The past couple of weeks or so, Jesse and I have been in "clean up" mode where we try to knock as many things off of our to do list as possible. One of the things we've been doing is preparing for winter (yes, in the middle of summer) and one task on our list was building some … [Read more...]
Getting Started with Concrete Projects: Our Door Step Slab
As you'll learn in our about us section, our first huge project on our property will be to build a timber frame barn with an apartment as the loft. This is no small feat for first time homesteaders. Even the first task of the barn, pouring the footings and foundation, is a huge … [Read more...]
First Soak in Our Wood Fired Hot Tub
Well, we have some exciting news on the blog today - we've officially finished our DIY wood fired hot tub! This project has been in the works for about 8 months, we've been through a lot of turmoil, and we're so happy that it's finished! Here's the scoop on how the last loose … [Read more...]
Scrap Wood Projects & Putting Leftover Lumber to Good Use
This month, we've taken on quite a handful of projects to get loose ends tied up on our homestead. We've made great headway on our diy hot tub and hot tub deck (main projects of the month), but those two projects alone left us with a lot of smaller tasks to complete as well as a … [Read more...]
How We Make Lumber With Our Alaskan Chainsaw Mill
When we started our journey of starting an off grid homestead from scratch, we decided that we were going to take a stab at building our own home using primarily trees from our property. Not only that, but we wanted to do so affordably, and that's when we discovered the Alaskan … [Read more...]
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