At 68, Gayle is embracing new beginnings on our off-grid ranch—from pushing past her discomfort with the camera to cleaning and preparing our greenhouse for a new season of growing. Sometimes an empty greenhouse isn’t the end of something. It’s a chance to clear things out, turn the page and begin again.

What started as a pallet of cinder blocks became our homemade off-grid grill, appeared in the “I Decided” music video, and eventually evolved into a full smoker.

We thought fencing our off-grid Arizona property would take about three weeks. It turned into a four-to-five-month adventure full of hard work, mistakes, lessons, and plenty of desert dirt.

Our Off-Grid Journey By Ramon & Gayle Vincent When we first began our journey, our goal wasn’t to live off the grid. That dream developed over time. After Ramon and I were married in 2018, we spent countless hours talking about homeownership. More than anything, we wanted land—a place where we could eventually build a

Growing Seed Starts in the Arizona Desert & Transplanting Them into Our Wicking Beds Growing food in the Arizona desert isn’t for the faint of heart. Between scorching summer temperatures, freezing winter nights, and relentless winds, every season brings a new challenge. But over the years, we’ve learned that creating protected growing environments gives our