Where we live is a fairly rural area, thankfully, but not nearly as rural as I'd like (the dream would be a small-holding in the Scottish Highlands). The one overwhelming advantage of where we live is that we are on the river and have our own mooring. Our boat certainly wouldn't be sea-worthy but you could live on it and be mobile and that is something! Not to mention fishing etc. Our garden is very small but I'm currently growing 7 or so fruit trees in pots and have plans for some potato barrels and growing a few basic greens. I'm very interested in looking at power sources etc as I consider that our main priority/need (we don't have any heating source other than electric). Some years ago, when my mum was having solar power installed, I asked the installer about the possibility of an installation on my own house and connecting the panels to a battery bank rather than into the grid and he laughed in my face and told me that that was a rediculous idea and no one ever did that. The experience has very much put me off making any other enquiries along those lines so I'm hoping to find some information here that might help.
