Comments on: Homesteading Classes and Hands-On Homestead Courses

By: dave1823

dave1823 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:42:15 +0000

Most people do not have the guts it takes to live “off grid”. my wife and I take a step closer each year. You cannot just snap your fingers and it happens. Think about these points, this is a small list that my wife and I feel we have to be able to meet to live off grid.
1.can you repair it if it breaks? take a welding and mechanics course.
2.can you grow it? learn from farmers, co-ops, agri. busness.
3.TAKE A EMT CLASS!!!!!
4.learn to cook from/with basics now.
5. how will we eat if there is a flood,drought,or just a bad year.
This is just 5 of our list, start with small steps. practice living with out the little things.

By: Jeff G.

Jeff G. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:15:40 +0000

I am going to be leaving this spring with the full intention of disappearing from all society and surviving off the land and the resources is has.Our earliest ancestors did it and the Indians did it.I have extensive training and knowledge of edible plants and catching food.Why should we have to live under the “laws” that the government set so they can get richer and we all starve or lose everything?Nature is free and the invaluable resources it provides is more than sufficient to support life.The trick is to stay as far from civilization as possible and be ready to defend your right to exist if necessary!!

By: todd

todd — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:55:51 +0000

I think the govt should help us out in going back to the land,they help all kinds of groups do strange things, why not let us live the way we want to an leave us alone ? Also, for hose who are concidering property sites remember this….know what you need, are you going to grow and produce ? Then you need land that has a good growing season, dont just settle cause its cheap ! Study area, the surroundings and whats allready growing there….altitude and climate are key. T

By: gord f

gord f — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:56:26 +0000

I agree with your staement (Off Grid Ebert) but you have to keep in mind that as badly as some people want to live off the land there is just as many if not more, people who simply want to live the easily paid for life in modern society. There is also the other poeple who simply could not function in the simplicity that is living “off the land”. I think that all in all given the choice there is enough land in this world that if a man wanted to take care of himself and live on the land he should not have to fatten the pocket of someone who is selling you what mother earth has already provided to everyone free of charge.

By: Off Grid Ebert

Off Grid Ebert — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:16:39 +0000

To those who think “God gave us the right to own land” I’d like to ask: How many children do you have? There is only enough room for so many people on this “God-given” earth. Imagine if all of the condo and apartment-dwelling people all over the world – stacked hundreds on top of each other in places like India and China and major US cities – were to each own five or ten acres. There just wouldn’t be enough.

So stop breeding or stop bitching. One or the other but you can’t have your cake and eat it too.