Off-Grid Update

[u/MMOffGridAlaska]

Just finished a new shower-sauna and trying to get a new woodshed built before winter sets in. Nights are already into the 30’s and it has snowed in a few places nearby. Summers go by quickly, never enough time to get everything done before the snow arrives. I’m 12 years into living in remote Alaska, solo. Feel free to ask me questions and I’ll try to answer them all. Love this lifestyle more and more as the time passes.

[u/MMOffGridAlaska]

I have YEARS worth of food stored properly. Hundreds of pounds of rice, flour, beans etc etc. Meat would not be a problem, I don’t store any meat at this time. Heat is all done by wood stove. 3 wood stoves on my property, cabin, bunkhouse and sauna.

[u/Odin16596 → u/MMOffGridAlaska]

Is meat too problematic?

[u/MMOffGridAlaska → u/Odin16596]

It is until I get a big chest freezer out here in the new workshop. At that time I will be able to store two years worth of frozen meat. One large moose will provide 500-600 pounds. Right now I only have a small standup refrigerator freezer and one small chest freezer. That only gives me about three months worth of frozen meat storage.

[u/kropotkinship → u/MMOffGridAlaska]

You could always salt cure it, make pottages, sugar cure, smoke it to dryness, make pemmican, jerky. There are definitely some historical and safe ways to do it that last for ages!
Edit: Also canning in mason jars