by Lisa Meissner | Off Grid Power
Hmmm... Where should I start? We purchased our current home nearly 6 years ago. It had been sitting empty for quite a number of years and it has needed a lot of 'elbow grease'. One area that was desperately needing an upgrade was the power system. The solar array was...
by Lisa Meissner | Off Grid Garden
Backstory: I had started some Meyer Lemon plants from seed several years ago, and had to transplant them into some new pots. I’m a very frugal person (translation = miserable penny-pincher) so I used dirt from our property. Fast forward to a couple of months...
by Lisa Meissner | Off Grid Location
The picture above is from our living room window -- we call it our million-dollar view. But in order to have our million dollar view with a less than a bare-bones budget, it means that our commute to town is rather lengthy. It's an hour or more drive to town. And I...
by Lisa Meissner | Off Grid Health
Ahhhhh-CHOO! Hearing much of that lately? Bless you… or Gesundheit! Sneezing is actually one of the body's defense mechanisms against airborne pathogens (translation: cold and flu bugs that float around in the air). The force of the sneeze expels those nasty little...
by Lisa Meissner | Off Grid Health
It’s been bugging me for a long time… When it was just me cleaning my house, I could find excuses for using toxic, chemical-laden house cleaners. But the last straw for me was once I had little hands and feet with curious eyes wanting desperately to help their Mama....
