We installed our solar power system ourselves as complete beginners.

Regardless of how off grid life would look for you, there are a number of reasons for and against living this way…

We are much more active in our new life and have gained so many new skills (and muscles!) from all the work in building our off grid homestead. To some it may seem like more of a nightmare than a dream, but we wouldn’t change it for the world.

How we set up an off grid water system on our Portuguese farm. Getting water from an old well to our home