Homesteading in Hawaii

I'm hearing from a number of people who are wanting to live off-grid like I do. I suspect they think that it's a case of having free...

I think the last time I showed off our solar panel rack, the panels were on a slant in order to catch the winter sun better. The closer to c...

After five days we finally have a new shed roof, but more importantly, we have a functioning solar system again. Yippee! No more having to r...

Hubby changing the wiring on the solar panels. We finally got the rest of the solar panels with their racks down off the roof, plus the ...

Ground frame completed and painted. You can see the tarp Costco shed to the right that we had moved in order to make room for this ground...

Laying out the concrete pads for the legs of the rack. Crusty, one of the farm dogs is supervising the job.  What's the firsts j...

Old rusted roofing that we removed.  Brand new roofing to be installed.  Our electrical shed (it houses the solar system controls...

Hubby lining up the new batteries in the box.  We ended up replacing the battery bank. The batteries, L-16's, were 6 years old. Ever...

Two weeks ago we helped out a friend with his solar battery array. His battery readings had started going a bit wonky, then a couple nights ...

This week I participated in helping a family to work on completing their solar system. After watching and not really having anything to do, ...

panel pointing to the morning sun panels for midday sun We live totally off grid.....by choice. When I tell my friends on the...

Our homestead is off grid with our electricity needs being satisfied via a solar system and back up generator. That's our final soluti...