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What I love the most about the two of you is how you've wholeheartedly embraced the pure Canadian outdoor rugged way of life. You see, what all those who love this country, see. My father was a post war European immigrant and he so loved this country. He was doing so much of what you're before RUclips was even a thing ..... Part of 'the greatest generation' those men were fearless and beasts. He also wanted his space. The men at the plant he worked all built their own houses sharing information. All with big families....none of them had education beyond what would be grade 8. We lived in Northern Ontario and, I've never seen a man shovel snow as high as he did.....at least 10 feet height... Later he bought a large dairy farm in Southern Ontario but, it was my formative years in Northern Ontario that remain with me, always. He hated growing old as he lost his ability to do all those things, challenging things .... He was a mighty tough father tho... So.....rock on Thi for all those of us that never made it back out of the city. (I was a single working mom so had to stay where jobs were). That said, I've just wrapped up the working world and my first chance I'm (finally) outa here! Yep, rock on! ♥️🇨🇦
We both just read your comment. And we were smiling 😃 really big... your fathers story is just so heart harming. Thanks for making our might with your amazing story and thanks for sharing this with us! You are amazing and have a beautiful family history! ❤️
We aren't using those water bins as our water is connected directly to our tiny space... but yeah, we learned the hard way last year about covering the totes. We are dumping that water and cleaning the totes and covering it for the future! Thanks for watching!
Glad I found your channel, I am in northwestern Ontario. Also off grid. A couple tips I hope you don't find to be harmful but helpful as I have been there. #1 never start your chainsaw on the ground, if you must don't do it over a bed of gravel. #2 when cleaning spark plug don't run the wire brush over the plug, instead hold the wire brush firmly and run the plug over it, much easier. And lastly if you are planning on a log cabin check out Kyles cabin youtube channel, he has built a few and might help you on your way...looking forward to your journey !!
Thank you for the tips. I'll try to put it into practice. I do follow kyle. I still have a lot of learning to do before i start the cabin build. I am looking forward to more great advice. Thank you for watching and commenting. Best of luck!
You should think about a wood mill . ? A simple Alaskan Mill just a add on to the chain saw , a stand alone. Make your own lumber. 2*4, 6*6, 6*1, You know what I'm saying . I think that would help you a lot. Cheers ! thumbs up ! All well and stay safe :)
@TheArrow1100 thank you! Yes we bought a sawmill (woodmill)... we are planning to build a log home... sawmill will make an appearance soon! Thanks for watching and the advice! Appreciate it!
❤ FANTASYIC JOB GREAT VIDEO. ❤ LOVE THAT YOUR TEACHING YOUR SON HOW AND WHY THINGS HAPPEN ANS HOW THEY WORK AO IMPORTANT. THE LORD SAID THAT IS ONR OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES.❤SENDING REGARDS FROM AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ❤️
Good luck up there! Took a trip through northern Ontario back in 2000 with my new wife who grew up there. The mosquitoes, blackflies, and other pests damn near killed me. I’ll take crowded Vancouver anytime over that. I definitely don’t have what it takes, but I’m enjoying your adventure vicariously! Congratulations!
That saw takes a 3/8'' pitch...Go into town and get a Bar wrench for the saw, they are about $10. Use a 5/16''roun d file on that chain. Also get a small raker file..Flat file. At the end of the each day sharpen your chains. Every third day, take off 2 light strokes on the rakers...Glad to see you guys are doing well
If you buy another chainsaw check out Stihl's ez start. I'm an almost 50 yr woman & it's so much easier to pull start. The pull cord has a recoil at the end so you don't gwt a sore arm to start it. Also rhe battery saw could be nice foe just limbing trees.
Hey Thi and Gina, we finally sold our house 🏠! We bought an off-grid home 🏡 on some land we can't wait to move to! Maybe we'll share our adventure also 😅! Love seeing the progress, keep it up! God bless!
That's amazing!!! 🙏👏 we are so happy for you all! When you start sharing, let us know! Maybe we are neighbors and we don't even know it! Haha. God bless you and your family!
We're working on doing the same things, ripping out trees and laying down rock. Between the heat and all the rain we've gotten it is slow going. But we're on the opposite weather spectrum in South Louisiana so we hope to get way more done in winter. We do need to get a tractor soon $$ and because of that we chose to go with cement washout vs gravel. It's 1/3 of the price of limestone here.
We can so relate... things go so slow... add responsibilities of work, kids, dogs, weather etc.... it's hard. The tractor definitely helps a lot. Hope you all best on your journey and thanks for watching!
A small outdoor wood fired boiler would be efficient and safe. A small pump circulates glycol around the boiler and then the lines run into the trailer to a radiator....nice soft type of heat. Plus those outdoor units once loaded probably good for 24 hours..........
You need to get a rubber dog brush for cleaning those two. It really helps when I clean my boy to get below all that hair. They will smell much better afterwards 😂.
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Just subscribed after watching you a few times, like to see a family teaching their children life lessons Just one question why don’t you use your tractor to do more work especially the clean up I have the next size down Kubota and I never pick up a rock, tree or stump if the tractor can handle it, been doing that for the last 12 years Save your back, now you’ll appreciate it when you get to be my age
Thank you for subscribing. I just started using a tractor last year, and i definitely have a lot to learn. I look forward to getting tips from you and other viewers. In the future, i would like to get a grapple for the tractor, I think that would help me be more efficient with the tractor. Thank you for the great advice. Take care.
Don't want to move where you HAVE to wear mosquito netting or freeze ! I would hire a bulldozer for a day to clear land and do a road. Saves you time and trouble. Started clearing my land by hand and quickly realized it wasn't going fast plus poison ivy ! 4 hr bulldozer clearing was the BEST $$ I ever spent ! Next thing would get a well dug before ever moving to property. !!
We have a dug well already... dug it myself with my tractor ( i have a video on our channel). So we have unlimited water and clean drinking water. To get a bulldozer or any machinery to my property it would cost way too much money (possibly the price i paid for my tractor )and wouldn't be worth it for us in the long run where we need a tractor for every day use. This tractor already saved us 20k by helping me dig a well. Yes it will take more time to clear but we work with the resources and budget that we have. The mosquitoes will die down in a month... and once we clear more land it will get better. It's definitely not for everyone living where we are living but still the best decision we have made for us. Are you in America or Canada? Seems like things in America (like renting a bulldozer or hiring people to do it) is cheaper and more accessible. Anyways thanks for the advice! Always appreciated!
Great news about the well, smart planning. ! Seen too may YT off gridders and it seems like water is an afterthought. Good Luck !!! US. NE Ga No snow again this winter, would like some. lmao
Hi, as a wilderness settlement and log cabin building fan I'm subscribe to a lot of channels of it and I found your channel since you started your journey and we know you have no experience at all and that's why you should watch others channels and ask for advise and tips to subscribers, there is no shame to do it. Hope no hard feelings but honestly you need advise and tips a lot. First of all, you should organize and clean up your messy settlement area: there are old logs and braches, stumps, rocks, hoses and stuff spread all over. You have the equipment and tools to do it, It's just discipline and resolution to do it. You have plenty of space to organize spots of usable logs and rocks, cut the bad logs for firewood that you're going to need in Winter time, mulch branches that you're going to need for gardening and to spread to avoid ticks. Cut the tree as low as posible and when cutting don't swing the chainsaw 'cause it loses traction. If you're going to build a log cabin, I recommend you to watch the "Traplines and Inlines" channel where a young guy is building a huge log cabin by himself with just a tractor, 2 chainsaws and minor tools but he's a perfectionist, I love his channel. You're in the middle of the wood paradise and you can build a very nice log cabin. I recommed you to buy a mill with the same money you're to spend buying wood in Home Depot and you can cut wood to sell them (just kidding). I hope you don't feel displeased with my comment, I will watch your videos anyway. Good luck
Thank you for taking the time to share this information. I agree with everything you said, and i do plan on doing all that. But unfortunately my time is limited and I have to prioritize certain things. Having young children and dogs makes things a bit complicated.... Thank you for watching and for the great advice. All the best!
@@OffGridWithGinaThiThank you for answering my comment. I highly admire and respect your journey 'cause I did it on the mountains of Colombia and I know it's no easy at all, I built a stone cabin 'cause I was in the middle of the stone paradise. Go for it! Where are you from? Do you speak Spanish?
@@javiermartinez701 I'm from Brazil ... and speak Portuguese... but hablo un poquito de español... I had a lot of Spanish friends growing up.. amazing that you built a stone cabin! That's very admirable! Thanks for following along the journey and for the advice!
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You are doing a great job. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU IN THE NAME JESUS.
Thank you! God bless!
What I love the most about the two of you is how you've wholeheartedly embraced the pure Canadian outdoor rugged way of life.
You see, what all those who love this country, see.
My father was a post war European immigrant and he so loved this country. He was doing so much of what you're before RUclips was even a thing ..... Part of 'the greatest generation' those men were fearless and beasts.
He also wanted his space.
The men at the plant he worked all built their own houses sharing information. All with big families....none of them had education beyond what would be grade 8.
We lived in Northern Ontario and, I've never seen a man shovel snow as high as he did.....at least 10 feet height...
Later he bought a large dairy farm in Southern Ontario but, it was my formative years in Northern Ontario that remain with me, always.
He hated growing old as he lost his ability to do all those things, challenging things ....
He was a mighty tough father tho...
So.....rock on Thi for all those of us that never made it back out of the city. (I was a single working mom so had to stay where jobs were).
That said, I've just wrapped up the working world and my first chance I'm (finally) outa here!
Yep, rock on!
♥️🇨🇦
We both just read your comment. And we were smiling 😃 really big... your fathers story is just so heart harming. Thanks for making our might with your amazing story and thanks for sharing this with us! You are amazing and have a beautiful family history! ❤️
@@OffGridWithGinaThi ♥️🇨🇦
You need to cover the water bins with black covers so the water doesn’t grow bacteria
We aren't using those water bins as our water is connected directly to our tiny space... but yeah, we learned the hard way last year about covering the totes. We are dumping that water and cleaning the totes and covering it for the future! Thanks for watching!
Goodness but you have a lot of trees around, lots of hard work, but you will make it. Enjoy it's wonderful to plan your own homestead. Blessings
Thank you! We sometimes look around and we are like wow... that's a lot of work haha! Thank you so much for the love ❤️
Glad I found your channel, I am in northwestern Ontario. Also off grid. A couple tips I hope you don't find to be harmful but helpful as I have been there. #1 never start your chainsaw on the ground, if you must don't do it over a bed of gravel. #2 when cleaning spark plug don't run the wire brush over the plug, instead hold the wire brush firmly and run the plug over it, much easier. And lastly if you are planning on a log cabin check out Kyles cabin youtube channel, he has built a few and might help you on your way...looking forward to your journey !!
Thank you for the tips. I'll try to put it into practice. I do follow kyle. I still have a lot of learning to do before i start the cabin build. I am looking forward to more great advice. Thank you for watching and commenting. Best of luck!
Your welcomed.
Hi hope you’re all doing good nice bit of clearing done 👍 ❤❤❤xxx
You should think about a wood mill . ?
A simple Alaskan Mill just a add on to the chain saw , a stand alone.
Make your own lumber. 2*4, 6*6, 6*1, You know what I'm saying .
I think that would help you a lot.
Cheers ! thumbs up !
All well and stay safe :)
@TheArrow1100 thank you! Yes we bought a sawmill (woodmill)... we are planning to build a log home... sawmill will make an appearance soon! Thanks for watching and the advice! Appreciate it!
❤ FANTASYIC JOB GREAT VIDEO. ❤ LOVE THAT YOUR TEACHING YOUR SON HOW AND WHY THINGS HAPPEN ANS HOW THEY WORK AO IMPORTANT. THE LORD SAID THAT IS ONR OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES.❤SENDING REGARDS FROM AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ❤️
Thank you so much!
Good luck up there! Took a trip through northern Ontario back in 2000 with my new wife who grew up there. The mosquitoes, blackflies, and other pests damn near killed me. I’ll take crowded Vancouver anytime over that. I definitely don’t have what it takes, but I’m enjoying your adventure vicariously! Congratulations!
Haha! Thanks for sticking around! 😅
That saw takes a 3/8'' pitch...Go into town and get a Bar wrench for the saw, they are about $10. Use a 5/16''roun d file on that chain. Also get a small raker file..Flat file. At the end of the each day sharpen your chains. Every third day, take off 2 light strokes on the rakers...Glad to see you guys are doing well
Try out a Stihl 2-in-1 sharpener. It makes sharpening a breeze!
If you buy another chainsaw check out Stihl's ez start. I'm an almost 50 yr woman & it's so much easier to pull start. The pull cord has a recoil at the end so you don't gwt a sore arm to start it. Also rhe battery saw could be nice foe just limbing trees.
Just like being a kid all over again you get to play all day with your tools.
Hey Thi and Gina, we finally sold our house 🏠! We bought an off-grid home 🏡 on some land we can't wait to move to! Maybe we'll share our adventure also 😅!
Love seeing the progress, keep it up! God bless!
That's amazing!!! 🙏👏 we are so happy for you all! When you start sharing, let us know! Maybe we are neighbors and we don't even know it! Haha. God bless you and your family!
Looks like you have the skills to make this work Pal..
Hope so 😅. Thank you for watching.
We're working on doing the same things, ripping out trees and laying down rock. Between the heat and all the rain we've gotten it is slow going. But we're on the opposite weather spectrum in South Louisiana so we hope to get way more done in winter.
We do need to get a tractor soon $$ and because of that we chose to go with cement washout vs gravel. It's 1/3 of the price of limestone here.
We can so relate... things go so slow... add responsibilities of work, kids, dogs, weather etc.... it's hard. The tractor definitely helps a lot. Hope you all best on your journey and thanks for watching!
Glad to see progress on your homestead. Great work and thanks for sharing.
Great video! I love seeing the process & I really like seeing the drone footage from up top!
Gosto muito dos seus vídeos, um forte abraço meu filho, pra Regina e os miúdos.
Wow, at 44:40, all the army worms leaving the tree!
🤣😂 there's an infestation of tent caterpillars in Northern Ontario
Nice work Thi ... looking forward to your progress ... stay safe :D
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A small outdoor wood fired boiler would be efficient and safe. A small pump circulates glycol around the boiler and then the lines run into the trailer to a radiator....nice soft type of heat. Plus those outdoor units once loaded probably good for 24 hours..........
Will look into it. Thank you for sharing. All the best!
You need to get a rubber dog brush for cleaning those two. It really helps when I clean my boy to get below all that hair. They will smell much better afterwards 😂.
😂 I think i have one of those brushes somewhere.... thank you for watching.
😮Oh, and tell your son (most) women find handy men the most attractive😉. Smart women that is.
♥️🇨🇦
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Efficient Energy Usage: Bubble thermal insulation curtails heat loss and heat gain during the summer and winter climates, respectively, and helps in maintaining the desired indoor temperature. It helps energy appliances run efficiently and resist any unwarranted energy load on them without any extra cost. It leads to efficient energy use and lower bills.
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Resist Moisture: Bubble wrap insulation is anti-humid and increases the lifespan of building materials by preventing the accumulation of moisture inside and outside the insulated material. It also creates a barrier for condensation in cold climates, thus providing 360-degree protection.
Just subscribed after watching you a few times, like to see a family teaching their children life lessons
Just one question why don’t you use your tractor to do more work especially the clean up
I have the next size down Kubota and I never pick up a rock, tree or stump if the tractor can handle it, been doing that for the last 12 years
Save your back, now you’ll appreciate it when you get to be my age
Thank you for subscribing. I just started using a tractor last year, and i definitely have a lot to learn. I look forward to getting tips from you and other viewers. In the future, i would like to get a grapple for the tractor, I think that would help me be more efficient with the tractor. Thank you for the great advice. Take care.
Don't want to move where you HAVE to wear mosquito netting or freeze ! I would hire a bulldozer for a day to clear land and do a road. Saves you time and trouble. Started clearing my land by hand and quickly realized it wasn't going fast plus poison ivy ! 4 hr bulldozer clearing was the BEST $$ I ever spent ! Next thing would get a well dug before ever moving to property. !!
We have a dug well already... dug it myself with my tractor ( i have a video on our channel). So we have unlimited water and clean drinking water. To get a bulldozer or any machinery to my property it would cost way too much money (possibly the price i paid for my tractor
)and wouldn't be worth it for us in the long run where we need a tractor for every day use. This tractor already saved us 20k by helping me dig a well. Yes it will take more time to clear but we work with the resources and budget that we have. The mosquitoes will die down in a month... and once we clear more land it will get better. It's definitely not for everyone living where we are living but still the best decision we have made for us. Are you in America or Canada? Seems like things in America (like renting a bulldozer or hiring people to do it) is cheaper and more accessible. Anyways thanks for the advice! Always appreciated!
Great news about the well, smart planning. ! Seen too may YT off gridders and it seems like water is an afterthought. Good Luck !!! US. NE Ga No snow again this winter, would like some. lmao
@bennym1956 Yeah, water was one of our first priorities. Currently jealous of the no snow lol
Hi, as a wilderness settlement and log cabin building fan I'm subscribe to a lot of channels of it and I found your channel since you started your journey and we know you have no experience at all and that's why you should watch others channels and ask for advise and tips to subscribers, there is no shame to do it. Hope no hard feelings but honestly you need advise and tips a lot. First of all, you should organize and clean up your messy settlement area: there are old logs and braches, stumps, rocks, hoses and stuff spread all over. You have the equipment and tools to do it, It's just discipline and resolution to do it. You have plenty of space to organize spots of usable logs and rocks, cut the bad logs for firewood that you're going to need in Winter time, mulch branches that you're going to need for gardening and to spread to avoid ticks. Cut the tree as low as posible and when cutting don't swing the chainsaw 'cause it loses traction.
If you're going to build a log cabin, I recommend you to watch the "Traplines and Inlines" channel where a young guy is building a huge log cabin by himself with just a tractor, 2 chainsaws and minor tools but he's a perfectionist, I love his channel. You're in the middle of the wood paradise and you can build a very nice log cabin. I recommed you to buy a mill with the same money you're to spend buying wood in Home Depot and you can cut wood to sell them (just kidding). I hope you don't feel displeased with my comment, I will watch your videos anyway. Good luck
Thank you for taking the time to share this information. I agree with everything you said, and i do plan on doing all that. But unfortunately my time is limited and I have to prioritize certain things. Having young children and dogs makes things a bit complicated.... Thank you for watching and for the great advice. All the best!
@@OffGridWithGinaThiThank you for answering my comment. I highly admire and respect your journey 'cause I did it on the mountains of Colombia and I know it's no easy at all, I built a stone cabin 'cause I was in the middle of the stone paradise. Go for it! Where are you from? Do you speak Spanish?
@@javiermartinez701 I'm from Brazil ... and speak Portuguese... but
hablo un poquito de español... I had a lot of Spanish friends growing up.. amazing that you built a stone cabin! That's very admirable! Thanks for following along the journey and for the advice!
Do you own a sawmill? Good investment.
Yes! We will be using it very soon. Very good investment!