Field guides
Deep, cited, genuinely useful
No recycled listicles. Each guide is written to be the last one you need on its topic — with real numbers, real formulas, honest safety guidance and sources you can check.
Getting Started Off-Grid Living: Benefits, Challenges and a Practical Reality Check
A clear-eyed way to decide whether off-grid living fits your site, budget, skills and support network, with a practical first-month plan before you commit.
Food Growing and Preserving Food Off Grid: A Practical Starting Plan
Plan a resilient food system around your climate, water and time, then grow, preserve and store food without trying to do everything in the first season.
Getting Started The Off-Grid Skills Roadmap: What to Learn First
A practical, ordered path from complete beginner to capable off-grid practitioner — the skills that matter most, in the order they pay off.
Power How to Size an Off-Grid Solar System: The Complete Guide
Step-by-step from a real load audit to panel array, battery bank, charge controller and inverter — with the actual formulas and worked examples.
Power Batteries for Off-Grid: Lead-Acid vs Lithium, and How to Size a Bank
Understand depth of discharge, cycle life, temperature and cost, then size a battery bank that actually matches your loads — with runtime math you can check.
Water Rainwater Harvesting: Collection, Storage and the Law
Catchment math, first-flush diverters, tank sizing for dry seasons, filtration for potable use — and what's legal where you live.
Water Off-Grid Water: How Much You Need and How to Make It Safe
Real daily water figures for drinking through to homesteading, plus a practical guide to filtration, purification and safe storage.
Food How Much Food to Store (and How to Preserve It)
Calorie targets, per-person quantities of each staple, shelf life and rotation, and the preservation methods that actually work off-grid.