Off-Grid Achievements

n the fall of 2019, I stumbled across an affordable plot of land in Passadumkeag, Maine. My offer was accepted, and I paid cash. A Maine winter was on its way, and I couldn’t break ground right away. So, I waited. But at the beginning of 2020, we were warned about the novel coronavirus. Panic reached all corners of the Earth. People were laid off from their jobs, including me. I began collecting unemployment. Food and essential items were in a shortage. It felt like the end of the world, but for me, it was also the start of something new. I moved onto my property and began to work the land.