Well, we have made it! We have completed our first month of living off the grid on our bare land while we develop our homestead. Time is moving so quickly and we are having a hard time keeping up with our homesteading blog, so we thought we’d do a roundup post of everything we’ve … [Read more...]
Finding Trees on Our Property to Cut Down for Timber Framing & Lumber
When researching how to build our off-grid home, we came across the idea of timber framing and it was love at first sight. This type of construction seems so simple and can be done with such few materials, it just makes sense. As we are getting close to beginning construction on … [Read more...]
De-Dusting: Paving Our Driveway with 3/4″ Minus Rock
Even though we are basically on an extended camping trip because we live in a travel trailer while we build our home, we are not fans of dust and filth. We despise it. That said, we want to do everything we can do to keep our temporary home clean and tidy. One of the ways to do … [Read more...]
Living on Our Land: Week 1
Well, after planning and working our butts off for the past two years, we finally made it to our newly purchased land in Idaho! We've been living on our land for exactly one week now and we're happy to report that we couldn't be happier. We will be writing blog posts on … [Read more...]
RV Deck Plans + Platform for Our Portable RV Garage
We've been living on our land in Idaho for one week now and are happy to report that we are loving it! We've been making small improvements to our land and trailer to increase our standard of living incrementally, and our first project entailed building a deck for our trailer and … [Read more...]
