Joey Hess is a developer in rural Tennessee with similar problems that we city folk don&#x27;t have to think of (running everything off a 12V DC battery, collecting your own water). <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;joeyh.name&#x2F;blog&#x2F;entry&#x2F;notes_for_a_caretaker&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;joeyh.name&#x2F;blog&#x2F;entry&#x2F;notes_for_a_caretaker&#x2F;</a> is a good place to start for some of the things that need to be taken care of.