Welcome Garry;
I am relatively new here as well, and have been given the benefit of quite a lot of hard earned experience and wisdom from many of those whom have posted here. I'm sure you will also find this forum a wealth of valuable information, interesting insights, ideas, and some amusement as well.
As Honda Lee before me, we're also off grid and have been fairly successful in the growing of food. It is an interesting life, Listers and Listeroids have played an important part in enabling this.
You will meet many different sorts here, all interesting characters doing all sorts of interesting things......visit often and let us know how you are coming along.
Cheers,
Hugh