http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/Off-grid-blog.html Offgrid Desert Living updates en-us off grid living Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:26:27 GMT Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:26:27 GMT offgrid-desert-living.com http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-bathroom.html The offgrid bathroom ended up very differently than the plan due to poor selection and/or lack of local materials. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:26:26 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-composter.html A solar composter is great for any garden. It may just be a flower bed or small herb or vegetable garden. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:11:14 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-store.html Solar Store has items to help with renewable energy, conservation and recycling Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:45:15 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-rides.html Solar rides are a great way to have fun without using fossil fuels Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:43:11 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-composters.html Solar Composters-there are many different types Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:30:47 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-showers.html Solar showers for rinsing off after getting out of the pool or for your camping trip. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:53:33 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-toys.html Solar toys- fun with your children learning about solar Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:52:00 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-lanterns.html These solar lanterns is an excellent addition to any home. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:40:19 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-kits.html Solar kits are an inexpensive way to introduce yourself to the world of solar. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:19:20 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/off-grid-solar.html Off grid solar system-how to build Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:24:27 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/conservation.html Conservation is setting aside for a future time. Restricting use to insure enough for tomorrow. How much is enough for today? How do we say this is enough? How much will we need for tomorrow? Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:54:38 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/off-grid-solar-power-systems.html How we connected our off grid solar power systems- inverter/charge controller, deep cycle batteries, wind generator. Some of the mistakes we made when calculating how much solar power we needed. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:54:05 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/index.html Building and off grid living in the desert of S. Arizona. How we built our dry stack home and off grid solar power systems. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:48:58 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-oven.html Our solar oven gets use year round. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:34:52 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-uses.html There are many uses for solar which can be implemented into any home. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:13:18 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/wind-generator.html Wind generator may be a good addition or alternative to solar Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:43:37 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/junction-box.html Wiring a junction box in parallel is easy. Each junction box has a positive and a negative terminal. This picture shows red, blue and black wires. Any color of wire can be used. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:23:47 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-batteries.html Calculating solar batteries is a crucial part of determining how much power you will have to run your home. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:14:18 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/interior.html Dry stack concrete block is stuccoed with surface bonding cement Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:35:41 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-dog-den.html We waited a year before building our offgrid dogs den. It is the room where our dogs eat and sleep. It was very important that we get this room right. It is a comfortable area for our dogs and us Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:30:16 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/dry-stack-concrete-block-interior.html When working off grid with dry stack concrete block as the interior walls 8 inches of interior space is lost. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:19:44 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-schematic.html Diaghram of solar schematic Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:35:28 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-lighting.html Solar miscellaneous uses for solar around your home Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:59:25 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/gift.html Gift for most occasions Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:30:01 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-storage-shed.html We are currently building a offgrid storage shed to house the new inverter and the batteries which should be completed soon. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:47:28 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/dogs-natural-fly-repellent.html It is difficult to find a natural fly repellent products that are safe to use on dogs. There are fly repellents for horses, but I am not sure that they can be used on other animals. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:21:41 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/concrete-slab.html Foundation concrete slab was poured at our off grid homesite by an outside contractor. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:48:14 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/gardening.html Gardening in the Arizona desert reaping critters instead of vegetables. Container gardening or raised bed is the least destructive. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:49:40 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-well.html Drilling an offgrid well in the desert was one of the most stressful experiences Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:30:38 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/concrete-footings.html The concrete truck got stuck in the mud. We were not going to start the concrete footings today. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:43:18 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/dry-stack.html Dry stack concrete block with a surface bonded cement was used for our exterior and interior walls. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:28:04 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-septic.html Our offgrid septic system is a closed system, square concrete recepticle Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:20:22 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-water-heater.html Making a simple yet effective offgrid solar water heater Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:09:05 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-furnace.html Building a solar furnace, material used and the time it took to make it. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:07:27 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/about-us.html Our offgrid story Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:33:20 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-links.html Offgrid links for additional helpful information regarding offgrid solar Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:51:16 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-well-pumps.html Solar well pumps are located in the well house. Water lines run from the pump to get water to the house. The well pump and booster pump are both solar pumps. The well pump will run off of Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:24:07 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/target-practice.html We target practice as much as possible, setting up a schedule for shooting targets would be more routine. The more practice shooting you have the more likely you will remain calm in an emergency Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:14:54 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/gun-safety.html Gun safety is always the most important issue when handling guns. No matter where you are target shooting always adhere to gun safety rules. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:07:55 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-adobe-ruins.html Visiting the offgrid adobe ruins, an old windmill and farm house that are near our property Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:06:17 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-atv-riding.html Offgrid atv riding with the dogs every morning. It insures that the big dogs get enough exercise and the small dogs get out of the house. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:56:43 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/apple-annies-orchard.html Visit Apple Annies Orchard. You can pick your own apples, eat carmel corn and have an apple burger. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:51:40 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-roof-rafters.html The offgrid roof rafters were built by Ron and Herb (my brother). Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:27:24 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-roof-insulation.html Offgrid roof insulation in any desert off grid home is crucial Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:18:03 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-roof.html The offgrid roof was rolled roofing chosen because it was inexpensive. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:12:54 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-bull.html Offgrid bull, a brahma bull in the yard. What do you do? Stare at him in disbelief, shue him away, yell at him? Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:52:38 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-house-cleaning.html Offgrid house cleaning is different in the desert. The demons that you face daily is called dirt. Not just any dirt, but desert dirt. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:46:29 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/monsoon.html Monsoon season in the Arizona deser is about two to three months of flash flooding. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:41:16 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-firewood.html Cutting offgrid firewood and finding the wood to cut is challenging. You cannot cut any wood on any state land. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:39:06 GMT http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/offgrid-living-room.html Our offgrid living room is an open, comfortable room that invites you to sit down and relax. The dry stack concrete block softens with the yellow paint. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:26:02 GMT