Our DIY Sawhorses: Learning to Build a Home by Starting with Small Projects
The reason we are sharing our entire journey of developing a homestead from scratch is because it’s not simply something you can wake up an do one day… it takes practice. Not only do you need to...
View ArticleLiving off the Grid: Month Two of Our Homestead Development
As I write this, it is mid-November and we have passed the two-month mark on our land! While our first month was spent primarily running errands, picking up tools found on Craigslist and taking our...
View ArticleHow We Found $5,000 – $7,000 in Reclaimed Construction Materials
Many people have asked us the question “How do you make money to support your homestead and homebuilding project”? The answer is not completely straightforward, but our financial strategy is layered...
View ArticleLiving off the Grid: Building an Off the Grid Cabin for Winter
We moved to our 5 acre property in September of 2015 and while we have grand plans of building a timber frame barn + a timber frame house, we will not have them done before winter which leaves us to...
View ArticleTop 9 Methods of Finding Reclaimed Building Materials ($15,000 Savings in Two...
One of the most difficult parts of buying land and starting an off-grid homestead from scratch is coming up with enough money to buy what you need without going broke or using credit. Whether it’s...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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DIY Firewood Storage Shed Using Reclaimed Materials
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...
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