Off The Grid, Texas

A blog of our progress as we build a shipping container house for a home on our peaceful Texas Hill Country farm and vineyard. Our plan is to exist off the grid using a solar panels power station, wind turbines, batteries, inverters, and the like for our electricity. We have rain gutters and barrels in place for most of our water needs along with a large pond that stayed full even throughout the recent Texas droughts. We invite you to grab a big ole cup of coffee and follow along in the fun!

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Big New Room in Container House

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I LOVE Wood... i just love, love, love wood!

Dale loves wood!

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Container House At Night

Container House at night

Container House by Night

Spider Web in the Sunshine

I'm 100% arachnophobe, but this is one Cool Spider Web

EcoPyro M6S Alpental Ventless Freestanding Ethanol Fireplace 31.5″, Chimney Black |

Look at our Wooden Ceiling Rafters!

Love the wooden ceiling rafters Dale is building with no plans!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Ethanol Fireplace

We love our new ventless ethanol fuel burning fireplace! Just look how gorgeous! Dale is building without me. He sent this pic to demonstrate how lonely it must be without us tonight :(