Companion Planting Guide – Pin, Share, Print Out

graphic © off-grid.info. Graphic – off-grid.info Plants need good companions to thrive, however, relationships between them are varied – similar to relationships between people. Certain plants support each other while others just don’t get along! So if you want a thriving garden, make sure the place plants near to their …

How To Attract Butterflies To Your Yard (5 Ways)

How To Attract Butterflies To Your Yard. Graphic © off-grid.info. Images – PD Butterflies conjure images of warmth, sunshine and color. They are beautiful and they make people happy! But aside from that, they are one of the world’s most effective pollinators. We are dependent on them to help plants …

11 Trunk Essentials For Winter Driving

Graphic © off-grid.info. Background photo – pixabay.com (CC0) UPDATED: Added a few more! Emergencies can happen any time – that’s why having a kit of survival essentials in your car is very important. These items could save you from a miserable, possibly life threatening experience on the road and in …

Power To The People: How To Survive If The Power Goes Out

Image © Ariel Celeste Photography, licensed from Shutterstock (#532886983) Carl Sagan once remarked that “we live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology”. Electricity it seems, that whole set of phenomena bundled with electromagnetism, is massive in that …

Bitcoin Used An Estimated 200 Million Kilowatt Hours Of Electricity Yesterday

graphic – off-grid.info. We just found this eyebrow-raising factoid courtesy of thenextweb.com for Sept 20th, 2019 – and it was too thought-provoking not to share. Bitcoin depends on enormous computation power, which is responsible for this astonishing level of energy use. There are racks upon racks of bitcoin mining computers …

How To Tell If Gold Is Real (Free In-Depth Tutorial!)

How To Tell If Gold Is Real (Free In-Depth Tutorial!). Photo – PD Introduction Gold is an important topic to have some knowledge of if you are interested in investment, numismatics, prepping, survivalism and off-grid living related topics. If the grid goes down and electronic fund transfers cease, or if …

66 Awesome Shelters You Can Make With A Tarp

66 Awesome Shelters You Can Make With A Tarp. Photos – 1, 2 – lic. under CC 3.0, 3 – lic. under CC 2.0, Pixabay (PD) Tarps are great for stowing away in a backpack because they are lightweight, water resistant and very versatile in how you use them. This …