Thriving Off Grid in the Desert without a Well | PARAGRAPHIC

[@CryptolockerMD]

Someone please explain to me what possible reason any politician thinks they are entitled to prevent people from collecting rainwater.

[@garethjones6711]

I cannot explain why, but what you can do in the states etc, where its banned, is create swales on your land to hold the water as long as possible and allow it to soak into your land

[@magesalmanac6424]

No no, you can’t have that rainwater. How else can we water the alfalfa for Saudi Arabia? 😜

[@kellyrichards1354]

Control issues.

[@pbs36]

As long as it's something that the other team is doing or is in favor of, it's not allowed. That and we will charge you for anything we can get away with.

[@Anonymous57589]

Alot of rainwater is polluted. Politicians think people need to be protected from themselves.

[@linesided]

Amazing - the smartest person I met on the internet today. thank you.

[@egodrunk]

Love this channel. Seeing people that are masters of their craft is inspiring and uplifting. This channel will have to come out with it's own auto-documentary.

[@FilipStasresinic]

On a mediterannean island here in Croatia every house has water collection systems. We allwas drink it. No filtering.

[@supatotenkopf88]

We had the same here in Australia.

[@eslnoob191]

You really should filter it though because rainwater anywhere in the world is becoming increasingly polluted. The rainwater there may not be contaminated with microbes, but it will definitely have chemicals in it (yes, we truly have messed up our world that badly). You may not notice anything in the short-term, but it could mess up your body in the long-term. I'm a regular reader of National Geographic and I remember reading an article on this exact topic years ago. The situation is getting worse each year.

[@Reciprocity_Soils]

Good consistent planning, application, and work. Sharing the dream. With more people applying the time and work ethic and love of our inclusion into our surroundings, we can build and live in these healthy sustainable regenerative lifestyles.

[@Kim-mn1cl]

I enjoyed every part of this video. I admire this man and I appreciate his dream. More and more people need to incorporate these ideas.

[@rogermorris-zd4dp]

YES, TELL THE CONTROLLERS TO GTH!!

[@mrs.onyango6504]

Wow I really love this homestead

[@peytonm00re]

Guys don’t stop making these videos, they can changed peoples way of living for the better by opening up their eyes to this way of living. Nothing but love for this channel ❤

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

That seems like the perfect off-grid system to me! Well said, “It IS possible!”

[@CookingwithYarda]

@@fishy2939 Exactly !!

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

@FishyHow would we define riches? How do we open our minds to possibilities?

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

@@CookingwithYarda Let’s learn to thrive

[@harrymills2770]

​@Fishy Some of the components he's using are pretty spendy. On the other hand, there are permaculture ways of building, by sourcing local materials for rammed-earth and other types of construction, where the only things you'd be spending much cash on would be the cisterns, battery bank, inverter and solar panels.

[@RanchExplorerHQ]

@@harrymills2770 Thank you. That’s a really good way of looking at things.

[@JarkkoKokkonen]

While I admire your attitude that it’s possible to live off grid, I can’t help but think that “of course it is!” Our species has been around for millions of years and we’ve only have grids for a century or so. I mean, my grandparent didn’t have grids and produced pretty much everything they had.. and they had huge families.

[@HotGardenTalk]

I'm right there with you. People have been living "off grid" for most of human history. I'm glad they did or neither of us would be here. Our house/property is in response to the pendulum swinging too far in the direction of a wasteful modern society. I think we can still live in modern societies while respecting and utilizing the resources that are right in front of us. To do that on a meaningful scale requires a paradigm shift among communities, government laws regulations etc.

[@harrymills2770]

@@HotGardenTalk It's not going to come from politicians. Their solutions are always "Let US run this. Don't trouble your pretty head about it." This is something that we the people need to do on our own, often in spite of the politicians. And the fact is that better trade routes and more trade DOES help people. In the 20th Century, we were so enamored of the economies of scale that we didn't give much thought to the detrimental aspects of public utilities. This is the history of civilization from the start. Early, sedentary agriculture was a HUGE benefit. It made cities possible. The Sumerians were real innovators. But they never considered that the act of agricultural expansion was ultimately the end of agriculture by the means they chose, and from which they couldn't conceive deviating.

[@dwclifton11]

Amish people look at off-gridders like this and laugh, no but all jokes aside its always been around us and I wish schools would show these types of videos to show people anyone can do it.

[@gilberto4835]

Well, not really, I'm european and in Europe people have lived in the city for well over a 2000 years, the term off grid refers to the fact that you are disconnected from the need to use someone else knowledge or product to sustain your self, even in the middle ages who had a farm was not self sustainable, infact they traded the food for other goods and services. For example how many of the ancient romans living in Rome and working as craftsmen knew how to use their waste or plant some food, and that is well over 2500 years ago, or even in the 1800s if you wanted light you had to buy oil for the lanterns which farmers didn't know how to do, the concept of self sufficiency is as old as time but progress is slow in that field

[@JarkkoKokkonen]

@@gilberto4835 I’m from Europe as well. And my definition of Off-grid is different from yours. I think it’s when you’re not part of a grid which brings you water and electricity and takes care of your waste etc. I’m not sure if this is the common definition or if there is one. It would make the most sense to me.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Awesome set up! 👏 I have so much respect for people living off grid, but especially in the southwest. Such a rugged and beautiful environment.

[@beverlythomas5094]

This Is Amazing, There Are Parts Of What He Has Shown That ,I Have Wanted To do..

[@dpitt1516]

There are water tanks that collect water too - the rain falling on the tanks also goes into storage increasing your surface area for collecting water when it rains = helps during the rainy times :)

[@montypalmer4556]

Papaya can be used green like a potato providing staple food year round grown in a greenhouse. Plant seeds from larger purchased Mexican variety.

[@HotGardenTalk]

Great tip! Can they handle the extreme heat and some frost?

[@montypalmer4556]

@@HotGardenTalk I'm in Mesa, I have a 12 Year one with a 16 inch dia trunk. They love the heat and sun when established and survive a light frost. Plant with 8 or 10 Inches of mounding.

[@carolinebray82]

What a great video and concept!! I love earthships and I live in Colorado where we can't collect rain water....we do it anyway haha good for garden 😍 😉

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

... you can collect rainwater in Colorado! Laws were adjusted about a decade ago.

[@fluffymirkin7639]

Ive lived on rain tank water for 30 years. Not once have I, nor my community of over 4000, ever had to add chlorine to our tanks or so heavily 'purify' it on the way into the house. The tanks are designed to mitigate algae growth, hence the solid dark colour.

[@johnboylong40]

They may have a code requirement that fore’s them to stay within code where they live. He didn’t elaborate on it, I’m guessing he’s either doing that or just playing it safe. I like the idea of UV light cleaning .

[@mishaguevara]

These are very similar to old systems used on farms in Namibia. I would Highly recommend that those plastic water storage tanks, are placed Under shade. Direct sunlight will weaken the plastic and cause nano particals of plastic in the water.

[@sparkyin3d]

Great advice!

[@bitkrusher5948]

He should bury them OR sand bag around them .

[@christofferraby4712]

Earth bags to pack against the walls of the water tanks, then add pondliner on top of the tanks and spread perlite on top of the pondliner.

[@solarcabin]

Big house and expensive system. Off grid 20+ years with just a 600 watt system and I have most of the modern appliances in any home. A system designed for the desert is not the same as one designed for cold country and your sunlight hours will be much higher and you won't need much heat but your AC will be in use much more. I recommend passive cooling, white roof, shade porches and trees and super insulation. You might look at the humidity water generator that can produce 5 liters on a 1Kwh system.

[@michaela.754]

So. This area will benefit from all that but still needs more to bring that 119 degree weather to something livable.

[@redspiritxo]

best channel on KZbin , i love u guys keep up the good work .

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

This video gave me hope for the future of our planet. 🍀

[@togetherwegrow8340]

I love the video. Welcome to the family!

[@HotGardenTalk]

Thanks. I love what you're doing! When I'm ready to set up my hydroponics system, I'll reach out. :)

[@dertythegrower]

Respect. Must be tough a little bit more in a desert...

[@johnowens5342]

Fantastic set up. Congratulations on your project and being on paragraphic.

[@chalkao5071]

Really inspirational. Thanks for sharing what makes a lot of senses.

[@blahblue5603]

Now imagine this in a suburb each house designed in this layout as he calls it "isolated unites." And nice idea to build a chain of off grid homes in various climates and or environments, start of a housing revolution to me.

[@HotGardenTalk]

Let's make it happen! 🙂

Love that way of thinking!

[@bendover-bz4bc]

​@fishy2939that's how it should be.

[@tomprice2501]

Great work done on your off grid property. I would consider putting a roof over your water tanks to keep them cool, and reduce the algae buildup. Also, I would invest in a Berkey water filter (free standing) to give 99.9999% clean drinking water.

[@HotGardenTalk]

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into the Berkey.

[@mechanics4all405]

it would be lovely to plant food forest,great work keep it up

[@apostleemilcedeno5269]

Tomas, thank you for your presentation and sharing your experience. I wish you the very best that life has to offer!

[@jessstone7486]

This is so fantastic! Bless their hearts: the effort is such a payoff! I've been out to Rio Verde (I live in Phoenix) and it's awfully pretty out there. But looking at this setting, I was thinking it looked more like Cochise County, which is in our southeast corner....they're also having water issues! Hope you continue to thrive > I just bought my first solar panel and someday I hope to have my own home, with solar power!!! Cheers~

[@MichaelRada-INDUSTRY50]

Thank you for being the ROLE MODEL of WASTELESS WORLD

[@GGN-92]

Thanks for sharing this very interesting video. Take care of yourself.

[@petersterling5334]

Great Video Tomas! Just know you are Inspiring Hopefully Millions of People over time to Take More Control of their Own Lives and have a more Sustainable life for themselves and our Beautiful Planet Earth!!

[@lastlyght9025]

June 11 2023, I just learned that there are places in world that collecting rain water is illegal. What a time to be alive

[@thekraken1173]

Anything governments can’t tax becomes illegal

[@jimhanson2860]

been that way for hundreds of years, right or wrong

[@jackieperkins8514]

Love this! :) I've been watching homesteading/gardening/off grid videos for several years now and during the last rainy season here in Sacramento, California, I was thinking that we gotta get a rain catchment system for this apartment complex. 😁

[@Colin-pg2su]

Inspiration, thank you 👍👍

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

Fantastic ideas. Many gov agencies are moving slowly but steadily to prohibit this exact thing, however.

[@EcologicalOne80]

Very cool. But very expensive. And solar panels only last around 25 years, and plastic tanks degrade in the sun unfortunately. But none the less a great start towards independence and decentralization. Thanks for sharing!

[@alittlebitgone]

Yeah, as long as he needs to replace batteries and solar panels and everything else once it wears out he is not in any way "off grid". He NEEDS the gid, 100%.

[@TediBare]

Thank you I will be doing this in Oregon very soon

[@kerryg-9journey]

Great video. Very well done. Good info.

[@joyg2526]

This requires a LOT of money.

[@antonhuman8446]

Excellent!

[@mattmaloney2445]

We have a 10 litre rainwater tank at our property in Sandy Point, Victoria, Australia. Simply the best water. Makes for a beautiful cuppa tea.

[@trinkay345]

That's amazing and inspiring.

[@LifeTrod]

I dig your vids, I will be checking u guys out on the land to learn more!

[@mvramana8218]

Great job, inspiring and exceptional❤🎉

[@betsiemarais6918]

Congratulations!

[@ranasammani7745]

Such an inspiring video and much respect for all of your efforts!

[@RanaureliFarm]

Wow, awesome the way you look at life and the visions you have❤

[@RanaureliFarm]

I have a greenhouse as well and it is growing well. If you would like to share your email address with me and I can send you some videos/photos of what I have grown

[@rogermorris-zd4dp]

great content, I love it.

[@joshnabours9102]

From what I have read eggs need refrigeration if their special membrane is washed off as is required of manufacturers by US food codes. It is my understanding that european food code laws are such that manufacturers leave the membrane intact and this means that the eggs do not need refrigeration.

[@drewhillfarms]

U. N. H. has a booklet that explains that for every hour an egg stays at room temperature, it makes the egg equivalent to one day old. That’s why grocery stores keep their egg storage facilities at around 40F.

[@joshnabours9102]

Is UNH the University of New Hampshire?@@drewhillfarms

[@Veladan]

In Africa they dig out semi circles in the soil, put some organic matter in there. It turns the land into a sponge. I'd also recommend that you look into bokashi, both kitchen waste and toilet waste, using the kitchen waste on food crops and toilet waste on non food crops. The Mexicans are planting agave and mesquite and fermenting it into food for animals, which gets them a lot of organic material, ie manure, for the soil. When you get a lot of vegetation, you can dry your prunings and turn it into biochar, feed that to the your grazing animals, then add dung beetles suitable for your location. That will take the carbon deep underground, while the bokashi nutrients filter down to it and are caught. This could get you enough water to start growing dates, figs and the like. There are a lot of solutions out there.

[@cheapvodka9942]

hopefully people can use ur knowledge i really like smart people ty young man

[@Kofi.86]

Wonderful this is the way to live 👊🏿

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

Rain is free! It's crazy that some countries make it illegal to collect it.

[@jimhanson2860]

what's really crazy is that it's illegal to deface bank notes, can't write on them in some countries

[@beatriceannbaker3350]

The formula is square footage X inches of water X 0.6. So for us we have an 1800 sf barn X one inch of rain X 0.6= 1080 gallons of water collected

[@bch5513]

Love the hat. Have a link to it? Brand, etc?

[@UniquelySustainable]

Thank you for this! I live in the Antelope Valley of CA but am on grid. I have been wanted to purchase land to build a homestead but the water issue has been a concern. Drilling a well is ridiculously expensive and there isn't a guarantee you will get a lot of water. This video was so helpful.

[@kathleensharples7266]

Micro greens only take 1 week Love the gaff

[@kellyrichards1354]

Love your off grid system. Wondering what fabric that is on the greenhouses?

[@michaelj529]

Love his hat!! Never seen one with that wide a brim

[@donaldiro5398]

When I gained admission in 2017, my greatest problem was power. The school environment had no light and it was expensive charging in a payshop. So, I built two power banks, one was 87,000mAh and the other was 65,000mAh. I would charge one in a payshop while using the other, by the time it runs down, I would get the other from payshop and the cycle continued. In my 200 level, I bought a cheap solar panel (used) and placed it on the roof, now, I can charge my own batteries, then I merged my batteries into one big pack of 16.8V and charged with the solar panel. Later, I expanded the pack from 500 watts to 1.4 Kilowatts. And then I built an inverter, but I bought a 500 watts inverter and I could power all my bulbs and a fan and then I could charge my laptop. Everyone wonders how I always have power when the neighbourhood is in darkness.

[@coravasquez2359]

Most beautiful you’ve given me so much to have hope for with my upcoming adventure thank you

[@howardhowe3453]

The solar power solution you have is good for Arizona but much different. Its best to really look at what is availabe locally.

[@davidburdick594]

Have you looked into the moisture webbing for harvesting moisture out of the air?

[@eslnoob191]

That only makes sense in places that have regular fog (like, every day early morning thick fog)

[@wdwdHenry9022]

you can put a ozone generator in the tank on a timer it creates very clean water

[@willm5814]

Amazing work - that’s my dream life - as long as I had Starlink and a supply of beer 😂

[@HotGardenTalk]

The good thing about having water tanks is being able to fill them with your favorite brew. 😄

[@smallfox2]

Love this! Have you seen Geoff Lawton's Greening the Desert?

[@HotGardenTalk]

I have! There's a lot to learn from him.

[@qashimalik]

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Lol, let me add to that. Where there's a will and there's KZbin, there is a way 🙂

[@divyenduthakur6673]

This is so cool

[@TheeKeefe]

13:02 The movement will have to change the laws. For example NYS does not allow you to be off grid. You have to be connected to the grid and pay electric.

[@HotGardenTalk]

Then we've got work to do! I guess that's why they call it a movement. :) Fun story.... When I first reached out to planning and development and told them what I wanted to do, their response was "I've been here for over 20 years and nobody has ever asked if they had to be connected to the grid." And because of that all I had to do was prove that I had a reliable electric source, and building plan approved!

[@TheRainHarvester]

How else would they get rent from you? You gotta pay someone to live.

[@Sk0lzky]

Hopefully you have a really solid filtering system because the non-degrading chemicals in rain water are a real issue

[@HotGardenTalk]

We do. GAC filters will remove most of the PFAS. I'm not at all concerned about our drinking water.

[@willm5814]

Your water will be cleaner that what the rest of society will be drinking

[@alihussain-urfi]

Well done 👏 😊

[@miltononyango]

amazing

[@Thørkil84]

washed eggs need fridge in europe we dont wash so the protective layer stays and it stay longer fresh

[@lyssasletters3232]

Thank you for sharing❤

[@roshanabbasi2716]

Good work

[@ratbagley]

4:30 1500 gallons a month seems like a lot. What do you consider the biggest consumer excluding drinking water? I would think showers and laundry. Thanks!

Watering all the trees we've been planing so they don't die and the greenhouses as well as rabbits eating holes in the irrigation pipes... Showers not so much and we have pretty efficient appliances. Working from home means we do need the flush and dishwasher a lot more. But irrigation is HUGE.

[@JamesG1126]

50 gallons per day for 2 people isn't much. Flushing toilets is a big use. So is showers. Many people go with composting toilets. I find them gross.

[@kimberlyarmstrong4641]

Where in Arizona are you? I so badly want to buy land and do everything you’re doing but I don’t know anything and I’m starting later in life. Love your place. I’m looking in Williams area or possibly down closer to Bisbee Arizona.

[@HotGardenTalk]

Rio Verde Foothills

[@savagecrawlersllc1471]

Drip irrigation 🥰

[@dertythegrower]

even better is subirrigation and hugelkulture beds.. i am automating that to mine up north this year (small back yard) but totally scalable for a lot of basic crops like tomato or peppers.

[@luxushauseragency]

Well done! You are very impressive.

[@m0gul666]

Cold environments are harder to do this in

[@jmartinez562]

This goes to show everyone how incredible a basic pre-owned $12,000 Trailer could be, Everything 2 people need snapped on rural land to start things off, You need to have a basic living space ( Trailer Rv ) in order to truly focus on the develop and building a self-containment system , Again, the advent of the basic modern trailer is under appreciated, it's essentially a tiny house on wheel for $12,000 pre-owned that allows land owners to focus on building their facilities.... Excellent stuff

[@27philby]

Great video ❤

[@SHendricks-q1q]

Yes awesome vide and motivational!

[@johnonyango6069]

Good job 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@sodman4874]

All's I had to hear you say was "he loves his greens" referring to the dog, that was it for me. Hahahaha!

[@rsi4561]

this is actually what "WOKE" means. its a compliment. not an insult.

[@meatballboy777]

I’m curious about the greenhouse. in the low desert how do you keep it cool in the summer heat for veggies? Almost seems like you’d need a shade house instead

[@marc4687]

Nice video. It would be great if he talked about greywater

[@HotGardenTalk]

We designed the house with a grey water tank but opted not to have it installed. This was before the greenhouses were a thought. We could still install a grey water tank in the future.

[@marc4687]

@@HotGardenTalk thanks for your answer. I think that it could be a nice think to have to a grey water sistem and reuse the water

[@humrod1852]

That is one clean looking hat! How does he not sweat!

[@fredericklockard3854]

The main reason I’ve heard is because they think it will hurt the water table if people start collecting water. But the real reason is a certain political party just doesn’t like people being independent and not needing the government. The less we need the government the more they fear it.

[@nhilistickomrad4259]

Large corp comes in buys cheap land dogs plastic lined ponds and water table depletes and the they sell you water at energy rates. Wait some more and Amazon buys said ponds and just let's the water dry out to create even more scarcity.

[@거제시옥포동아이돌]

* I'm taking the dirt. It is a writing that can be seen often in rural and agricultural cultivation areas. The price of soil delivered to the mountain by dump truck is 700,000 won, and the fare is 100,000 won with 25 tons of absabari. The price is set at 1.5 million won for two days of fork lanes, and the important thing is the combination of soil to grow crops. Soils made up of simple soil harden the land and lose nutrition easily when rain and heat are applied continuously. It can be seen that farmers have no knowledge of this.

[@leilaandino720]

Do they have a YT channel those of us who don't live in the United States can follow?

[@HotGardenTalk]

I had thought about it, but creating videos isn't my thing. :)

[@occamsrazor7939]

Awesome. I wish I could do this. I have been working at gardening and composting.

[@invaderjoshua6280]

Imagine asking for permission to collect rain water.

[@sunshinebao]

Do you have information of where you buy and install water harvesting.

[@domenicozagari2443]

Once the compost beds are full use them to grow things with out dirt.

[@mrtr_hugo]

How does this greenhouse work with a white tarp on top? Do some (which) wavelengths of sunlight get through? Before this video I thought greenhouses would always need a glas roof or at least some transparent acrylic glass.

[@HotGardenTalk]

The plastic we used allows 55% light transmission. The white color reflects the visible light spectrum and diffuses that light evenly to the plants. The visible light spectrum is what plants need the most for photosynthesis. The plastic doesn't allow the UV light (invisible to humans) to pass through. UV light has the most energy and produces more heat. If we had used a clear film or glass it would allow too much UV light through and would make our greenhouse super hot.

[@mrtr_hugo]

@@HotGardenTalk Thanks a lot for the explanation! Very interesting topic.

[@sdtancock]

They allow it? How can anyone dictate whether you can catch rainwater???

[@sdtancock]

You have a great and positive attitude 👍

[@sharonloomis5264]

Saw a video where the garden beds are not raised but lowered into the soil. In Arizona. Leaf of Life, if I remember correctly.

[@PepinieraDraghiceni]

Bravo! 👍