Reply #5: I sorta did that once for about a year

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I had no electricity, no running water, heat was from burning wood that I cut and split myself (okay, my dad helped too, he came over for a day with his chainsaw, but otherwise I used a 36 inch bow saw and an axe and sledge). I was not able to grow my own food, not even after the first summer, and not even close. The most I got from nature was a few blackberries. Also, it turned out there was still some propane in the big tanks, which enabled me to cook during the summer. Oh, and no automobile either.

I found it to be a fairly miserable experience and was happy to come back to civilization. The only fun part for me was splitting wood. Like Maxwell, I love to swing my hammer.