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If you could triple the size of that firebox, then you could just stick a "Hot Dave" in there and never have to worry about firewood again... 🤣 However, then you wouldn't be able to turn it off and it 'wood' overheat. 🤔
I adore the beautiful chemistry between you and your wife the little lovely banter back and forth 😜 keep up the good work guys be safe and god bless both of you and your children’s 🙏🤙
I think Rose is way more valuable to the homestead than a stove. Finding a lady who would be willing to live in the initial conditions you experienced? She is definitely one of a kind. Love your family!!
Your wife is the prettiest, most beautiful lady. Her eyes practically twinkle and she has the kindest smile. What a happy family and wonderful life you made together.
I looked up "healthiest thing in the world" ... came across a picture of Rose over a caption that read "A unit that is cared for by a woman, mother and wife that loves and tends to the physical and emotional needs of her husband and children, who in turn love and value the woman who is central to the success of this cohesive group that we call family...the foundation of a healthy and stable society".
I loved Rose from the first time I watched your channel... years ago. She reminds me of a combination of several of my old girlfriends, but she is WAY more "together" and even tempered than any of them. Not to mention having a skill set not many women have these days. You and your family are lucky to have her. I understand that neither of you walked into the woods with all those skills, but you have developed them over and succeeded in building a great off grid life... and RUclips channel as well. Congrats and best wishes for the future!
Well I'm convinced that the world needs more Roses cause she Truely is the heart of the homestead. Anyone can save up to buy a wood cook stove. But landing a beautiful smart and kind partner in crime. That is a very key thing in a successful happy life. My hat is off to you Rose.
I got a spot of land 40 years ago, had some Lumber delivered, and built the first section of my house. We are completely off-grid and self-sufficient. Today that house is 5000 square feet, it is indistinguishable from any house in the city. My wife and I raised 7 kids so we needed the room. We also home-schooled our kids, three started University at the age of 15. Over the years I built on according to our needs. In the beginning the solar power was really expensive and a little bit primitive. Now the house works like any other house with Electric appliances thanks to the huge battery bank that I have. Bottom line, It's doable people, make no mistake it's not cheep and the expenses are all front-loaded. But the payoff is priceless. Everyone of my now adult children has a good relationship with the Lord, that's what matters to me the most.
This sounds like a good life but there is no off-grid when all your supplies come from the grid. You may not be tied in electrically but you rely on the grid like anyone else. How did your kids get into school so young?
@@ElliottBradenS the kids had to be tested for school. When I say off-grid, that means we are not dependent on outside resources or knowledge to maintain our Equipment.
My grandmother had one of those stoves. It made the house smell WONDERFUL. She used it to raise her family. Up to 22 kids, but when I was growing up, there were only 14 alive. Yes, SHE had 22 kids (only ONE set of twins). She was a lovely, tough old lady. Always had a smile on her face. But I remember her using that stove in the 1980's to cook a massive Christmas Dinner for all her kids and grandkids and a few great grandkids at that time. It was also used to heat their home, the primary source of heat, still during the 1980's. She sold that house in the early 1990's and the now 120+ year old house is a B&B. When they raised the house to put a proper concrete foundation under it (the sandstone foundation stones were eroding with time), they discovered a fully inscribed tombstone from the 1887 (if I remember correctly). No grave and yes they checked.
And as you stated, my Grandmother made exquisite pies in her wood oven. She was a master of that ancient piece of technology. You walked into that house at Christmas or Thanksgiving and you knew you were "Home" ... Although I'm 99.999% sure that house was haunted.
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My family in the coastal rural areas of the West-coast of Southern Africa had these stoves. As a youngster visiting from the city on extended holidays, I remember that these stoves were constantly kept warm and that there was always something on the stove cooking or backing. Hot boiling water for tea or coffee and the kitchen in every house in the small village was an "open house tea room' for all the kids in the village. With fresh bread and homemade jam any time of the day ...cookies and rusks to dip into a hot cuppa. In the evening we sat around the long kitchen tables playing cards while the heat of the stove kept us all warm, no electricity just oil lamps lighting up the game and it was easy to see the stars at night, all you had to do was open the top half of the kitchen stable-style-door and allow the brightness of the night sky in. You guys are great. Thanks for the memory flashback.
Yes, but those were usually coal stoves not wood, plus I couldn't imagine trying to survive that heat in the kitchen during a KZN summer e.g. Pietermaritzburg!
Just love u guys...you r one awesome dude...and your wife's smile is to die for... but her eyes reveal a beautiful soul....God has truly blessed you both...
My grandma cooked on a wood stove. Grandpa chopped the wood and shoveled coal for their central heating. They also had a two seater outhouse when the one tiny indoor bathroom was full. Since they had seven children, the house was full indoors and outdoors during holidays with an abundance of grandchildren
When I was in 3rd grade we lived with my grandmother and that is about the exact same stove she had, we would take baths in a galvanized tub also. Wow, that brings back memories, I am 69 now. Thanks
The only stove I remember my Grandma and Grandma having was similar or the same as that stove. I can't remember a stash of wood but it mustn't have been far away. Kamloops girl.
Rose is an absolute treasure, the oven is old school and perfect for your lifestyle. I love all your cast iron cookware, I have a collection of Lodge cookware myself & a 1930's Griswold waffle maker that I purchased from the U.S. Enjoy your off grid adventure.
Yes, we would need a quality wood cook stove. But more importantly, you would need a quality lady like Rose. She certainly is the centre of your existence.
I grew up with a wood cook stove much older than that one. It was EVERYTHING! I had a warming oven on top, a regular oven and we used it to keep water hot in a large copper boiler. Easier to use than people think. You learn where to cook on top, in the oven, etc. It actually is more versatile than modern stoves in many ways.
You two are so adorable. But your wife is the most Important to your homestead. I am learning so much from both of you. I want to do the homestead/off grid thing.
Brings back memories of my childhood. My mom cooked on a stove like that for the first 10 years of my life. Her's had a warmer on the top where we would keep our mittens and toques. Eventually my dad added a hot water tank at the back. It was shaped like a propane tank and had a faucet at the bottom. It kept our little house so warm and cosy. Thanks for sharing this Jeff!
Rose is indeed a gentle, selfless, kind and precious rose....we hope she is very well loved and appreciated and gets to do her girly stuff and also to relax some.... You are a treasure Rose...the most valuable person.. I admire you Rose because I could not do anything close to what you do....you are so patient ....
I lived off the grid for many years, not so hard we went through the war years had oil lamp fireplaces in every room, outhouses, all my girls were homeschooled. we ate from our gardens caught cod, haddock salmon, trout, cut our fire wood and even dug some coal .we forged a lot of our tools. and by the way, my family lived just outside of a town. now that I'm old I am so thankful there are people like you that are the salt of the earth that can give back to the people of the plant. I look very forward to more videos in the days ahead
The old cookstove sure is nice. Have been around a few when I was a kid. The heat from wood can't be beat. Great video ! Rose is definitely the heart of the family. The huckleberry pie is a favorite, and looked delicious. 👍
Rose is so darn adorable. The girls amaze me and Dave cracks me up. Jeff of course is the cornerstone of all of this. Keep up the good work.. You guys are awesome.!!
I am 75 now, but when I was a young boy my Grandparents had a very rural farm. My Grandmother cooked on a big wood/Coal burning stove. It heated the kitchen too and some of the rest of the house. There was a big Pot Belly stove in the middle of the house that heated the rest. She could make anything on that stove and I loved to eat anything she made. They raised their own chickens and grew their own vegetables. They were preppers before any of today's preppers were born.
Those are SKILLS at it's BEST !!! this LADY is a TREASURE , and HER SMILE is POSITIVE and CHARMING.... I still REMEMBER , as a KID , visiting my GRANDMA , and She had 2 stove's , one was GAS , we're SHE cooked every day , because Shi lived alone , but when we visited , and She wanted to cook SPECIAL DISHES , She always used the CHARCOAL STOVE , and the food TOTALLY TESTED DIFFERENT !!!
Rose...you are delightful! You are the heart of the off grid dynasty!! The stove is good..n helpful..You..Rose ..are the heart of that dynasty...n I for one, appreciate allllll that you do to keep it all going forward! The stove is even better, if one has the correct " black iron" tools to go with it..instead of the " slippery molecule, whiz bang ,non stick pans n pots" of today...they will burn ,if you use them on a stove ,like that...get cast iron/ black iron cookware for your " wood burner stove" , you will see an immediate difference in your food prep! 👍🥘🍳🧙♂️🍳🥘👍!!
@@Gridlessness I know that you guys have black iron cookware, I saw it hanging there...I'm talking to the folks that buy stuff n don't compare the "iron" to the slippery coated burnable stuff!
YES A WOOD STOVE IS NICE! GREW UP USING ONE, FOR COOKING AND FOR HEAT. ALSO LIKED LISTENING TO THE FIRE CRACKLING, FROM THE WOOD. SO NICE AND SOOTHING.😊
You guys are funny. The dialogue I mean. Laughter is contagious and its been a long time since I've been able to just relax and watch a chill video. Thanks for that.
When I was a child of 6 yrs and younger ( 52 now) my Grandmother used a wood cook stove . ( Warm Morning brand ) The Kids , she had 8 , all went in and built my Grandparents a new house with electric appliances and heating/cooling . She loved the a/c in Summer ( gets hot in Tennessee ) but the rest not so much . I miss her so much .
My friend's parents have a sheep ranch here in Idaho. They are completely off grid. They have a windmill that pumps water into a water tower. They also have a hand pump in the house for water during the winter months. They have another windmill that pumps an air compressor. The compressed air is used in the house to run air tool adapted appliances and an automotive alternator that charges batteries . The batteries run 12 volt RV lights and such. They have an inverter if 110 volt AC is needed for something. The last time I visited, they had built a solar bank to help keep the batteries charged. Their kitchen is divided in two. The wood cook stove is in the outer room so the double divider doors can be closed to keep the heat out in the summertime. They have lived like this since I was an kid in the '70s. I have always been impressed by their self sufficient lifestyle.
Yep, great setup, reliable wood stove and an amazing wife, and hubby is a great guy as well, no pretences, just real people in a real world where they are more in control of essential aspects of their live than most people are with their reliance on essential infrastructure and supply chains that many tend to forget can all too easily get interrupted by events beyond their personal control.! 😀💕
I have a cookstove in my house and absolutely agree. Unfortunately, when our roof was replaced, we realized the chimney was no longer good to use. I miss it terribly and after running out of propane this winter, it's worked its way higher on the priority list to get a chimney up. I do have another woodstove in the basement but the cookstove is my favourite. I loved making coffee and pancakes and being toasty warm when the power was out.
As someone who’s not a carpenter and going to do a home-build kitchen, it would be awesome if you guys did a “kitchen tour” how you organized it to be the most functional etc. Since the kitchen is the working centre of the home it important to set it up right.
In 2016, I bought a gorgeous, brand new cast iron wood cookstove the same size as yours, handmade, imported from Mexico, on ebay for $1200. I adore it. We were in the sticks of West Ga for 13 months, we used that thing several times a day, every day, for every meal, including homemade pizza, roast chicken and cake, and to boil water for baths, dishes and laundry. It's stored away for now, but we will undoubtedly need it in the future, I'm grateful for the experience I have with it so it won't be guesswork later.
I like the layout of the kitchen. It seems like everything is at her fingertips. Things are stored in the wide open, so you're not digging in cupboards and searching for dishes or ingredients.
When my mom made a pie and had dough left over she would put cinnamon and sugar on the dough and coil pieces up. She baked them for treats for he4 3 boys. She called them “squirrelies”!
Bringing back memories, we had a Ray Burn growing up in the country, the food cooked baking is better than anything else. We had a tank (wet jacket) at the back of the stove it was to heat the hot water, it heats the room dry's the clothes cooks. As a child I chopped sticks brought in wood gathered twigs and it is not that long ago in 1960's and 70's.
Had these in Ireland. When I was 7, over 10 years ago maybe 15, we had one in our kitchen. definition of energy efficiency. You had a fire, stove, (essentially an airdryer) and household heating all in one. Last seen one about 6 years ago. Miss having one.
First time viewers, Wifey (77) and I (81). Brought in by your title. In my parents place in Montana, (sold long ago) wood cook stove and wood stoves in the rest of the house were wonderful. Their cook stove had a water comparment on the right side and coils somewhere in it to heat hot water going to the tank in the bathroom about 10 feet away. The tank was maybe 20 gallons (been 1993 since I was there) as I remember. The tank was a plain uninsulated galvanized tank. You felt the tank to see how much hot water there was.
Wow! My grandma had one of those Wood Stoves! We loved it!. Funny, when my parents bought her an electric stove, she sat it in a corner to show off to her friends…” Look what my daughter bought me!” But she still used the wood stove. We LOVED using her wood stove! I guess we were fascinated by the opportunity to use Fire! She cooked EVERYTHING on that stove. As she got older, she BURNED a lot of things on there! But I just loved her burned fried eggs and biscuits! 😊 And, it was ALWAYS warm in her house! So warm and toasty! Thanks for bringing back those wonderful memories! 😊❤
I’m new to your channel and I find myself smiling a lot. Love your videos . I’m in north Idaho and I’m heating with wood. I cut, split and stack it and I’m 77 years young.
Thank you for your video. Brings back memories. My Grandma cooked a on similar stove from about 1935 to 2003. She had an electric range but, still used her wood stove. She lived on her little mountain ((Moscow Mountain Idaho) until she was 96 years old. I remember a neighborhood picnic in the middle 1960s. It was out in a meadow away from any electricity. So some of the neighbors brought out a cook stove and wood so everyone could warm their dishes. Took four men to move the stove into place but, it worked well.
You probably know but, the soap is formed by the caustic soda ( lye) reacting with the fatty esters in the oil ( called saponification). A little bit of acid will neutralize the soap and creat a free fatty acid ( soluble in the biodiesel) and a hopefully a salt that Is soluble in the water layer . I have only deliberately made soap one time so am far from an expert but, this should work. Just hope you get a good phase split after wards.
No disrespect but your Wife is beautiful and has one of the most genuine (prettiest) smiles I've ever seen!!! Look forward to your videos to see that smile !!!
When I got married, my wife and I went to Colorado for our honeymoon. Her uncle had a cabin in the mountains that he made available to us and it had a wood cook stove in it. It was awesome! My wife took to it immediately and loved it. It didn't take her long to master it and food cooked on it was just better because it was cooked on a wood stove. I gotta say though, that huckleberry pie gave me chills. I mean like weak in the knees, hands shaking, drool running down the chin, goosebumps and crossed eyes. I'm insanely jealous yet at the same time, I feel like my life has been enriched just getting the opportunity to see it. Did I mention that I love huckleberry?
I was raised on a wood cook stove and food did taste better ….I remember the biscuits mom made filled with fresh churned butter , with fried apples, country ham and gravy and free range chicken fresh laid eggs. We were poor so we had to survive on old stuff like this lol.
Back in the 1970's I cooked on a wood stove a couple of times, at the house of someone we knew. I have to say that a wood stove is the BEST stove I have ever cooked on. Once one gets used to the stove, it is very easy to use and does a wonderful job.
God bless you all you and your wife are truly blessed with a good family you educate your kids well and awesome life skills you are nice family proud of you all
We got ours for a hundred dollars as well ;) Nice to see someone using one ;) On the "You can do it" point? I retired at 60, my wife and I moved from suburbia to 20 wooded undeveloped acres. We're not off grid, but I'm building our house, a timber frame that I'm harvesting from our land, we're gardening, raising chickens, ducks and rabbits, the house is a passive solar design that we'll supplement with a rocket stove and we have a stove very much like yours. It takes dedication and a willingness to work, but it can be done ;)
I learnt to cook on a wood stove. We were renting a house in country Victoria, Australia in 1969, I was 9. Today I am still able to tell the temperature of an oven without looking at the dial. We loved that stove.
I think you’re awesome for living and raising your family the way you do! Also if you get paid for taking down trees for people/ tree trimming technically you’d be getting paid to make breakfast and heat your house with the spoils left over from tree work. I’ve done it for 15 years! Thanks again for the awesome videos
I grew up with a stove like this .Had a water jacket for hot water . In winter the stove ran 20 hours a day .On the cold mornings as wake up I could hear the hot water boiling in the tank . Also cooks better because the heat is more constant..No thermostat clicking in and out every 50 degrees
When i was growing up, every household in Bulgaria had those stoves! I can definitely confirm that food even taste better when cooked on it and also in the oven part of it. We used to toast our bread on top of it and yes, it does heat a large space area :)
@@nickob55 are you Prepping? I do a little site called PENSIONER PREPPER. Just got fed up with the American " loonies " with their guns and ammo! Would love to be in t touch with any oyher Preppers in Bulgaria
We did what you are talking about 9 years ago tomorrow in 2013. We moved to Chile. We considered staying in the former USA, but you have to rent your property from the local government. We could not stand that. Our wood stove is the heart of our house as well. We use our stove to heat water through a tank which is the walls of the wood stove fire box and a serpentine that also collects heat from the stove. From there our water goes to a tank that is on top of our stove that is the chimney. OUR STOVE IS ILLEGAL IN MANY STATES IN THE FORMER USA!!!!! Our stove makes steam it is so good. There is so much heat you are wasting out of your smoke stack. We collect that heat and put it into water that we store in a tank. From there we circulate the water in our radiant floor heat. It also supplies all the hot water to our bathrooms and showers and bath. Our stove also is used for all our cooking and baking and also puts off heat to the room. We are off grid using solar as well. We have a 19kw system. Propane is really expensive here in Chile as well. We have a lot of wood too. Wood stoves are a real science here and we have good friends who make awesome NEW wood stoves that are really efficient. Our friends use their wood stove to heat their HOT TUB! So you have it right on the nail. Small dry wood is hot. Large green wood is not....... Wood management is the key. Ya gotta see our custom wood splitter. Jim in Chile.
watching this for the second time(a year later), funny thing is I'm sitting next to my own cookstove that we heat with and cook on in the winter. Just enjoy watching you using yours and trying to convince us how great it really is. I totally agree, ours makes the best pizza I've ever had.
The heart of the house is the wife-mother-cook but you don't need me to tell you that! What a treasure. If all men had treasure like that to come home to the world would be what the plan was in the first place; harmony where everything makes sense . What a look into perfection. Really. I treasure silence and the first time I found it I was in a monastery in Colorado twenty years ago. There's no screens in your domain and you're not measuring success or security like the rest of us who obsess over your neighbors new car or wearing masks or social distancing. I don't speak for anybody but what you've shared brought me to tears. We can hope there's still a chance for solace, happy repose in time of uncertainty. Thank you and your family.
I love my wood cookstove. The first time I cooked a turkey. I put it in for the normal 3 hours. Mistake. It literally fell apart. Flattened out. Lol no carving. It was the best tasting and so very moist. I have learned since and it has been fun learning and cooking in it.
Thank you guys for posting this! A "planning to go off-grid" series, almost like a "how to" would be a phenomenal set of vids, if you guys were to continue loosely down this vein. Im sure a lot of other people dont know where to start with making the jump!
Sell eveything ya wont need plug your nose and jump in never look back it is what it is now your there. If your scared like jeff ya have a friend follow ya and live nnext doorr toggether. Sorry to close for me i prefer at least 5 miles apart :)
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If you could triple the size of that firebox, then you could just stick a "Hot Dave" in there and never have to worry about firewood again... 🤣
However, then you wouldn't be able to turn it off and it 'wood' overheat. 🤔
Here in Germany, they are selling them off like pancakes for 100 - 200 Euro's.
I adore the beautiful chemistry between you and your wife the little lovely banter back and forth 😜 keep up the good work guys be safe and god bless both of you and your children’s 🙏🤙
@@danilobmalitjr8339 we were literally saying the same thing ❤️
I've been off grid and remote (no roads in or out) for 8 years. Thinking of starting to share this life with others.
I think Rose is way more valuable to the homestead than a stove. Finding a lady who would be willing to live in the initial conditions you experienced? She is definitely one of a kind. Love your family!!
You do the hard stuff early in a relationship, when the love is strongest.
She is truly a diamond in the rough!
Along with all her other qualities she is also easy on the eyes.
She is the soul of this family.
Rose is super lovely and patient. God bless 🙏
Your wife is the prettiest, most beautiful lady. Her eyes practically twinkle and she has the kindest smile. What a happy family and wonderful life you made together.
I looked up "healthiest thing in the world" ... came across a picture of Rose over a caption that read "A unit that is cared for by a woman, mother and wife that loves and tends to the physical and emotional needs of her husband and children, who in turn love and value the woman who is central to the success of this cohesive group that we call family...the foundation of a healthy and stable society".
I loved Rose from the first time I watched your channel... years ago. She reminds me of a combination of several of my old girlfriends, but she is WAY more "together" and even tempered than any of them. Not to mention having a skill set not many women have these days. You and your family are lucky to have her.
I understand that neither of you walked into the woods with all those skills, but you have developed them over and succeeded in building a great off grid life... and RUclips channel as well. Congrats and best wishes for the future!
The foundation of a healthy & stable society......Dang, America is screwed.
@@welchkoservices4200 THAT is why Christians have BORN AGAIN saying. Jesus WAS the way truth and life; Muhammad WAS a messenger.
then i must be very unhealthy then
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Well I'm convinced that the world needs more Roses cause she Truely is the heart of the homestead. Anyone can save up to buy a wood cook stove. But landing a beautiful smart and kind partner in crime. That is a very key thing in a successful happy life. My hat is off to you Rose.
Sold and subscribed when he told his wife, “you’re the heart of the homestead”. So sweet.
I got a spot of land 40 years ago, had some Lumber delivered, and built the first section of my house. We are completely off-grid and self-sufficient. Today that house is 5000 square feet, it is indistinguishable from any house in the city. My wife and I raised 7 kids so we needed the room. We also home-schooled our kids, three started University at the age of 15. Over the years I built on according to our needs. In the beginning the solar power was really expensive and a little bit primitive. Now the house works like any other house with Electric appliances thanks to the huge battery bank that I have.
Bottom line, It's doable people, make no mistake it's not cheep and the expenses are all front-loaded. But the payoff is priceless. Everyone of my now adult children has a good relationship with the Lord, that's what matters to me the most.
AMEN! the succinct tritho
This sounds like a good life but there is no off-grid when all your supplies come from the grid. You may not be tied in electrically but you rely on the grid like anyone else. How did your kids get into school so young?
Amen!
@@ElliottBradenS the kids had to be tested for school. When I say off-grid, that means we are not dependent on outside resources or knowledge to maintain our Equipment.
Went to "University" and came out good relationship/living for the LORD?
Remarkable! Commendable! And most of all....
Incredible!! ♥
My grandmother had one of those stoves. It made the house smell WONDERFUL. She used it to raise her family. Up to 22 kids, but when I was growing up, there were only 14 alive. Yes, SHE had 22 kids (only ONE set of twins). She was a lovely, tough old lady. Always had a smile on her face.
But I remember her using that stove in the 1980's to cook a massive Christmas Dinner for all her kids and grandkids and a few great grandkids at that time. It was also used to heat their home, the primary source of heat, still during the 1980's. She sold that house in the early 1990's and the now 120+ year old house is a B&B. When they raised the house to put a proper concrete foundation under it (the sandstone foundation stones were eroding with time), they discovered a fully inscribed tombstone from the 1887 (if I remember correctly). No grave and yes they checked.
And as you stated, my Grandmother made exquisite pies in her wood oven. She was a master of that ancient piece of technology. You walked into that house at Christmas or Thanksgiving and you knew you were "Home" ...
Although I'm 99.999% sure that house was haunted.
"Rose" is truly a beautiful woman/wife/mother. Everyone around her is blessed by her presence. ANDDDDD she made the pie!!!!
Your wife is more precious than the finest gold. May God bless you and your marriage
You provide the most beautiful content and you deserve support. I am an Arab national residing in Germany. I am a fan of hunting and wildlife. How I wish to spend the rest of my life like the wonderful life that you live in the wilds and forests among deer, bears and fish and in the arms of the beautiful nature. I wish you happiness and progress. Keep waiting for new trips from you every Love you
Love that sparkle in her eyes when you challenged her on a pie.
Your whole family is amazing your so lucky to have Rose
My family in the coastal rural areas of the West-coast of Southern Africa had these stoves. As a youngster visiting from the city on extended holidays, I remember that these stoves were constantly kept warm and that there was always something on the stove cooking or backing. Hot boiling water for tea or coffee and the kitchen in every house in the small village was an "open house tea room' for all the kids in the village. With fresh bread and homemade jam any time of the day ...cookies and rusks to dip into a hot cuppa.
In the evening we sat around the long kitchen tables playing cards while the heat of the stove kept us all warm, no electricity just oil lamps lighting up the game and it was easy to see the stars at night, all you had to do was open the top half of the kitchen stable-style-door and allow the brightness of the night sky in. You guys are great. Thanks for the memory flashback.
Yes, but those were usually coal stoves not wood, plus I couldn't imagine trying to survive that heat in the kitchen during a KZN summer e.g. Pietermaritzburg!
I lived and worked on the West coast between Port Nolloth and Lamberts Bay in the 90's. Magical place. I miss it so much.
I live in South Africa KZN near the beach. We are 100% off grid and eat 100% from my garden.
Just love u guys...you r one awesome dude...and your wife's smile is to die for... but her eyes reveal a beautiful soul....God has truly blessed you both...
Rose is so awesome. What a great mother and partner. She impresses me every video. This whole family and Dave is awesome.
I Realize Dan got a good deal buying a wood burning stove for 100.00, but the best deal he got was when Rose agreed to marry him 🥰
It's a beautiful thing.
Awesome. Your wife is a true gem. The heart of the Home. Congratulatios, to both of you.
My grandma cooked on a wood stove. Grandpa chopped the wood and shoveled coal for their central heating. They also had a two seater outhouse when the one tiny indoor bathroom was full. Since they had seven children, the house was full indoors and outdoors during holidays with an abundance of grandchildren
I love your energy n your wife’s calm
When I was in 3rd grade we lived with my grandmother and that is about the exact same stove she had, we would take baths in a galvanized tub also. Wow, that brings back memories, I am 69 now. Thanks
The only stove I remember my Grandma and Grandma having was similar or the same as that stove. I can't remember a stash of wood but it mustn't have been far away. Kamloops girl.
This is great for young healthy people.
Nearly impossible for elderly people with health problems.
God bless you🙏🙏🙏
Rose is an absolute treasure, the oven is old school and perfect for your lifestyle. I love all your cast iron cookware, I have a collection of Lodge cookware myself & a 1930's Griswold waffle maker that I purchased from the U.S. Enjoy your off grid adventure.
You’re a crazy crazy amazing family ! All your girls are incredible ! One day, when passing by I wish to shake your hands. All the best from AB..
Yes, we would need a quality wood cook stove. But more importantly, you would need a quality lady like Rose. She certainly is the centre of your existence.
Indeed,agreed! 100%👍🧙♂️!
I wonder why good wives and husband seem difficult to find. Change us Lord.
Super! Lovely positive attitude. I was hooked when he said Rose was the heart of the home..priceless!
I grew up with a wood cook stove much older than that one. It was EVERYTHING! I had a warming oven on top, a regular oven and we used it to keep water hot in a large copper boiler. Easier to use than people think. You learn where to cook on top, in the oven, etc. It actually is more versatile than modern stoves in many ways.
My Aunt had something similar, it was a great success.
Granny had one back in the day....That kitchen was +100°F in the summer while cooking.....
My grandmother made the best pound cakes in her wood fired oven and taught me how to make scrambled eggs on it when I was a little boy.
And the flavour of the food is awesome in wood burners.
You two are so adorable. But your wife is the most Important to your homestead. I am learning so much from both of you.
I want to do the homestead/off grid thing.
Brings back memories of my childhood. My mom cooked on a stove like that for the first 10 years of my life. Her's had a warmer on the top where we would keep our mittens and toques. Eventually my dad added a hot water tank at the back. It was shaped like a propane tank and had a faucet at the bottom. It kept our little house so warm and cosy. Thanks for sharing this Jeff!
Awesome memories!
You need to learn what she knows in case she gets sick
Same here I grown up with this type of living, easy to go back to and would but I
have no land or a house any more.
I love the rapport between you two. When you said Rose was the heart of the homestead ❤
ROSE! Everyone needs a Rose!💗
Rose is indeed a gentle, selfless, kind and precious rose....we hope she is very well loved and appreciated and gets to do her girly stuff and also to relax some.... You are a treasure Rose...the most valuable person.. I admire you Rose because I could not do anything close to what you do....you are so patient ....
I lived off the grid for many years, not so hard we went through the war years had oil lamp fireplaces in every room, outhouses, all my girls were homeschooled. we ate from our gardens caught cod, haddock salmon, trout, cut our fire wood and even dug some coal .we forged a lot of our tools. and by the way, my family lived just outside of a town. now that I'm old I am so thankful there are people like you that are the salt of the earth that can give back to the people of the plant.
I look very forward to more videos in the days ahead
Wonderful thanks to you both & especially Rose for cooking...🔥👍👍
That cook stove is absolutely wonderful. But it pales in comparison to your wife. You are truly blessed and that is a gorgeous pie.
Rose is great. She is So can do. And also very cheerful. Very hasrdworking.
The old cookstove sure is nice. Have been around a few when I was a kid. The heat from wood can't be beat.
Great video ! Rose is definitely the heart of the family. The huckleberry pie is a favorite, and looked delicious. 👍
You have a beautiful life and a beautiful family. Thank you for sharing.
Rose is so darn adorable. The girls amaze me and Dave cracks me up. Jeff of course is the cornerstone of all of this. Keep up the good work.. You guys are awesome.!!
Rose is actually the cornerstone :)
My grandparents had one and it was the best part of the kitchen. The food tasted so much better.
I am 75 now, but when I was a young boy my Grandparents had a very rural farm. My Grandmother cooked on a big wood/Coal burning stove. It heated the kitchen too and some of the rest of the house. There was a big Pot Belly stove in the middle of the house that heated the rest. She could make anything on that stove and I loved to eat anything she made. They raised their own chickens and grew their own vegetables. They were preppers before any of today's preppers were born.
They kept your hearts and bellies warm, eh
Those are SKILLS at it's BEST !!! this LADY is a TREASURE , and HER SMILE is POSITIVE and CHARMING.... I still REMEMBER , as a KID , visiting my GRANDMA , and She had 2 stove's , one was GAS , we're SHE cooked every day , because Shi lived alone , but when we visited , and She wanted to cook SPECIAL DISHES , She always used the CHARCOAL STOVE , and the food TOTALLY TESTED DIFFERENT !!!
You have a very patient wife.
Electric toast? That's the best thing since sliced bread!!! I'm new here but already in love 😻
Rose...you are delightful!
You are the heart of the off grid dynasty!! The stove is good..n helpful..You..Rose ..are the heart of that dynasty...n I for one, appreciate allllll that you do to keep it all going forward! The stove is even better, if one has the correct " black iron" tools to go with it..instead of the
" slippery molecule, whiz bang ,non stick pans n pots" of today...they will burn ,if you use them on a stove ,like that...get cast iron/ black iron cookware for your " wood burner stove" , you will see an immediate difference in your food prep!
👍🥘🍳🧙♂️🍳🥘👍!!
"Slippery Molecule"!! Awesome!
@@Gridlessness I know that you guys have black iron cookware, I saw it hanging there...I'm talking to the folks that buy stuff n don't compare the "iron" to the slippery coated burnable stuff!
YES A WOOD STOVE IS NICE! GREW UP USING ONE, FOR COOKING AND FOR HEAT. ALSO LIKED LISTENING TO THE FIRE CRACKLING, FROM THE WOOD. SO NICE AND SOOTHING.😊
You guys are funny. The dialogue I mean. Laughter is contagious and its been a long time since I've been able to just relax and watch a chill video.
Thanks for that.
I just knew you were going to say, "I was thinking of you."
Her reaction was heart-warming.
When I was a child of 6 yrs and younger ( 52 now) my Grandmother used a wood cook stove . ( Warm Morning brand )
The Kids , she had 8 , all went in and built my Grandparents a new house with electric appliances and heating/cooling .
She loved the a/c in Summer ( gets hot in Tennessee ) but the rest not so much .
I miss her so much .
Omg I love that kind of cooking we used long time ago …today I want to go back to that life …
My friend's parents have a sheep ranch here in Idaho. They are completely off grid. They have a windmill that pumps water into a water tower. They also have a hand pump in the house for water during the winter months. They have another windmill that pumps an air compressor. The compressed air is used in the house to run air tool adapted appliances and an automotive alternator that charges batteries . The batteries run 12 volt RV lights and such. They have an inverter if 110 volt AC is needed for something. The last time I visited, they had built a solar bank to help keep the batteries charged. Their kitchen is divided in two. The wood cook stove is in the outer room so the double divider doors can be closed to keep the heat out in the summertime. They have lived like this since I was an kid in the '70s. I have always been impressed by their self sufficient lifestyle.
I'd love to see a video of this.
Yep, great setup, reliable wood stove and an amazing wife, and hubby is a great guy as well, no pretences, just real people in a real world where they are more in control of essential aspects of their live than most people are with their reliance on essential infrastructure and supply chains that many tend to forget can all too easily get interrupted by events beyond their personal control.! 😀💕
I have a cookstove in my house and absolutely agree. Unfortunately, when our roof was replaced, we realized the chimney was no longer good to use. I miss it terribly and after running out of propane this winter, it's worked its way higher on the priority list to get a chimney up. I do have another woodstove in the basement but the cookstove is my favourite. I loved making coffee and pancakes and being toasty warm when the power was out.
Run ducting.
Try a rocket stove that vents DOWN...under A BUILT IN BENCH OR Floor, which really heats the space!
Good place to find a good cheap one?
Thanks
This is so wonderful I am praying to live like this! Smart people!🙏
As someone who’s not a carpenter and going to do a home-build kitchen, it would be awesome if you guys did a “kitchen tour” how you organized it to be the most functional etc. Since the kitchen is the working centre of the home it important to set it up right.
Have you done your kitchen?
@@mySeaPrince_ just starting it
@@joshuadeboer9213 How'd it turn out!?
We're "Off-Grid" in Arizona... We have a Pioneer Princwss, and we LOVE IT!!!
In 2016, I bought a gorgeous, brand new cast iron wood cookstove the same size as yours, handmade, imported from Mexico, on ebay for $1200. I adore it. We were in the sticks of West Ga for 13 months, we used that thing several times a day, every day, for every meal, including homemade pizza, roast chicken and cake, and to boil water for baths, dishes and laundry. It's stored away for now, but we will undoubtedly need it in the future, I'm grateful for the experience I have with it so it won't be guesswork later.
I future blessing.
What a beautiful and positive family 💕
Almost caught a tear when she agreed to make you an exquisite pie.
You truely have an awesome wife, and you are right she is the most necessary!
I'm a farmer who lives out in the country. I'm in the Philippines and even this looks like an adventure compared to how we live. Amazing!
I like the layout of the kitchen. It seems like everything is at her fingertips. Things are stored in the wide open, so you're not digging in cupboards and searching for dishes or ingredients.
When my mom made a pie and had dough left over she would put cinnamon and sugar on the dough and coil pieces up. She baked them for treats for he4 3 boys. She called them “squirrelies”!
My grandma did that too. I'd forgotten until you mentioned it.
Kind if a real life version of the Ingles. Rose reminds me of Caroline Ingles. A very cool existence. Well done folks, you've won.
Bringing back memories, we had a Ray Burn growing up in the country, the food cooked
baking is better than anything else. We had a tank (wet jacket) at the back of the stove it
was to heat the hot water, it heats the room dry's the clothes cooks. As a child I chopped sticks brought in wood gathered twigs and it is not that long ago in 1960's and 70's.
Had these in Ireland. When I was 7, over 10 years ago maybe 15, we had one in our kitchen. definition of energy efficiency. You had a fire, stove, (essentially an airdryer) and household heating all in one. Last seen one about 6 years ago. Miss having one.
Rose is for sure the hart of that home, Jeff is the entertainment, the girls are the backbone.
yep, that sums it all up Jim
First time viewers, Wifey (77) and I (81). Brought in by your title.
In my parents place in Montana, (sold long ago) wood cook stove and wood stoves in the rest of the house were wonderful. Their cook stove had a water comparment on the right side and coils somewhere in it to heat hot water going to the tank in the bathroom about 10 feet away. The tank was maybe 20 gallons (been 1993 since I was there) as I remember. The tank was a plain uninsulated galvanized tank. You felt the tank to see how much hot water there was.
Wow! My grandma had one of those Wood Stoves! We loved it!. Funny, when my parents bought her an electric stove, she sat it in a corner to show off to her friends…” Look what my daughter bought me!” But she still used the wood stove. We LOVED using her wood stove! I guess we were fascinated by the opportunity to use Fire! She cooked EVERYTHING on that stove. As she got older, she BURNED a lot of things on there! But I just loved her burned fried eggs and biscuits! 😊 And, it was ALWAYS warm in her house! So warm and toasty! Thanks for bringing back those wonderful memories! 😊❤
I’m new to your channel and I find myself smiling a lot. Love your videos . I’m in north Idaho and I’m heating with wood. I cut, split and stack it and I’m 77 years young.
Thank you for your video. Brings back memories. My Grandma cooked a on similar stove from about 1935 to 2003. She had an electric range but, still used her wood stove. She lived on her little mountain ((Moscow Mountain Idaho) until she was 96 years old. I remember a neighborhood picnic in the middle 1960s. It was out in a meadow away from any electricity. So some of the neighbors brought out a cook stove and wood so everyone could warm their dishes. Took four men to move the stove into place but, it worked well.
You probably know but, the soap is formed by the caustic soda ( lye) reacting with the fatty esters in the oil ( called saponification). A little bit of acid will neutralize the soap and creat a free fatty acid ( soluble in the biodiesel) and a hopefully a salt that Is soluble in the water layer . I have only deliberately made soap one time so am far from an expert but, this should work. Just hope you get a good phase split after wards.
No disrespect but your Wife is beautiful and has one of the most genuine (prettiest) smiles I've ever seen!!! Look forward to your videos to see that smile !!!
Good to see you haven’t changed in all these years.
A wood cook stove is awesome!
You
Popped up, thank you algorithm. We still have wood cookers here in France. We have a Godin Armonie
When I got married, my wife and I went to Colorado for our honeymoon. Her uncle had a cabin in the mountains that he made available to us and it had a wood cook stove in it. It was awesome! My wife took to it immediately and loved it. It didn't take her long to master it and food cooked on it was just better because it was cooked on a wood stove. I gotta say though, that huckleberry pie gave me chills. I mean like weak in the knees, hands shaking, drool running down the chin, goosebumps and crossed eyes. I'm insanely jealous yet at the same time, I feel like my life has been enriched just getting the opportunity to see it. Did I mention that I love huckleberry?
I was raised on a wood cook stove and food did taste better ….I remember the biscuits mom made filled with fresh churned butter , with fried apples, country ham and gravy and free range chicken fresh laid eggs. We were poor so we had to survive on old stuff like this lol.
@@danbailey96 Being poor is where it's at! Geez, you got me all hungry now and it's too late to eat. Good stuff Maynard!!
@@CplSkiUSMC SO, did you buy her a wood/coal coolstove?....yet?
@@frenchfryfarmer436 We were divorced in 1994... probably because I didn't. One of life's lessons.
@@CplSkiUSMC lol
I think the wood drawer idea is cool. Rose you are the heart of the house, excellent family too ❤️🔥
Back in the 1970's I cooked on a wood stove a couple of times, at the house of someone we knew. I have to say that a wood stove is the BEST stove I have ever cooked on. Once one gets used to the stove, it is very easy to use and does a wonderful job.
God bless you all you and your wife are truly blessed with a good family you educate your kids well and awesome life skills you are nice family proud of you all
We got ours for a hundred dollars as well ;) Nice to see someone using one ;) On the "You can do it" point? I retired at 60, my wife and I moved from suburbia to 20 wooded undeveloped acres. We're not off grid, but I'm building our house, a timber frame that I'm harvesting from our land, we're gardening, raising chickens, ducks and rabbits, the house is a passive solar design that we'll supplement with a rocket stove and we have a stove very much like yours. It takes dedication and a willingness to work, but it can be done ;)
Good for you guys! I'm trying not to be jealous but am proud of you guys!
I learnt to cook on a wood stove. We were renting a house in country Victoria, Australia in 1969, I was 9. Today I am still able to tell the temperature of an oven without looking at the dial. We loved that stove.
I think you’re awesome for living and raising your family the way you do! Also if you get paid for taking down trees for people/ tree trimming technically you’d be getting paid to make breakfast and heat your house with the spoils left over from tree work. I’ve done it for 15 years! Thanks again for the awesome videos
That woman is incredible! I sure hope you cherish her as a jewel!
I grew up with a stove like this .Had a water jacket for hot water . In winter the stove ran 20 hours a day .On the cold mornings as wake up I could hear the hot water boiling in the tank . Also cooks better because the heat is more constant..No thermostat clicking in and out every 50 degrees
I am in Australia, and it is common back a few decades ago to have one of these
if you lived in the country, stove done everything.
How do you vent the stove so everybody doesn't pass out?
@@SUPERMOTOJAK Flu that goes from the wood box to threw the roof, same as wood
heater.
@@truthandlife4101 Thanks. Guess I just didn't notice it in the video.
A chimney Thru the roof .Taller the better for a good air / smoke flow.With a choke on just above the stove to control the heat loss.
Watching your video has made my heart smile!
When i was growing up, every household in Bulgaria had those stoves! I can definitely confirm that food even taste better when cooked on it and also in the oven part of it. We used to toast our bread on top of it and yes, it does heat a large space area :)
I moved to Bulgaria ans have a woodstove. Never going to get rid of it
I cook most days on my woodburner in Troyan BG in winter and food definitely tastes better cooked on a woodstove for some reason.
@@nickob55 are you Prepping? I do a little site called PENSIONER PREPPER. Just got fed up with the American " loonies " with their guns and ammo!
Would love to be in t touch with any oyher Preppers in Bulgaria
I agree with other commenters. Rose is your greatest treasure and biggest asset to the success of your homestead life. Cherish her.
We did what you are talking about 9 years ago tomorrow in 2013. We moved to Chile.
We considered staying in the former USA, but you have to rent your property from the local government. We could not stand that.
Our wood stove is the heart of our house as well.
We use our stove to heat water through a tank which is the walls of the wood stove fire box and a serpentine that also collects heat from the stove. From there our water goes to a tank that is on top of our stove that is the chimney.
OUR STOVE IS ILLEGAL IN MANY STATES IN THE FORMER USA!!!!!
Our stove makes steam it is so good.
There is so much heat you are wasting out of your smoke stack. We collect that heat and put it into water that we store in a tank. From there we circulate the water in our radiant floor heat. It also supplies all the hot water to our bathrooms and showers and bath.
Our stove also is used for all our cooking and baking and also puts off heat to the room.
We are off grid using solar as well. We have a 19kw system.
Propane is really expensive here in Chile as well.
We have a lot of wood too.
Wood stoves are a real science here and we have good friends who make awesome NEW wood stoves that are really efficient. Our friends use their wood stove to heat their HOT TUB!
So you have it right on the nail.
Small dry wood is hot. Large green wood is not.......
Wood management is the key. Ya gotta see our custom wood splitter.
Jim in Chile.
PLEASE PUT MORE VIDEOS ON MORE OFTEN,, THIS IS THE BEST ON RUclips!!!!!
The timing of the wood cook stove in an off grid cabin, using a modern smart phone. Love it.
People never got depressed much years ago ,they had no time too, these things kept the mind body busy.
Love the stove, but more importantly all the amazing cooking and baking you can do with your family. Especially with Rose and the girls!!!
watching this for the second time(a year later), funny thing is I'm sitting next to my own cookstove that we heat with and cook on in the winter. Just enjoy watching you using yours and trying to convince us how great it really is. I totally agree, ours makes the best pizza I've ever had.
Great video. Rose is delightful and obviously key in making the off grid life work. You both seem very easy going.
The heart of the house is the wife-mother-cook but you don't need me to tell you that! What a treasure. If all men had treasure like that to come home to the world would be what the plan was in the first place; harmony where everything makes sense . What a look into perfection. Really. I treasure silence and the first time I found it I was in a monastery in Colorado twenty years ago. There's no screens in your domain and you're not measuring success or security like the rest of us who obsess over your neighbors new car or wearing masks or social distancing. I don't speak for anybody but what you've shared brought me to tears. We can hope there's still a chance for solace, happy repose in time of uncertainty. Thank you and your family.
I love my wood cookstove. The first time I cooked a turkey. I put it in for the normal 3 hours. Mistake. It literally fell apart. Flattened out. Lol no carving. It was the best tasting and so very moist. I have learned since and it has been fun learning and cooking in it.
Just seeing his great wife makes my day win she smiles she is great on this program.
I love your family's vibe. You are a fun bunch. Love the stove and Rose is adorable. Homesteading heaven. Thanks for sharing the videos.
What a great guy. He's so supportive and very talented.
My grandmother cooked this way her whole life, wood/coal stove and wood/coal heater in the living room. No hot water. Life was still good. :)
Yes so happy I found one for 300 at an antique store.
Thank you guys for posting this! A "planning to go off-grid" series, almost like a "how to" would be a phenomenal set of vids, if you guys were to continue loosely down this vein. Im sure a lot of other people dont know where to start with making the jump!
Agreed!
Sell eveything ya wont need plug your nose and jump in never look back it is what it is now your there. If your scared like jeff ya have a friend follow ya and live nnext doorr toggether. Sorry to close for me i prefer at least 5 miles apart :)
Same I really want to take this jump but need some pointers