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Learning a lot from the Off-the-grid ebook. Giving me plenty of ideas of what to do my land in Michigan. Can't wait to begin to do what I've always wanted - live simply.
Hi LaMar,
I have really enjoyed watching your youtube videos. I run a poultry farm in Sandy, Utah. I would like to install an on-demand water heater and solar panels to lower my expensive electric bills. You have really inspired me.
Christie
I have really enjoyed watching your youtube videos. I run a poultry farm in Sandy, Utah. I would like to install an on-demand water heater and solar panels to lower my expensive electric bills. You have really inspired me.
Christie
Bought the book has some good information, however the links need to be cleaned up . A lot of " 404 " errors, it may be better to link to sites home page and suggest search options and dynamic content changes url posting.
This is just what america needs...get back to the basics of living. Things have become way too commercial. I thank you for your inspiration to do just that.
howdy Lamar:
I love your sight and look forward to your videos. I have 2archerss but it is only 75 ft wide so your little house is going to fitperfectt. :-) downloaded your booksimple solarr and can't put it down. will be ordering more as time goes on . well just wanted to say Hope you had a great Christmas and you have aprosperouss New Year.
I love your sight and look forward to your videos. I have 2archerss but it is only 75 ft wide so your little house is going to fitperfectt. :-) downloaded your booksimple solarr and can't put it down. will be ordering more as time goes on . well just wanted to say Hope you had a great Christmas and you have aprosperouss New Year.
Howdy Lamar. Just wanted to personally thank you for opening my eyes to a new found freedom that I now strive for. This type of freedom has always been there, but has been covered up by society and what they label as the true American dream. You are what I would consider an inspiration to those who just want to live an honest,happy life of freedom without the "bigger is better" theory. I believe we all could take just a little of what your doing and try to apply it to our daily lives to become a much more happier nation.
Keep doin' what your doin' brother............Hope you have wonderful Christmas and an even better New Year Lamar.
Your pal from Indiana, ~J.Bair~
Keep doin' what your doin' brother............Hope you have wonderful Christmas and an even better New Year Lamar.
Your pal from Indiana, ~J.Bair~
Hey Lamar,
Stumbled upon your site today and found it to be really interesting. Some days I feel like I am two seconds away from anything on the grid, but I am glad to see you have shown how people can still live comfortably and yet largely off the land or for very little. Nice work.
Stumbled upon your site today and found it to be really interesting. Some days I feel like I am two seconds away from anything on the grid, but I am glad to see you have shown how people can still live comfortably and yet largely off the land or for very little. Nice work.
Greetings Lamar! Your site and your videos have been a fountain of knowledge for me. Will be getting your book soon. Was curious about finding and drilling a well along with purifying the water. How did/do you manage this? Unless all of this info is in your book which I will soon have, maybe a quick video on it could be suggested. Thank you again.
Hey, Lamar. Just stumbled up on your YouTube videos the other day and am very interested in living self-sufficiently. I respect what you do and if more people could understand the importance of what you do, the world as a whole would be a much better place. I will be looking to buy some plans in the near future and begin my start.
love the site..my husband has been out of work since May ,due to sickness ,trying for disability and looking to lose our home and one vehicle soon and very soon.......not sure what the future holds for us but we have tried for help and every one seems to think we make too much money for help even though he is drawing maybe one fourth of what he made , I don't make that much and we have grown sons but we also have a 12 year old son ...glad we don't need help 
anyway this site gives me hope to know there is life outside of this rat race life....Thanks for sharing
anyway this site gives me hope to know there is life outside of this rat race life....Thanks for sharing
Love the site, love what you're doing. Planning on going off grid soon as well. Your sight has been very helpful.
Awesome site, great videos and links thanks, I am planning on going off grid soon not sure where maybe in the central time zone
Really like your book off the grid, been reading and doing some looking on the links. I have the pdf vesion, very good information. Thank you for putting the materal togeather. Been having a bad time along with many others in this down turn we have been in in the last few years. This may be something to think about to get reid of the bills and finally live a indipendant life.
future homesteader here! Loving all this great info your sharing there LaMar. Great work!
Howdy LaMar! Really enjoing your videos and music. Especially like 14x14 Solar cabin. Keep on keepin on brother.
Thanks for building this site...right now I live in NYC paying too much to live and hopefully one day I'll be out of this stinkhole living free!
Thank you doc- your story will inspire many others to see it can be done!
Doc says...
Hey Lamar, I just wanted to say THANK YOU and let you know that you have been an inspiration to me. I fell on hard times a couple of years ago, following a divorce and health scenario. My income dropped nearly 90% in a four year span. I had just about given up hope of ever owning a home or having a place of my own, until I started considering homesteading and off the grid living. About a year ago, I found your site and videos, and then purchased your book. Using your ideas, and taking baby steps, I started to move in the direction of homesteading. In your book, you mentioned that there are a lot of properties, especially in rural areas, where farmers or absent landowners have houses already on the land, but might be in need of someone living there. You were right! Just driving around on weekends and making mental notes and meeting people, I found an older home on a one acre lot attached to a much larger farm/ranch. The lot included a small, two bedroom home (in need of a lot of tlc, but livable) AND an older, two bedroom mobile home and a , small outbuilding. It also had its own cistern as well. The lot had been abandoned for several years. Needless to say, it needs a lot of cleanup, but I am a hard worker and can handle that. Well, I talked to the absentee owner, and I was able to purchase the home(s) and the lot with NO MONEY DOWN, and spread the payments over four years. So, my payments are ONLY $165 a month (and I plan on paying that back even faster). Price for the houses and land? $5000.....
I have already installed the same model of tankless water heater you feature in the videos, and it works great. I was able to get the water in working order, and I am hard at work inside the house cleaning, painting, etc. I plan to continue to get the property as off the grid as possible, with solar, wind, etc...but doing it in baby steps.
I just wanted to let everyone know IT CAN BE DONE. Even if you have NO MONEY (I had $78 in my bank account the day I made the deal on the property),
you just have to keep your eyes and MIND open the the possibilities. No, it isn't the Ritz Carlton or the Taj Mahal, but it is something that few people can say about where they live...IT IS MINE!
Thank you, Lamar, and keep up the information!
Thank you so much for making this site and writing this book. I saw your videos on YouTube and this is exactly how I am going to live my life. I'll be buying your books next pay day. I do have a question though. I live in Mississippi and it's HOT. Can you recommend a solar ac unit or some other way to cool my cabin? I'm looking for land now and I'm going to have my place built and paid for in 3 months thanks to you!
Thanks man!
-Reese
Thanks man!
-Reese
You have piqued my interest in living off the grid. I will buy your books in about a week. Continued to you and all the members who have a desire to live off the grid Good Luck.
I'm currently living overseas and would like a crack on homesteading when I get back. I would like to settle in the Pacific Northwest. I know Lamar suggests driving around when looking for land but that is impossible for me. Does anybody know of any good sites where land is for sale? Thanks.
RoadScribe says...
While I am waiting to finalize the paperwork for my half acre at Timberon.....is there anyone out here that has property in this area of New Mexico?
Please leave a message here and I will give you my contact info.
If not, then heads up, there are active ebay auctions going on right now in the New Mexico Real Estate, or, New Mexico Land sections of ebay real estate. Just a few days ago I was the high bidder and the buyer gave me a cash discount for paying cash, or, you could pay the high bid + doc fee and 55/month.
I would like to meet more Simple Solar folks that think in the same self-sufficient mindset. What I have to do is make further mods to allow for weather conditions of high winds and hail. There are also wildfires, bears, cougars one should be mindful of since I have already spend a winter up in the mountains near that area. The winters can get brutal.
LaMar has one hell of an idea who's time has come.
My thanks comes in paying the author....fantastic ebook my friend.
I am also going to get the hard copy version you have updated.
Take care, God bless and....have a nice day;)
RoadScribe says...
While I am waiting to finalize the paperwork for my half acre at Timberon.....is there anyone out here that has property in this area of New Mexico?
Please leave a message here and I will give you my contact info.
If not, then heads up, there are active ebay auctions going on right now in the New Mexico Real Estate, or, New Mexico Land sections of ebay real estate. Just a few days ago I was the high bidder and the buyer gave me a cash discount for paying cash, or, you could pay the high bid + doc fee and 55/month.
I would like to meet more Simple Solar folks that think in the same self-sufficient mindset. What I have to do is make further mods to allow for weather conditions of high winds and hail. There are also wildfires, bears, cougars one should be mindful of since I have already spend a winter up in the mountains near that area. The winters can get brutal.
LaMar has one hell of an idea who's time has come.
My thanks comes in paying the author....fantastic ebook my friend.
I am also going to get the hard copy version you have updated.
Take care, God bless and....have a nice day;)
While I am waiting to finalize the paperwork for my half acre at Timberon.....is there anyone out here that has property in this area of New Mexico?
Please leave a message here and I will give you my contact info.
If not, then heads up, there are active ebay auctions going on right now in the New Mexico Real Estate, or, New Mexico Land sections of ebay real estate. Just a few days ago I was the high bidder and the buyer gave me a cash discount for paying cash, or, you could pay the high bid + doc fee and 55/month.
I would like to meet more Simple Solar folks that think in the same self-sufficient mindset. What I have to do is make further mods to allow for weather conditions of high winds and hail. There are also wildfires, bears, cougars one should be mindful of since I have already spend a winter up in the mountains near that area. The winters can get brutal.
LaMar has one hell of an idea who's time has come.
My thanks comes in paying the author....fantastic ebook my friend.
I am also going to get the hard copy version you have updated.
Take care, God bless and....have a nice day;)
Please leave a message here and I will give you my contact info.
If not, then heads up, there are active ebay auctions going on right now in the New Mexico Real Estate, or, New Mexico Land sections of ebay real estate. Just a few days ago I was the high bidder and the buyer gave me a cash discount for paying cash, or, you could pay the high bid + doc fee and 55/month.
I would like to meet more Simple Solar folks that think in the same self-sufficient mindset. What I have to do is make further mods to allow for weather conditions of high winds and hail. There are also wildfires, bears, cougars one should be mindful of since I have already spend a winter up in the mountains near that area. The winters can get brutal.
LaMar has one hell of an idea who's time has come.
My thanks comes in paying the author....fantastic ebook my friend.
I am also going to get the hard copy version you have updated.
Take care, God bless and....have a nice day;)
Hi,
Just bought off the grid - the best $7 I have ever spent!! There is so much information in this book - things I would never have thought to ask. THANK YOU. It will take me a while to take it all in, but I am determined to own land and my own small home free and clear. I thought this would be impossible for a single woman to do, but you have shown me that it is possible. Thanks.
Just bought off the grid - the best $7 I have ever spent!! There is so much information in this book - things I would never have thought to ask. THANK YOU. It will take me a while to take it all in, but I am determined to own land and my own small home free and clear. I thought this would be impossible for a single woman to do, but you have shown me that it is possible. Thanks.
Hi Lamar;
How are things?
It's been awhile since I've been to your site so i thought I'd drop in and have a look-about. Glad to see you are still writing your books. I have enjoyed the e-books I bought a while back.
Keep up the good work.
We wintered over well in spite of the extreme and unusual cold for this part of the country. We ate most of the food I had put by ,which I was very thankful to have.
My early spring garden did well, then the drought and high temps hit. So far this year I have gotten a pretty decent harvest of green beans, field peas, kohl rabi, potatoes, spinach and kale. The corn dried to the ground in spite of irrigation. The okra is producing a sparse amount. The sweet potato vines are looking okay and there is still a chance they will produce a crop.
I have been dehydrating all my produce as canning takes a lot of energy and puts a lot of heat and humidity into the air, which is counter- productive to cooling.
I am optimistic that the fall garden will produce well. This heat and dry spell can't last forever.
That's about it around here.
Thanks for the site, you are an educator and an inspiration. I wish you well.
How are things?
It's been awhile since I've been to your site so i thought I'd drop in and have a look-about. Glad to see you are still writing your books. I have enjoyed the e-books I bought a while back.
Keep up the good work.
We wintered over well in spite of the extreme and unusual cold for this part of the country. We ate most of the food I had put by ,which I was very thankful to have.
My early spring garden did well, then the drought and high temps hit. So far this year I have gotten a pretty decent harvest of green beans, field peas, kohl rabi, potatoes, spinach and kale. The corn dried to the ground in spite of irrigation. The okra is producing a sparse amount. The sweet potato vines are looking okay and there is still a chance they will produce a crop.
I have been dehydrating all my produce as canning takes a lot of energy and puts a lot of heat and humidity into the air, which is counter- productive to cooling.
I am optimistic that the fall garden will produce well. This heat and dry spell can't last forever.
That's about it around here.
Thanks for the site, you are an educator and an inspiration. I wish you well.
Why did you decide to buy your solar panels versus making them yourself at a fraction of the cost?
Also I am very inspired by your home. I have been looking at hundreds of different small houses including the Tumbleweed houses but you really can't beat $7 for an ebook. I will be working towards doing this myself for me, my husband, and dog.
Also I am very inspired by your home. I have been looking at hundreds of different small houses including the Tumbleweed houses but you really can't beat $7 for an ebook. I will be working towards doing this myself for me, my husband, and dog.
Living on your own terms...What a great way to go!! Very informative site...A couple of years ago I purchased some land in western Texas..real remote. A perfect solar location. This site gives me down to earth plans and ideas how to live as comfortable and low cost as possible. In a couple or years I should be ready to just go off grid and be happy with it.
As a newbie to your books and trying to learn on my own about modifying my existing home to solar, I can't thank you enough for the wealth of information.
If more people used solar, our economy would be better.
(I loved reading Mother Earth Magazines years ago.)
If more people used solar, our economy would be better.
(I loved reading Mother Earth Magazines years ago.)
Doc, what a familar story. Hang in there and just keep doing what you're doing as it looks like you are making it work. I too experienced what you have, but being a survivor, I plan to make lemonade outta of life's lemons!! Keep it up-Steve,aka: Reno
Hey Lamar, I just wanted to say THANK YOU and let you know that you have been an inspiration to me. I fell on hard times a couple of years ago, following a divorce and health scenario. My income dropped nearly 90% in a four year span. I had just about given up hope of ever owning a home or having a place of my own, until I started considering homesteading and off the grid living. About a year ago, I found your site and videos, and then purchased your book. Using your ideas, and taking baby steps, I started to move in the direction of homesteading. In your book, you mentioned that there are a lot of properties, especially in rural areas, where farmers or absent landowners have houses already on the land, but might be in need of someone living there. You were right! Just driving around on weekends and making mental notes and meeting people, I found an older home on a one acre lot attached to a much larger farm/ranch. The lot included a small, two bedroom home (in need of a lot of tlc, but livable) AND an older, two bedroom mobile home and a , small outbuilding. It also had its own cistern as well. The lot had been abandoned for several years. Needless to say, it needs a lot of cleanup, but I am a hard worker and can handle that. Well, I talked to the absentee owner, and I was able to purchase the home(s) and the lot with NO MONEY DOWN, and spread the payments over four years. So, my payments are ONLY $165 a month (and I plan on paying that back even faster). Price for the houses and land? $5000.....
I have already installed the same model of tankless water heater you feature in the videos, and it works great. I was able to get the water in working order, and I am hard at work inside the house cleaning, painting, etc. I plan to continue to get the property as off the grid as possible, with solar, wind, etc...but doing it in baby steps.
I just wanted to let everyone know IT CAN BE DONE. Even if you have NO MONEY (I had $78 in my bank account the day I made the deal on the property),
you just have to keep your eyes and MIND open the the possibilities. No, it isn't the Ritz Carlton or the Taj Mahal, but it is something that few people can say about where they live...IT IS MINE!
Thank you, Lamar, and keep up the information!
I have already installed the same model of tankless water heater you feature in the videos, and it works great. I was able to get the water in working order, and I am hard at work inside the house cleaning, painting, etc. I plan to continue to get the property as off the grid as possible, with solar, wind, etc...but doing it in baby steps.
I just wanted to let everyone know IT CAN BE DONE. Even if you have NO MONEY (I had $78 in my bank account the day I made the deal on the property),
you just have to keep your eyes and MIND open the the possibilities. No, it isn't the Ritz Carlton or the Taj Mahal, but it is something that few people can say about where they live...IT IS MINE!
Thank you, Lamar, and keep up the information!
Craig says...
I love the way you live. I just wondering before i buy your books what about codes? I would imagine you need a permit to build the cabin but what about (Certificate of Occupancy) I think its crab all that codes you have to go threw. I just want to no how to avoid all that stuff and live full time off grid. P.S. I live in upstate ny
Hi Craig, not all places have codes and some only have very minimal requirements. You have to look around and be willing o live in the boonies.
tavs says...
I love your cabin but how does the lack of insulation stand up in the cold? I'm in the UK - it's wet and cold here - are there adaptations you'd recommend?
x
Hi Tays, the cabin is well insulated and the $2000 includes insulation in floor, walls and ceilings. I can heat the cabin with a 20,000 small BTU propane funace and it costs less than $2 a day for propane to run the heater, fridge and stove.
Thanks Lamar.
Im going to build a cabin as per your specs.
I have a 160 acres in N.E. Saskatchewan with a lake bordering the farmland.
For the past three years I have been growing vegtables on the yard site.
I currently live in the city 120 miles from the farm.
Here is a 50 year old rototiller I picked up for $400.
All I did was change oil in it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrjackieG?feature=mhum#p/u/5/um9L-b27nBY
Im going to build a cabin as per your specs.
I have a 160 acres in N.E. Saskatchewan with a lake bordering the farmland.
For the past three years I have been growing vegtables on the yard site.
I currently live in the city 120 miles from the farm.
Here is a 50 year old rototiller I picked up for $400.
All I did was change oil in it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrjackieG?feature=mhum#p/u/5/um9L-b27nBY
I love the way you live. I just wondering before i buy your books what about codes? I would imagine you need a permit to build the cabin but what about (Certificate of Occupancy) I think its crab all that codes you have to go threw. I just want to no how to avoid all that stuff and live full time off grid. P.S. I live in upstate ny
I love your cabin but how does the lack of insulation stand up in the cold? I'm in the UK - it's wet and cold here - are there adaptations you'd recommend?
x
x
Planner says...
So, what are the three new books, and will you be offering a five book Ebook package?
The ebooks have all been combined into one ebook now available April 1, 2011
Batteries produce toxic gases and must be stored outside but you could build a small shed to house the batteries, generator and even your solar panels when not in use as long as it is well ventilated.
Just finished building this cabin and going to put in solar when the snow goes. Debateing if I should keep the batteries out in the winter or have the bateries working from inside the cabin as Iam not there all year round.Would have to have it locked down if I left it on the deck or next to the cabin somewhere. Any thoughts?
I just ordered the ebook using Paypal how do I get or download the book?
hi! can't wait to to read your book...looks awsome..
I just ordered it, i'm buying a land next month.
Kareem
I just ordered it, i'm buying a land next month.
Kareem
Hey Lamar,
I just ordered you book and can not wait to it gets here. My wife and I are moving to Nevada to start a homestead on the 30 acres I have. I have studied you website and cannot wait to start. Thanks for the information of living off grid.
Norman
I just ordered you book and can not wait to it gets here. My wife and I are moving to Nevada to start a homestead on the 30 acres I have. I have studied you website and cannot wait to start. Thanks for the information of living off grid.
Norman
hi, i belive in heritage consevation and promote green homes for rural development , any supporters E mail:mysoreheritage@gmail.com
So, what are the three new books, and will you be offering a five book Ebook package?
I really love your youtube channel and subscribed and I just purchased your ebook. I look foward to reading them. What state do you live in? I live in Maryland and I want to head out west. I'm thinking Idaho or Montana. Maybe Alaska Thank you so much for your inspiration and the great deal on the ebook. By the way... are you selling music singles? My b/f loves that song "I Am My Own Man". I like it too. Thank You LaMar
Thank you so much for your inspiration and the great deal on the ebook. By the way... are you selling music singles? My b/f loves that song "I Am My Own Man". I like it too. Thank You LaMar
found you on another site and really enjoyed the comments...thanks for looking out for us re: the porn.....my mothe-in-law is 84 and somehow found herself on a porn site...723 (not jokling) emails later....I just got a new email address for her. Have sent this site to the kids...all are looking to lessen their footsteps on Mother Earth...thanks for all the info.
Perfect example of how anyone who really desires too, can do this. I just don't see any reason to continue living an excessive lifestyle which really does not make us happy, healthy or wise. Thanks for showing the way!
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