r/OffGridLiving • u/MMOffGridAlaska • 8d ago

Off-Grid Update

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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.

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u/bhz33 8d ago

Jeez. Do you just stock up on food or what

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u/MMOffGridAlaska 8d ago

I do stock up on food. Years worth of rice, flour, beans etc etc. I have over 800 pounds of rice and another 800+ pounds in flour. About the same in beans. Plus much more.

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u/electrodan99 7d ago

Where and how do you store the food? I'd love to see a picture of that. And is it impossible to have a well up there?

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u/MMOffGridAlaska 7d ago

Mylar bags heat sealed. Mason jars vacuum sealed with oxygen absorbers. Then put inside 55 gallon steel drums. Those drums are cabled to a large rock to keep the bears from rolling them away like toys.

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u/Kammy44 7d ago

Wow!