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Yurt Living: Can You Legally Live In One?
Yurts are becoming increasingly popular these days, and why not? They’re beautiful structures that are really affordable. It can be the ticket to living a debt free lifestyle. The only problem is, they are not necessarily legal in many areas. Yurts...
Do Composting Toilets Need Water and Electricity?
For many of us who go off grid, there is always a question on how to deal with your bathroom waste. Septic or cesspool? Eventually people come across composting toilets and begin to wonder, “is this a viable option for me on my off grid homestead? I...
Growing Apples In The Tropics: Is It Possible?
Living in the tropics, you get to grow a wide variety of fruits that canʻt be found anywhere else in the world. In fact, there are many microclimates in the tropics that will let you push the envelope of what you can grow, like traditionally temperate climate fruits....
Can You Put Sawdust In A Worm Bin?
Worm bins are easily one of the best additions anyone can make towards achieving a zero waste kitchen. Worm bins serve as an easy to maintain location to dispose of any leftover food scraps from cooking. You can add almost any organic material into a worm bin, but...
How To Maintain a Yurt in Humid Conditions
If you’ve ever been graced with staying in a yurt you will know what true relaxation is, especially if you’ve been to places that have permanent yurts on their premises. However, if you become a yurt owner you will soon find yourself questioning how to maintain it and...
Is It Safe To Run a Refrigerator On a Generator?
It might seem simple enough to just connect everything to a generator and as long as it has fuel it should run, right? This is not always the case. Before buying a generator, you need to take stock of what you will be running on it. In the case of running a...
Month To Month In The Tropical Garden
