SasEz! Simple & Sustainable Living...

Pictures: Cooking Hamburgers In A Solar Oven

Sas — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:57:00 +0000

In this first picture you can see two tiers of pans, one is on top the other. The fish tank “solar oven” is over top of them both, holding in the heat and letting everything cook. You can see the steam, or condensation, on the glass of the tank here too. In this second [...]

Pictures of My Solar & Propane Stoves

Sas — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:50:00 +0000

Technically these might not be considered actual “outdoor stoves” because one is a propane camp stove and the other is a solar oven setup. My propane camp stove is actually two stoves. I have a Coleman camping stove on the bottom, with a Northwest Territory camp stove sitting on top of it. The Coleman stove is [...]

My Solar Power Generator Kit Arrived

Sas — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:31:13 +0000

Yesterday!! :) I bought the Sunforce 60 watt solar power generator kit from Amazon and it arrived here safe and sound yesterday afternoon. We’ve been really busy finishing up everything for the move so I don’t have it fully together and generating power just yet. I also wanted to get a battery, so [...]

Setting Up For Writing On The Road

Sas — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +0000

So I decided to set myself up for easier writing when we’re camping in remote areas without Internet access. That means I’ve installed Windows Live Writer again, and am going to try using it for writing everything offline then publishing it all at once each time we get a wireless connection. I haven’t installed the ink [...]

Living Without Household Appliances

Sas — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:24:14 +0000

We are now less than 10 days from starting our off the grid travel journey. We decided last week to have a moving sale so we could get rid of most of the stuff we have, since very little is going into storage. We originally just planned to sell the major appliances: stove, fridge, [...]

Do You Have Any Idea How Much Water You Use?

Sas — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:47:55 +0000

Have you ever thought much about your personal water consumption habits? I know there are many conservation tips and techniques out there, but do you actually have any idea how much water you use personally in your home on a daily basis? A couple of months ago we decided to turn our natural gas service [...]

SasEz! Sorry Excuse For A Site…

Sas — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:13:23 +0000

That’s what I should be calling this place hmmm? Ok so maybe “SasEz! Simple Life” would work best, since it seems we’ll be traveling around and camping in various places around the country for the next few months. Hard to get started with a sustainable farm or ranch if we’re on the road right? We’re in the [...]

We May Start With Free Camping

Sas — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:10:51 +0000

The time for our big move is drawing very close. A. graduates in almost one month exactly, then she leaves for bootcamp in early June. So far we don’t have our solar panel system for powering the laptop yet, let alone the down payment for the land, so we’ve been exploring other ideas and options. At [...]

What Is Sustainable Living?

Sas — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:06:46 +0000

The term “sustainable living” has many definitions these days, but in it’s pure form it means to be 100% self sufficient. To do that though, you need to grow food gardens as well as food animals if you’re a meat eater. You’d also have to spin your own cloth and do a whole host of [...]

An Eye Opening Experience With Composting

Sas — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:22:38 +0000

I love compost. In my experience, it is the number one best thing you can do for any type of gardening. It’s also completely free, and requires just a small amount of time and patience from you to get amazing results. Now in the past, I’ve been really lazy with composting. Usually in late fall or [...]