We built an off-grid Micro Cabin living system at the end of 2023 for less than $25k! It took us 30 days of building to finish all of the off-grid systems for shelter, water, energy, sanitation, & food. We're tying together solar panels, a prefab shed, chickens, rainwater catchment, raised beds, methane digesters, and more into a fully functioning off-grid home. We hope this experiment shows you that affordable, sustainable, modern living is possible with off-grid systems!

☀️ Use the promo code ACORN10 to get 10% off the solar kits and components we use:
https://www.continuousresources.com/c...

🏞️ The Acorn Off Grid Systems Course: (use code: "Acorn50" for 50% off - $75)
https://acornlandlabs.com/pages/the-o...

📗 The Acorn Off-Grid Home Book: eBook, PDF, Paperback, Hardback, & Audiobook
https://acornlandlabs.com/pages/the-a...

🪴 Epic Gardening Beds & Gardening Supplies:
https://lets.growepic.co/acorn-land-labs ("ALL5" 5% discount code)

🔥 Dwarf Tiny Wood Stove: https://www.tinywoodstove.com/product...

🍁 Off-Grid in 30 Days - Building an off-grid home for less than $25k
🏕️ Episode 1: Canvas Tent, Clearing Brush, & Ordering the Cabin Shell
💧 Episode 2: Solar Panel, Water Pumps, IBC Totes, Composting Toilet, Methane Digester
🪴 Episode 3: Green House, Raised Beds, Seed Cells, Cabin Arrival
🏡 Episode 4: The 200 square ft Micro Cabin shell tour - inside and out!
🐓 Episode 5: Building a Chicken Coop for $50!
🏕️ Episode 6: Finishing the inside of the canvas bell tent
🐑 Episode 7: Insulating the cabin with Havelock Sheep's Wool
📐 Episode 8: Installing LVP flooring inside the cabin
🌧 Episode 9: Rainwater Catchment System + FirstFlush Diverter & Water Tank
🪵 Episode 10: Installing Plywood siding inside the cabin
🔥 Episode 11: Installing the Dwarf Wood Stove from Tiny Wood Stoves
🌿 Episode 12: Filling & Fertilizing Our Birdies Raised Gardening Beds
☀️ Episode 13: Installing a 2800W Solar Panel System with Batteries
🪑 Episode 14: Furnishing the Micro Cabin + Full compilation of the off-grid build!

Welcome to our 30 day off-grid build for October of 2023! We’re assembling sustainable, affordable, off-grid systems to provide for the 5 basic physiological needs for 2-4 humans: Creative shelter, fresh water, green sanitation, clean energy, and local food are things that make the world truly better and more enjoyable. Beyond having fun building all of this and sharing it with you, one big goal for this project is to clearly illustrate how creative & sustainable solutions can solve our housing affordability crisis and free young people to avoid working paycheck to paycheck to survive in our modern economy. We need a fresh vision for living well! Many people are seeking a closer connection to nature, a slower pace of life, an affordable lifestyle, a sustainable lifestyle, and freedom from being indentured to our modern economic system. Mostly though, we just love building off-grid systems!

Big Thanks to All Our Partners in off-grid living:

🔋 Continuous Resources Solar Panel Systems: https://www.continuousresources.com/c...
🪴 Epic Gardening Beds & Gardening Supplies: https://lets.growepic.co/acorn-land-labs ("ALL5" 5% discount code)
🐑 Havelock Wool: https://havelockwool.com
🌞 Gosun Solar Ovens + Solar Powered Tools: https://gosun.co/collections/solar-ovens
🔥 HomeBioGas Digesters: https://www.homebiogas.com/product/ho...
🏕️ Life in Tents Canvas Tents: https://www.lifeintents.com
🐑 Havelock Wool Insulation: https://havelockwool.com
💧 WaterDrop Filters: https://www.waterdropfilter.com
🪵 Tiny Wood Stoves: https://www.tinywoodstove.com/
🔥 Dwarf Tiny Wood Stove: https://www.tinywoodstove.com/product...

Time Stamps:

Intro - 0:00

Days 1-3 (Bell Tent Setup & Buying Cabin) - 0:50

Days 4-7 (Furnishing Bell Tent) - 9:04

Days 8-11 (Methane Digester & Composting Toilet) 12:50

Days 12-15 (Greenhouse & Raised Beds) 23:36

Days 16-19 (Cabin Arrival & Chicken Coop) 30:49

Days 20-23 (Cabin Insulation, Flooring & Siding) 40:25

Days 24-27 (Rainwater & Stove Systems) 59:23

Days 27-30 - (Solar & Inside Cabin Setup) 1:17:49

Are you interested in learning more about our vision for living locally and affordably? Read about our “Acorn Home Vision” here! https://articles.acornlandlabs.com/p/...

🏞️ The Acorn Off Grid Systems Course: (use code: "Acorn50" for 50% off - $75)
https://acornlandlabs.com/pages/the-o...

📗 The Acorn Off-Grid Home Book: eBook, PDF, Paperback, Hardback, & Audiobook
https://acornlandlabs.com/pages/the-a...

Plan your own off-grid build using our Land Lab Simulator app!

🖥️ Land Lab Simulator: https://landlab.app/simulator

🤝 Acorn Patreon:   / acornlandlab