As an Alaskan, wish you all the best. I don't live off grid, but there are a LOT of people who do. Looking forward to your adventures, just a warning. A lot people who come here, usually don't leave, or they leave then come back. Don't say I didn't warn you. Wish you all the best.
@bitslittle
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know 2 years ago that I'd have animals, a compost toilet, water from only the rain and a spring or that I'd have been living in a tent for a year. It all just happened. I knew I wanted chickens when it became evident we were going to move to raw land. I put doors on IBC tanks for predator proof housing, used temporary fencing for moving chickens around. Bought a bottle calf, made temporary shelters with pallets, collected rain water with the first structures we made, ran a $40 one hundred meter hose from the only structure on the property (a water tank for the spring water) to the main area we washed dishes and such in. We set up 4 pallets for the compost toilet, brought in wood chips, didn't even have a seat on the bucket for several months (that was quite annoying). Now 2 years later from when we first moved I'm building things to last and for what I feel will work on the land. While going else where to live I don't know that it's the same as getting to know your land. I now know where water collects, where plants would grow best, what the soil lacks, how much my land can support and many other things that I wouldn't know if I hadn't been here working on the land. It sounds like a fun adventure however! I look forward to seeing all your videos :)
@nancyseery2213
Жыл бұрын
I think the biggest step to doing anything new is finding out what you don't know. What you don't know is ten times more important than what you do know. God bless and guide you as you create your new home and keep learning, keep growing !!!
@chelseaedwards9425
Жыл бұрын
Yes, PLEASE make a video about finding ag leases! We are potentially leaving our homestead in Eastern WA and would love to find something comparable in another part of the country. We're so thankful for your guys' passion for learning and research and the info you pass along to us. 💚
@angiepeevy7680
9 ай бұрын
I want to learn more!
@victoriakesler5949
Жыл бұрын
LUMNAH ACRES....I have been watching them build many things over the years. They are a family that is completely off grid. They will of course be working on it for years to come. (Working on 500 acresI) believe that, of all the HOMESTEADERS I watch, this family can be a great source of information pertaining to what you are going to do. They are in the same area of the U S you are. Same climate, similar ideas of raising animals, etc. Couldn't hurt to look into it! I wish your family a safe journey to Alaska. "Keep on keeping on"💚❤️
@bensavedbychrist
Жыл бұрын
Second this, talk with the Lumnah's!
@1337farm
Жыл бұрын
They are too click baity for my taste
@janw491
Жыл бұрын
@@1337farm who isn’t lately. I do agree though they are bad for it
@bensavedbychrist
Жыл бұрын
@PrismaticPersimmons I think they are mostly fair with it. To get clicks, you've gotta give people something to want to find out and honestly, "day 38 of the build" is one you would think you could skip unless it said something like, "Didn't expect to have to redo that" or similar. They do sometimes make something out of nothing, like take a one moment comment about thinking it would take longer and turning it into "they said it couldn't be done" But still, overall, you can spot the moment to which the title refers.
@Amy-wf5lq
Жыл бұрын
I would love to hear more about how to find an experience like that!! Thanks for the video, got the ideas flowing for me!!
@RaeFaeM
Жыл бұрын
@Homesteadyshow YES PLEASE share AG lease resources. Blessed be from our family to thee 🌱💜💛💚
@tillisross2246
Жыл бұрын
You two make the BEST videos. I love your editing and the chemistry between you both. I look forward to your Alaska adventure.
@Homesteadyshow
Жыл бұрын
😊 thanks Tillis
@cgkenn
Жыл бұрын
Alaska sounds amazing. We’re off grid in the Western Sierra foothills and love it. Weather plays a huge role in what off grid means. We have a ton of sun here and a small amount of snow and rain that’s concentrated to four months of the year. Our roads, water catchment, planting, animal housing, heating and solar are all influenced heavily by this. I imagine that Alaska might have unique challenges. That said, how awesome to have the chance to have that experience.
@karaleaman329
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos! Always so much fun to watch. Good luck on your journey.
@solarcabin
Жыл бұрын
Off grid over 20 years now and you are right that off grid homesteading is a different experience. I built my own cabin and have designed many cabins for off grid living. You should get plans and understand the principles before building. My solar power is just 600 watts and I have most of the appliances of any modern home. Water is artesian well, propane for OD water heater, cooking and heat with wood stove backup. Raised beds and chickens to start. Maybe goats if you need milk.
@AgnesMariaL
Жыл бұрын
Sheep for milk for those who can't stomach goat (like me)! Sheep are also much easier to contain ;)
@Aethuviel
6 ай бұрын
I must say I've been just visiting your channel off and on since 2017... now I popped back in and saw all this stuff about "quitting", living in Alaska, preparing a homestead before Alaska, and thought wuuuut is all this? So I've been binging on 20+ videos for the past couple of days and now it's finally starting to make sense. 🙃
@moniquem783
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that's going to be a fascinating journey to watch! Can't wait to come along for the ride!
@patwilliamson4701
Жыл бұрын
Wow this sounds incredible! Can’t wait to see your videos!
@brennahill5748
Жыл бұрын
Good luck with alaska!!! Remember to get blackout curtains and vitamin d supplements!!!
@dustinniffen2928
Жыл бұрын
You guys are amazing! You really lay it all out where others leave alot of the chaff out. Can't wait to see where your journey leads and the info you guys will bring us! Hopefully one day I'll follow the path you guys are paving.
@1965gracebug
Жыл бұрын
So exciting! What a wonderful adventure!!! Prayers for an amazing time!
@FlamingoFieldsFarm
Жыл бұрын
I’m so excited to follow as you go through this journey! I dream of going off grid but I’m intimidated and a bit (okay, more than a bit) scared of going over my head. We may all be forced into this lifestyle ready or not, though… that’s scarier.
@candicechristensen1753
Жыл бұрын
Sounds cool!! Good luck guys!❤
@plavedan4269
Жыл бұрын
Such a great opportunity! Good luck 💪🏽
@promisedjubileedaniels
Жыл бұрын
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ADVENTURE!!! I can't WAIT to watch.
@JonathanMeyerofStoughton
Жыл бұрын
Think in terms of water: volt=pressure, amp=flow :-)
@jkowalski3
Жыл бұрын
Please make a video on how you found the ag lease! Going to be transitioning out of the military and have thought about doing exactly this. Going to have to see if the family can hang with me 😂😂
@ElementalDexters
Жыл бұрын
Super cool! I’ll be watching!
@ammm6854
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Yah bless y’all!
@Buttersideup
9 ай бұрын
I forgot how much I love your videos! Love the latest content. Can't wait for the Alaska videos.😁
@ParsonsDesigns
Жыл бұрын
Ohh man so exciting and scary!!! I think my heart skipped a beat when you said Alaska off grid.
@amywinn2866
Жыл бұрын
So amazing!!
@Chasineighty
Жыл бұрын
Im so excited !! Im from the north!! My heart will always be there ! this will fun to watch :)
@joycemaurer3588
Жыл бұрын
Hey you could have done that in backwoods of KY! No joke, people still live like that there.
@vaquerojoel2026
Жыл бұрын
YES, we would absolutely love a video on getting an ag lease in Alaska please. We are planning on moving up there ourselves to start homesteading next summer.
@satuj6481
Жыл бұрын
Fynny how komposting toilet raises peoples hairs 😅 In the north livin off grid uothouse is the only reasonable choice. Personally I have just a hole in the ground and a small hut on top. The bugs do amazing job during the summer months. They dismantle all the shit Ive been able to produce during the winter. Lived here for three years now, and never had to empty my outhouse. Let the nature do it. Love your channel! And looking forward following your journey through Alaska 💪 With love Satu From Finland
@lisabakos9291
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime! Can't wait to see it! 👍👌
@TallCArabians
Жыл бұрын
And, would absolutely love if you guys could hook up with the Raney's for a video. That would be so cool
@duckfarmer8630
Жыл бұрын
Government school failed ALOT of people. Everything I learned about farming from my dad, youtube, books and experience.
@therockrules69
Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to see your experience in offgrid living !
@lindsaywolter112
Жыл бұрын
I live in Alaska and I can’t wait to see your videos from here!
@nicolemartin914
Жыл бұрын
Alaska is gorgeous, excited to see your journey! Best wishes and God bless
@Christinalight219
Жыл бұрын
Wow I’m so inspired!
@ck4599
Жыл бұрын
What a great idea!!!! Amazing idea❤❤❤
@mattsara2802
Жыл бұрын
Oh man that would be so awesome. What adventure. 😊
@CountryGirlStudios
Жыл бұрын
Tell us about ag leases! What does that mean? Who would want to ag lease and who would not? How do you go about finding one? Please make a video about this!
@CountryGirlStudios
Жыл бұрын
And if you need more material for the video, what about rent to own? Is finding that the same process?
@ericjohnson1008
Жыл бұрын
What an exciting adventure for y'all.
@terriwhite6273
Жыл бұрын
You need 0 water for composting toilet. There are dry systems, at the end of the year you dump the compost.
@cainanjames384
5 ай бұрын
I definitely would LOVE to see a video of how you guys found your ag lease in alaska!
@nitapachulski9758
Жыл бұрын
I wish y'all all the luck with your off grid home, I know y'all will make it happen. No thank you I don't like the cold 🥶🥶
@kailuagirl27
Жыл бұрын
Yes- so interested in seeing how you found the off grid lease 😅
@amandar7719
Жыл бұрын
Such a fun journey. I’d go for what the children’s priorities are, first. Such a fantastic opportunity for them to have adventure and parents/grandparents who are there to catch them when miner disasters occur. Especially this day and age.
@PRDreams
Жыл бұрын
Holy cow! Homesteady is going to Alaska! That's so cool!!! 🎉
@hillockfarm8404
Жыл бұрын
Had livestock on rented land for years. Solar for electric fence was first (batteries need more babying then i did) and on another place with a little human shelter a porta potty that rapidly changed to a self build composting toilet due to stink and cleaning frustrations. The composting toilet (with enough absorband material!) was smell and problem free even in summer heat (afternoon shade included though). Rest never materialized, but absolutely yes to the step by step learn before you go big. After a while you may not want to go big after all. Have a small house (easy to clean, heat and so on) and big workshop/barn and so on seem to fit better. Part would depend on what you do and how much does the weather and bugs allow working outside on projects and such.
@deborahmauro8754
Жыл бұрын
Which composting toilet did you select and why do you like it?
@hillockfarm8404
Жыл бұрын
@@deborahmauro8754 Made my own, so wooden box with hole covered with real toiletseat. Put a 20L bucket in it with wastebin liner and some choppend animal bedding material for absorption. Double bagged it for disposal (no composting option given the extra hygiene measures needed). Humanure handbook gives instructions for such builds. More complex one could be the John Seymour thunderbox, that one is designed to hold a year of waste and then compost for a year.
@rachelpotter6545
Жыл бұрын
Flat tire farm is Alaska that would be an amazing interview.. I just love your channel
@joanneganon7157
Жыл бұрын
I miss you 2😢. Im so pleased to hear you're taking your time,and feeling things out. I know ,when you get it in your Heads you will build an Epic Off Grid Home❤ Also im excited for your Alaska project 🎉. Will you share it 1with ua? I love Alaska ,I'll have to look at the link. Stay in touch 🤗 🐦. Ring Bug Nets and Spray and or Bug lights!!!!! Love JO JO IN VT 💞
@AgnesMariaL
Жыл бұрын
Off-grid is the best! The one thing I totally don't miss: the power bill!!! We started with a mostly rotted-out 13' camper, then found a cheap RV that we dragged back into the woods. We don't really have power (small solar system, generator for when the sun fails to charge our batteries), we rely on rainwater, snow collection or pumping into a tote from a creek that we then transfer to our house barrels. We were doing a bit of homesteading at our previous place, so we brought our tiny hobby farm with us (I had designed all the buildings to come apart into easily movable panels). One thing about being completely off-grid: if you don't have something that you need/want, it's all on YOU - there's no calling the power company or the water corporation to complain and wait for a fix! Plus side: when the neighbourhood you're in loses power, you won't know and also totally won't care about it 🤣🤣🤣
@shoppysharp9355
Жыл бұрын
Way to knock it out of the lower 48! God bless your way!
@LadysFarm
Жыл бұрын
Idk if I can ever go off grid. 😬 it’s a tough one. Lots to learn for sure
@roxannecarson2814
Жыл бұрын
Living Alaska is a great Chanel!
@daysofknowledge
Жыл бұрын
Have you checked out "Simple Living Alaska"? My wife loves them. I personally cant understand why someone would want to live in 8 months of winter, but I guess some people do.
@sfc334
8 ай бұрын
I had a chance to drive that Jordan-purchased Birmingham Barons bus and overslept on the day it was set up, and I never got another chance.
@WildPrimal23
Жыл бұрын
That is amazing you guys are doing this! So how is your farm down in the lower 48s managed when you guys are in Alaska ? I really want to get some land to do sustainable farming on myself
@jamesholder5613
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I’m so curious - how did y’all find this ag lease?? Is there a specific website or something? My wife and I aren’t necessarily looking to go off-grid, but we are hoping to get experience with animals and different elements of homesteading, and I think leasing some land nearby could help with that! So I guess I’m saying I would love to see a video on how you went about finding that!
@southerngrits920
Жыл бұрын
Bush radical and girl in woods are on youtubers who build off grid. They are in Alaska part time. They have been many years off grid.
@ashleylovepace1941
Жыл бұрын
build a bathhouse but put in a bath! use firewood for warming the water or something...
@WYNOTOffGridHomestead
Жыл бұрын
WYNOT we've been off Grid for 16 years and are still building a home. We just did it with a tiny camper 3 teenage boys. A bathhouse is a great way to start. And we live in a VERY cold climate. Will never go back to the grid
@beautyadmire7974
Жыл бұрын
Love your out look, and how can one find a off grid place
@tealkerberus748
8 ай бұрын
There's two ways to approach off grid systems. One is to consider how much electricity and water you're using while connected to the grid, and try to make a system to replace that. It gets expensive fast! The other is to install as much electricity and water harvesting as you can afford, and then adjust your lifestyle to fit this budget. You look out the window in summer and see it's a bright sunny day so today is a good day to do a lot of laundry. In winter, maybe you decide you don't actually need to be running the fridge to keep your food fresh, and that way you have more electricity available for the things you decide you do need. I don't have a composting toilet because permits, but I do bucket the water from the bath to flush the toilet and that means we can afford to let our cows drink tank water - they like it better than dam water, and happy cows are the best cows. It's really no different to looking at your financial income and working out how to live within your means. In a good climate you won't be living in poverty, for either electricity or water - it's just not unlimited. On the up side, you're not destroying the planet to keep yourself alive, and definitively the system you get won't have been prohibitively expensive.
@thepaintedhuckleberry356
Жыл бұрын
Simple living Alaska, they are youtubers and they are off griders!
@donnadennis5536
Жыл бұрын
Just love this couple!! Please look into their experiences
@graysutherlin7568
Жыл бұрын
Good look on your Alaska trip! One subject I'd love to hear more about is hunting, fishing, and trapping as a food source. You mentioned in one video that, after two years of hunting, you were able to provide two meals a week. However, if you factor in different types of meat gathering (fishing, trapping), different animals with different seasons, and different hunting grounds (private plots v. public backcountry), how do those numbers change? And, of course, if someone else has a resource that looks at total food production using the wide band of meat gathering, I'd appreciate it!
@fredsodyssey6319
Жыл бұрын
I would never live in a yurt! They are prone to growing black mold. I had a friend who owned a yurt. His whole family got very sick and they discovered their yurt was full of black mold. They had to have it torn down and they eventually built a traditional cabin, with good vapor barrier and insulation. Both were off grid and they loved that part. By the way, they had an incinerating toilet and they preferred that to a composting toilet. That being said, Alaska is beautiful and I'm sure this will be a fun adventure.
@cindiwatson5415
Жыл бұрын
Dough and Stacy do off grid and local.
@LittleAussieRockets
Жыл бұрын
Wow, nice 👍
@michaeldavis8599
Жыл бұрын
Off gridding is a "whole new thing". All your appliances, wiring, electrical handling, collection and storage are all new things. We are moving, gradually, to an off-grid prep status. It's been a very expensive, exhausting adventure.
@evegreenification
Жыл бұрын
same
@ourforesthomestead
Жыл бұрын
#askhomesteady. How did the goat milk experiment work? Did you find a difference between the outcomes of the cow and goat milk?
@rinatail7248
Жыл бұрын
Please do a video on it!
@AmeliaAnnesAnimals
Жыл бұрын
my chickens ate my garden last 3 years. i finally got my birds contained this year
@solarcabin
Жыл бұрын
Tenderfoots! Get the book "Ultimate Off Grid Guide" by LaMar Alexander.
@goofyroofy
Жыл бұрын
sounds interesting, when you get back, you could build a greenhouse with solar and a heater, say rocket stove or other type, that way its small scale and you can do rainwater collection, power and heating and growing in one bldg off grid before you build the big house. A hot tent or Yurt can be used to live in sunny mt when you get back. Ag lease etc video would be cool.
@ALWilde-LibertyTree
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video on finding a good homestead for low cost Aust (aka Homestead Luigi)!!!!!!!!!
@colorsinthegarden2032
Жыл бұрын
Simple Living Alaska - it's a couple that has a couple of cabins in Alaska and they have an amazing KZitem channel. You might wanna get in contact with them.
@TallCArabians
Жыл бұрын
Ha, MJ's baseball career. He was awesome at basketball, but he was no Bo Jackson. But, I do get your point. And OH! I'm so excited for the summer videos. Alaska has been a dream of mine for a long time, but I don't think I could actually do a winter there with my bad circulation. And I agree with the humor comments about volts and stuff. I want to go solar, but all the information leaves me so confused.
@backachershomestead
Жыл бұрын
There are tons of off gridders on KZitem. Most are not practical for the average Joe or Josephine to follow. The resources they have to put in there offgrid property is far more then someone just starting. And the promotions and sponsors they receive and many are not told to the viewers. Sometimes the small KZitemrs have more answers and keep you from making expensive mistakes.
@analarson2920
11 ай бұрын
pig pen, lol, tx for the giggle
@NORMANMORRISON1940
Жыл бұрын
On the composting toilet had it in the house for three to four years don't ever wanna own another one thank you very much I'd rather own the propane operated toilet that burns it and turns it to ash which back when I did it that one wasn't allowed in BC
@mrsmacdee1113
Жыл бұрын
I've read that someone going to Alaska ought to take one of the local survival courses.
@anneyday3493
Жыл бұрын
I really don't understand this term ag-lease, who gets what out of a deal like that?
@americanpatriot7247
8 ай бұрын
(Speaking of athletes .... Babe Didrikson Zacharius - one of the greatest athletes of all time. She highly excelled at golf, baseball, basketball, track and field and she learned them fairly quickly.)
@kimieann1975
Жыл бұрын
I mean if y'all want to... You can come stay with us.😂 off grid down south. Especially with the whole off grid & farming situation. Completely different ballgame. We've been offgrid & farming for 10yrs.
@kaydefreese7586
Жыл бұрын
Alaska is beautiful but this born and raised southern girl would not want to live there. Too much cold weather and a short growing season.
@youngsterjoey9038
Жыл бұрын
Alaska has many different climates. It's not all freezing.
@TLAR24
Жыл бұрын
Jake and Nichole just got an off grid laundry system put in. Check them out. They live in a yurt and developing their home stead. ❤️🇨🇦
@KellysGarden
Жыл бұрын
My husband and i just moved to a farm april 1st for a property/home caretaking position. It all felt too good to be true but apparently it is a thing! It makes me wonder how many other property owners are looking for full time caretakers who could get liked up with people looking for land to homestead
@soidog4615
Жыл бұрын
now theres a good idea! weve got a homestead wed love to leave for a few months to do the mushroom circuit but we cant leave a dairy cow for several months! i wonder how these guys found their house sitting opportunities
@KellysGarden
Жыл бұрын
@@soidog4615 Its so hard to leave once you have animals. I hope they share their process. I know I found our opportunity online on a land link type of website where people can post agricultural land for rent and stuff, I actually don't even remember now what website it was or if i am even remembering right.
@Tcsd70109
Жыл бұрын
Careful... you just might decide to move out there for good.
@christineford6763
Жыл бұрын
Curtis Stone has classes on off grid and years of experience !
@awilum2008
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to Alaska
@beckydecker4641
Жыл бұрын
Simple living Alaska is oit thay way
@ashleylovepace1941
Жыл бұрын
whoop
@sherriejones6334
Жыл бұрын
look and doug and stacy they have been off grid 14 years
@LiberLady
Жыл бұрын
I just LOVE them, plus they lived without solar for 13 of those 14 yrs! They use the bucket Composting toilet system, (Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins)
@Asfanboy1
Жыл бұрын
Mario the farmer 😅
@sketchyssk8shop
Жыл бұрын
Jordan thought he was bo Jackson.
@Eddie80580
Жыл бұрын
Ooooh baseball coaches thought MJ would be in the majors if he stayed another year. His only flaw was his inability to hit a curve ball. He started his career with a very good batting average until pitchers figured that out.
@DonnaRatliff1
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't Alaska have tons of mosquitoes in warmer months? Dont think I'd like that. Maybe I'm missing something that could change my mind about Alaska. I'll be watching. :)
@ruthgail
Жыл бұрын
what about internet off grid???? starlink maybe???
@LiberLady
Жыл бұрын
We are off-grid & Starlink has made it possible for us to have internet!
@donnapeitz8737
Жыл бұрын
Have you watched Doug and Stacy homestead they have ideas you can get such as to little house aan did that and the authority made him take it down rebuild it
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