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Gordon Atkins

Three years ago, I bought an off-grid Cortijo in a small valley in the Andalucian mountains. This move was not really a planned decision to live of-grid, I just fell in love with the tranquil location. Although, perhaps the lifestyle is in my genes as my grandfather and his four brothers were Homesteaders in Alberta Canada in the 1900s. The mountains of Spain are a difficult place to grow many of the flowers that I was used to in the UK. However, veg grows well all year around peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce, cucumber, melons and chard all fare well in the Mediterranean climate. Almond trees provide me with a cash crop of around 1 ton whilst still retaining some to make almond milk and flour.

Living off the Grid: Legal or Illegal?

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Numerous people in America today aspire to be able to live the dream of living off-grid. For some, the idea of living off the grid is the thought of ditching their electricity supplier to use solar power, whilst others want to embrace an overall simpler self-sufficient life or homestead as many of our ancestors did. …

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Living off the Grid: Legal or Illegal?

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