us...we are really thankful to be here :) Happy 2023!
Doing well folks. Culture shock is real but worth it. Keep it up.
Hey, Sam! Yes, it certainly is :) Thanks so much!
Its great getting to see other folks living the dream and embracing the homestead life style in all the work and awesomeness that it is! Our spread is out south of Double Adobe and I understand the "Makes lists and only one trip" Lifestyle.
Hello! Thanks for dropping in and commenting! Lol, yep, we are getting better and better and making less and less trips :) Hope you all got some of the rain we got last night because it's a lot cooler today...feels great!
Good to see you! ❤ Your Black 🐈⬛Kitty looks like mine ! Sky is so pretty out in Arizona ! I miss Arizona sometimes..🌵
Hi Olive! Boo kitty is 15 going on 16 and doing really well in our small space. She is strictly an indoor kitty because of all the coyote gangs out here :) We love the sky here too!! Have a great day!
Love what you guys are doing!! I’m in Northern Colorado, working in Denver four days a week, and am very close to being able to buy property in Arizona as well!! Looking forward to not making a 100 mile round trip commute any longer!! Keep up the great work!!
Hello and welcome! Thank you so much!! Oh wow, a 100 mile round trip 4 days a week is brutal...especially with that I-25 commuter traffic...we feel your pain! Hope everything comes together soon for you and best of luck in your move!!
We've lived in our small country town for 9 years, where everyone is friendly and helpful, and we really don't like going down to the city at all, too much traffic and bustle. We can go from one side to the other in 5 minutes! Our street has no lights and the night is amazing so we can appreciate your delight at your own starry nights. A family member came up from the city 2 years ago and has finally realised the benefits of small town living. Not nearly so much noise, so fewer sirens, people wave at you when they recognise you in your car.
But being further out, as you are, yes, it takes planing but we all can see how good you are at it and getting better each shopping trip. Lists are important, memories being what they are. You've garnered some good advice on this video from folk who have been on the same adventure as you so I don't need to add further. We'll all look forward to Doug's next output. Happy New Year for 2023
Hey Kerry and Happy 2023 to you and yours! Yes, we totally agree with you and glad you had a family member join you! You just cannot explain the serenity and peace living in a small town and yes, people are so much friendlier! Hope you and yours have a wonderful 2023 and thank you for your continued support :)
Excellent video, Best advice for new Homestead people . I started eating lentil soup and rice. Minium living. Doug and Keri, both have good knowledge . Within a few year , you will becoming self-sufficient.
Thank you Abid! You are smart to start preparing for a minimal lifestyle for when you move out here. Lentil soup with rice is very good for you and easy to store!
@@tworebelsoffgrid I visit January 18
We are just a week away from moving out that way. Thank you for the info and things to consider. I'm really ready for the change of pace
That's wonderful and congratulations! If you have any questions at all, please reach out...we are happy to help! Best of luck with your move and relocation :)
I feel ya with regards to that toy kitchen and its EZBake oven lol!
Dealing with harvest is the hardest. We got about a wheelbarrow load of tomatoes and tomatilloes the day before the killing frost and I had to put them all up in that toy kitchen space. And now we have 125 pounds of fresh turkey! Tomorrow is dispatch day for 10 rabbits who will join the turkeys in freezer camp.
I brought cases of home canned goods when we moved out here in February. The next fine day, it's turkey carcass boiling day and I will have to figure out how to pressure can it all on a Coleman stove on the rv counter.
Our two chest freezers run off the solar and have been a major lifeline for putting up fresh meat, bulk goods, and prepared meals. We also buy bulk dry goods stored in food grade buckets. Hopefully soon the second container build be get done and the utility room will hold the residential size fridge from the old place. Next growing season, I plan on having WAY more produce! And we will have lambs coming in May to join the poultry and rabbits in the freezers.
Currently, the egg production is keeping me very busy. We are still getting a couple dozen every day!
The joyous struggle is real!
My favorite appliance is the 8 qt Instant Pot. I can make several meals worth of large roasts, whole chickens, etc with minimal space. Plus it's safe to walk away from it and do chores outside without worrying about burning down the homestead
Oh, WOW! I cannot believe you did all that in your tiny kitchen!! That's been such a concern for us, wondering where in the world we will store stuff once we get to harvesting veggies and meat, although we are a ways off from being able to do that :)
You guys are seriously amazing with what you have accomplished in under a year and I give you all the props for that! It's not an easy life and when are also trying to "develop" your homestead, it can get a bit overwhelming for sure!
Will you guys be building a home eventually? I was curious if you were and what type if you are? We will be doing what we are calling a hybrid of a hyperadobe earthbag and a earth ship home. There are some very cool earth ship details we want to use, but the main structure will be hyperadobe.
Happy New Year to you all and may 2023 be blessed, healthy, and prosperous :)
😮I need to catch up! Dang TH-cam has not been recommending your videos. I hope y’all have a very happy new year. 🎆 😊❤
Hey Pam! Oh yeah, we had the same issue with y'alls videos :( Thank you and you guys too!!
I'd like to check back with Doug and Keri in 5 years.
If still at this location they will have many things they can teach others...
Please do and yes, at the rate we are going, we are (hopefully!) going to be much wiser in 5 years :)
Wanted to stop by and say Happy New Year! Wishing You well through the Holidays and looking forward to seeing Your Progress! 👍🤠
Hey there! So nice to see you stopping by :) A wonderful and blessed 2023 to you and yours! Appreciate you following along!
Love the channel, the accomplishments you've made in such a short time is phenomenal. I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and have a happy New Year. Look forward to the next one. Jayman...
Thank you so much! You may not realize how much we appreciate you saying that :) We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too! A Very Happy and Blessed New Year to you and your's!
very informative and helpful for those who have the same dream--for those of us who would have loved to try ..a few years ago..its really interesting . and wonderful to see small victories turning into major difference and achievement.
My favourite saying is---'it's not what happens,it's how you handle it.---that's what makes the difference'--an old sanskritt saying.
Hi Vivien - Thank you so much and glad you found it helpful :) It's definitely a different way of life...not in a bad way, just in a different way. That's a great saying by the way! You know, I look at it like this, we cannot control what happens, but we can control how we handle it which is basically the same thing as that saying. Part of letting go and "maturing" if you will. Thanks for following along and for your comments...always appreciated :)
Glad I found your channel. I’ve been thinking about Cochise county
Nice and welcome! If we can help answer any questions, just give us a shout :)
Happy 6th Day of Christmas! As there are twelve days of Christmas, you know, so the celebration continues--and then we have Twelfth Night to look forward to, the end of the Christmas Season at Epiphany, marking the coming of the Kings to the newborn Lord--Jan. 6 :-) I imagine you are reminded of the Star as you marvel at your brightly starred sky. Congratulations on your one year on utube, and may your channel be discovered by many many more, as it deserves to be. Cheers!
Thank you so much and we hope you and yours also were blessed by the wonder of Christmas! We appreciate you following along and wish you all the best and many blessings in 2023!!!
Thanks for the video, just purchased some land in your area. Keep up the hard work.
Awesome! Thank you!
WOW , I live 7 miles west of downtown Denver, it's totally crazy up here, ready do what your doing -- I've been here my whole life!! It's not what it used to be here,and that's not good. Anyway good luck and don't quit!!
RV off-grid living definitely isn't easy! It was worth it though, and it has made us appreciate everything a lot more. We usually did all of our grocery and materials shopping on Sundays. 🧡🏜️
You are so right and YES, we can picture when we have more space in the future and how wonderful it will be and how grateful we will be for it :) Thanks for stopping by!
It is certainly a crash course, isn't it? Appreciation is the best state of mind. Each time I step into that hot shower, i remember dry camping in a box trailer when we first arrived, and sigh with joy at the blessings!
Hello Doug and Keri, this is a very informative video. We can not walk to any store. We only eat out with the camping group otherwise we eat at home. The air is fresher too. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓
Hi Nonna Grace and we are glad you liked it :) We think eating at home and cooking from scratch is way better than eating out anyways...especially the last couple of years where it seems like the service and food quality eating out has just gone down and gotten more expensive anyways. Happy 2023 to you!!!
Hi again. For all my country living I never had the food storage problem of no space.. I started brain storming and came up with this suggestion. Get some galvanized steel garbage cans of the 30 to 35 gallon size. These containers are pretty much animal proof. You will need to place them on the side of a structure and figure out how to secure them being blown away by the wind. You can place a lot of cans in one. In a second one store dry food. Put the dog and cat food into them also. You will need them for chicken food storage also.
It may not be as healthy as you would like but you can buy canned chicken like tuna. There sterilized
There are sterilized pouches of meat and canned meats.. You might have to order them.
I use an old fashioned composition notebook with the sewn pages for my running shopping list. It's easy to go thru the list and make sure you got everything instead of scrolling around on a cell phone.
Something you might like to try is using a solar oven. You can make one easily and cheaply from cardboard boxes, black paper and aluminum foil. Look up on Internet net, especially Wiki How. Cooking this way is easy and you save propane.
If I had a way to email or snail mail you I could send recipe ideas, etc.
By the way, The day you came through snow covered Tombstone, I drove home from Sierra Vista in almost blizzard conditions part of the way. I wrote a comment but lost before I got it posted so I gave up.
I think you are giving good advice for people who want to homestead. It's not easy and takes lots of hard work on a daily basis. You guys have done a lot in the short time you have been on property.
Hi, Wanda...nice to see you! That's a great idea with the steel cans. When we lived in Colorado we had chickens and quickly discovered the mice, skunk, and racoons would chew right through any plastic storage containers we kept feed in, so we switched to those galvanized steel cans...they are a must! We hadn't thought of storing our own food in one, but great suggestion! We are definitely eating more canned food than we would like at this point, but don't have a lot of options yet. Some day we will have more space and that will hopefully motivate to get things done quicker :)
You're probably right on the cell phone list...it can be a pain trying to scroll around. I do like the idea of keeping a running list though of meals that we've made in a book because it's more permanent too if the phone fails. Yes, we actually have a solar oven in storage! I had bought one for Douglas for Father's Day 2021 thinking we would get a lot of use out of it in Colorado with all their sunny days too. We actually need to bust it out of storage and try it out! The one we bought was pretty reasonable, around $70 if I remember right, but not sure how well it works :)
It's definitely a commitment being out here and living this lifestyle and you are right, it isn't easy and it's also not for everyone. I think for Douglas and I, we both love building and creating and it helps to see the fruits of our labor taking shape.
Hope you are well and had a nice Christmas. Happy New Year to you and your's!
Like everyone else, I love it when you two have a new video that comes out. I watch them all, even though I do not say something every time, I always thumbs it up though. Do you use a 12 volt refrigerator / freezer? My wife and I have 3 rather large ones...I think 58 quarts each, and we really can put a lot of meat in ours. They do not use much power to run. I think 45 watts when the compressor kicks on. You two are doing a great job down there, and I am excited for you both. Take care, God Bless, and Happy New Year.
Hi and so nice to see your comments :) You know, we just are using the RV fridge for the moment, but the longer we are here, the more we are realizing we need to invest in a 12 volt fridge and/or freezer. We are thinking the freezer makes more sense right now so we can freeze the local meat we buy and then once we are harvesting our own meat, it will really come in handy. 45 watts is not bad and think our current solar set up will handle that just fine. Thank you so much for your continued support and wishing you and yours a Blessed and Healthy 2023!!!
Ive got 40AC so quiet you can hear a pin drop, no neighbors and im half an hour from town, 15 min from truck stop with junk food.
Need a scooter to run to town with
U can run a big fridge on one battery and 400W solar panel especially if you put it in the shade
I would love to see a photo of your fridge setup sounds amazing!
You guys are accomplishing a lot. Good job. Are you near Douglas, Bisbee, sierra Vista? My family lives down there on a ranch. Pretty country
Hi Shannon! Thank you...we are getting there slow but sure :)
Wonderful that your family has a ranch out here...yes, we are close to the Sierra Vista area. Thanks for following along!
Just subscribed, We got a parcel south of Concho.
We're finished with this common crooked Pennsylvania ... Hopefully leaving here in May.
Thank you for subscribing we wish you all the best in your journey westward..Douglas
@@tworebelsoffgrid You are very welcome.
I've been living out of my prius 4 years now. Sleep in front seat. I'm a rideshare driver. I do work full time. I've saved a lot not paying rent.
That's awesome and if you can manage that to save up, then that's fantastic! It's sad though that working full-time and paying rent does not allow any room for saving money. That says a lot about where our economy is at right now :(
The San Pedro river basin area gives you the water needs you need. Most wells are less then 60' feet. People need to research water first in this state. I live in Pinal county near Dudleyville / Winkelman. We are retired and drive 55 miles to town 1-3 times a week. For our needs, Medical and dental needs. We generate like 300 pounds of trash every 6 months. Composting all the card board and paper products reduces the waste.. Your lack of water is a real issue. I can pump 1,000 gallons per minute, The cost of electric to do so is very high. I own a 55 acre farm with irrigation wells.
We would have loved to have bought property near the San Pedro, but that wasn’t in the budget! We since water hauled pretty inexpensively and we did a lot of research on wells. We have a neighbor with a 60 ft well and one with a 1000 foot well, so decided against a well. We do rain water collection and we recently had these really need panels installed that pull moisture from the air…those will generate quite a bit of water too. It’s nice to be away from town and avoid all the traffic and stress. Appreciate you tuning in and hope you all are enjoying retirement :)
By the end of January you will be over 1000 subs.
That would be so amazing! We are so thankful for our followers and never would have expected this many people to be interested in what we are doing. Appreciate your positive prediction :)
Consider a 3D printer. Two car battery cell, melt your plastics back down/reuse, as welll as the Tin from cans ect
Oh wow, we never thought of that, but what an excellent way to repurpose! We will consider that when we’ve got a little more space for it! I like it!
@@tworebelsoffgrid long time watcher, long time prepping for our move :) consider as well Electrolysis, if you've got the time you can convert a gas motor to hydrogen, steam distillation, electro-static transduction. so so much. love you guys, please be safe out there and as always keep us updated!!
@@enursha13drs wonderful and so glad you are following along :) Those are all excellent ideas and we will definitely be wanting to learn about all of it! If you’ve got knowledge around engines and alternative ways to rum them, it will help you tremendously when you make your move! Thank you so much and have a wonderful day!
@@tworebelsoffgrid and as we prepare I'm absorbing as much knowledge as possible. Love to you all and God bless!
Yes, there is so much to learn, but you will do great!! Thank you and God bless you as well!
You can have home depot cut your boards for you if you do a project list.
Good call...we always forget about that! We have put in orders online and then picked them up curbside at Home Depot and that's pretty convenient too...wonder if we can also get those custom cuts and avoid going in the store at all...that would make us happy :)
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Hey, Karen! So nice to see you :) Hope you had a blessed Christmas holiday!!
I'm having to purchase an off grid property as close as possible near the Phoenix AZ area. I do want the property off grid style. How far is this area from Phoenix???? I'm looking for an hour or a little over an hour drive to Phoenix with the drive to Phoenix hopefully not containing any massive mountain range. Any suggestions would be more appreciated than you could ever imagine... Also it needs to allow a tiny home, etc.
I believe the closer you get to phoenix the more likely the building codes become more conventional and enforced. We are 3 hours from phoenix in the high desert 🌵.. the weather is not the same as in phoenix.. we actually have 4 seasons here where as phoenix is mostly hot and dry year round,, you may want to search north of phoenix for off grid property if you want to be close to phoenix and check the county rules etc before buying. We bought our land because it is isolated, far from big cities and the county has an opt out program.. we have several videos that goes deep into this subject.. hope this helps
New subscribers here
Welcome aboard, I hope you enjoy the ride!
@@tworebelsoffgrid hi !! Thank you for replying,
Thinking about buying land in California desert so these videos are very helpful.i also follow Simply Simona for learning
@@g.t.evasorbass5401 I wish you all the best in your journey of discovery
My question is,, how do you make money being out there? One needs a source of income right? So how do you do it?
At the moment I am working 1 full time job that’s 30 minutes away.. and two part time jobs,, and of course running a TH-cam channel that’s a job itself.. many people out here are retired that’s how they make it,, however Keri and I believe that we need to be out here doing this now,, so we made sacrifices
Did you look in Colorado? Or is not friendly for off grid?
I'm in GA. No affordable land here. Also not friendly for off grid.
Thanks!
Hello! Yes, we did look in Colorado...that's actually where we moved from. There used to be some counties in Colorado that were off grid friendly, but we know at least a few of them have made it mandatory to be on-grid now. We love Colorado, but also wanted to be a warmer all year climate which is one of the reasons we came to Arizona. Plus property is still affordable out here. Hope that helps and we appreciate you watching!
@@tworebelsoffgrid Yes. I was in CO until 2001. GA is also not affordable.
Get an air fryer with parchment paper liners.
No room, lol
Does Amazon deliver 🤔 👀
Amazon, we have to go pick it up on town days, thanks for the ideas!
Where is that exactly
Sorry for security we don’t disclose that information. I hope you understand,, thank you sincerely for watching and commenting
Does Doug ever smile?
Yes 🫥
12 volt freezer
Genius!