Self-Sufficiency & Off-Grid

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    2. Mains charger connected to solar charger? 15

      • Offgrid hero
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    4. Snowypanda

    2. Found some potentially abandoned land, advice please. 22

      • Danbot
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    4. Rogue Trader

    2. Piece of land - Ideas? 25

      • Little Butch
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    4. zipzip

    2. Composting Dog/Cat crap! 22

      • Cobra
      • Cobra
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    4. ma bungo

    2. Wood burner fitting chimney in a van 48

      • Peter2ltr
      • Peter2ltr
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    4. ekimC543

    2. Your 2018 veg/fruit growing plan? 9

      • Cobra
      • Cobra
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    4. Cobra

    2. Birch Polypore 27

      • parrotandcrow
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    4. parrotandcrow

    2. Halfords leisure batteries - are they any good? 48

      • EnglishLens
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    4. madrat

    2. Paraffin lamps and heaters 220

      • Offgrid hero
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    4. Offgrid hero

    2. Axe. 23

      • wurzel
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    4. pyke13

    2. Keeping quail 53

      • Offgrid hero
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    4. 999birdie

    2. Tiny homes getting hard time in US 14

      • NomadicRT
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    4. Rogue Trader

    2. Woodburner Advice. 14

      • wurzel
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    4. Compo Simmonite

    2. What's this plant? 8

      • vanwoman84
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    4. vanwoman84

    2. What's this plant?

      • vanwoman84
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    2. dumpster diving in bristol 15

      • Reaper
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    4. Bernie

    2. Temp burner install - Quick question for the experts 1

      • OffGridDreams
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    4. Rogue Trader

    2. Wind turbines 44

      • Offgrid hero
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    4. Offgrid hero

    2. Woodland Project Advice 9

      • beardyalhand
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    4. vanwoman84

    2. Feral tomatoes 31

      • vanwoman84
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    4. NomadicRT

    2. A good idea? 17

      • Duckman
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    4. wurzel

    2. Solar ovens. Is this the future? 11

      • Rogue Trader
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    4. NomadicRT

    2. Kombucha give away

      • Nelia
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    2. Living off grid in own woodland 34

      • Killjoy
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    4. Rogue Trader

    2. Foraging 49

      • misterfox
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    4. oldkeith

    2. What Size Inverter and Will it Work? 20

      • MrsP
      • MrsP
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    4. hygge

    2. Interesting Off-Grid places in the UK 1

      • Arthur King
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    4. Bigbear67

    2. How far will people go for sustainable food? 5

      • realnutter
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    4. Rainbow Phoenix

    2. Some DIY advice needed regarding a dual passenger seat... 13

      • Tonk
      • Tonk
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    4. Tonk

    2. Growing things on the Dashboard 8

      • MrsP
      • MrsP
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    4. vanwoman84