Not too long ago "living off the grid" and "sustainable living" were considered by many to be an unusual alternative lifestyle only for "hippies" and communal living. However in recent years times have changed dramatically with the crash of our ecomony and soaring inflation rates on necessities such as food, gas and other living expenses. To solve this problem there has been an explosion of interest in going back to the basics, as our families did decades ago with victory gardens and root c …