Some considerations to buying land are listed below:
Tax sales in Canada and some in the US are low cost ways to buy remote unused (unpolluted) land.
Road along property is necessary and hydro is a bonus. (my neighbour at the bunky used to spend $250 a month on gas to run his generator 10 hrs a day). Gas has since gone up in price. Forget relying on solar and wind exclusively, the neighbour tried that too and wasn't reliable enough even with the battery bank.
Look for fine sand subsoil as it is much easier and cheaper for the septic system.
Check if you can sell the timber if it is a wooded area with merchantable lumber.
Generally a quarter acre minimum to feed each adult if you only eat veggies plus 1 to 8 acres for a cow and calf depending on water supply. Check that the soil is fertile for growing crops.
A stream is a bonus.
Access for a well driller.
Set up your homestead before the SHTFan as getting people and supplies during a crisis may not be possible
My neighbour had about 1000W of panels, 10 expensive lead acid batteries and a 400W wind turbine. Couldn't keep up with the lights, TV, plug ins, etc. I had 810W solar here with 2 large Group 8D batteries and it ran the computer and freezer and that was it. You have to micromanage solar on cloudy days.
I am going to look into these specs when looking into Solar systems, but that info does not sound to promising.. Sounds like more batteries would be needed in parallel..
WOW thanks Fred that is valuable information you shared, I appreciate the benefit of your experience.. I am saving this information, this is info I would have never thought of so I really appreciate you sharing it with me.. Thanks a lot..
Good for you, I am still working on that this year.. WE pray to GOD it will be stopped or at least delayed..
Some considerations to buying land are listed below:
Tax sales in Canada and some in the US are low cost ways to buy remote unused (unpolluted) land.
Road along property is necessary and hydro is a bonus. (my neighbour at the bunky used to spend $250 a month on gas to run his generator 10 hrs a day). Gas has since gone up in price. Forget relying on solar and wind exclusively, the neighbour tried that too and wasn't reliable enough even with the battery bank.
Look for fine sand subsoil as it is much easier and cheaper for the septic system.
Check if you can sell the timber if it is a wooded area with merchantable lumber.
Generally a quarter acre minimum to feed each adult if you only eat veggies plus 1 to 8 acres for a cow and calf depending on water supply. Check that the soil is fertile for growing crops.
A stream is a bonus.
Access for a well driller.
Set up your homestead before the SHTFan as getting people and supplies during a crisis may not be possible
I was looking into Solar with batteries as a partial solution, adding other options with that..
My neighbour had about 1000W of panels, 10 expensive lead acid batteries and a 400W wind turbine. Couldn't keep up with the lights, TV, plug ins, etc. I had 810W solar here with 2 large Group 8D batteries and it ran the computer and freezer and that was it. You have to micromanage solar on cloudy days.
I am going to look into these specs when looking into Solar systems, but that info does not sound to promising.. Sounds like more batteries would be needed in parallel..
WOW thanks Fred that is valuable information you shared, I appreciate the benefit of your experience.. I am saving this information, this is info I would have never thought of so I really appreciate you sharing it with me.. Thanks a lot..