How to Survive Off the Grid

For anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving it all behind and heading for the hills, survival expert and three-time New York Times bestselling author, Tim MacWelch, makes that a reality with How to Survive Off the Grid. Concrete, useful hints cover everything from raising chickens in your urban backyard to going totally off the grid in your all-solar log cabin.

A guide for the modern homesteader this covers energy efficiency, finding and pumping your own water, keeping chickens, goats, bees, and other critters, and much more from a practical hands-on perspective.

GET THERE

Decide how far off the grid you want to get, choose your spot, and take the plunge (or adapt these hints to a more suburban or even urban lifestyle)

Stake Your Claim

Gimme Shelter

Water or Life

The Heat Is On

Power Up

LIVE THERE

Ensure you have enough to eat on a daily basis, and all year round.

More than Meals

Veggies for All

Fruits and Nuts

Amber Waves of Grain

Backyard Critters

Get Your Goat

Have a Cow, Man

Fish & Bugs

SURVIVE THERE

Eat nature's bounty, build a safe house and nurse yourself back to health

The Long Haul

Hunt & Fish

Level Up

Safe as Houses

Be Your own Doctor

Bug Out!

Into the Wild