What this book is:

The Resilience Experiment follows a two-year attempt to build a grid-adjacent life on a riverfront ranch in Northern California—one neglected property, wildfires, theft, job changes, and a lot of hard-earned lessons.

It’s not a fantasy homestead or a disaster-prep manual. It’s a messy, real-world look at what actually happens when you try to live with more control over Food, Energy, Water, and Shelter while you’re still tied to modern systems.

Inside the book, you’ll see:

• Why the ranch at the river bend looked like a good idea on paper—and what we missed.

• How fire seasons, outages, and broken systems exposed the weak points in our setup.

• The trade-offs between debt, cashflow, and resilience when you’re not wealthy.

• The roles of neighbors, local politics, and geography in whether a “retreat” actually works.

• How our thinking about Food, Energy, Water, and Shelter changed as the experiment unfolded.

This book changed how we think about living off-grid without losing comfort.

J. Lee

★★★★★

Practical advice that made our grid-adjacent dream feel totally achievable.

M. Patel

★★★★★

This book is for you if:

• You’re curious about leaving the city or suburbs but don’t want survivalist fantasy.

• You like real numbers, real constraints, and real people trying to make it work.

• You want a different way to think about your next move, even if you never buy a farm.