Oh I am really looking forward to this. Most people just don’t really understand how many conveniences we have that we don’t even think of as “conveniences.” They’re so integral to life it can often be unimaginable to live without them! If nothing else, watching this will undoubtedly remind me to have gratitude for plumbing and electricity while I am able to have it.
Summer is the best and easiest time to live off grid in Alaska. I grew up there, in the remote Bush, in the 60s. Summertime is all about life and storing up for the long, dark winter. But, hey, the the summer itself is short, God provides abundant hours in each of those days. Good hunting ❤
I usually don't comment but I am also looking forward to seeing how this went for your family. It could be much closer to reality for everyone in the near future and we are trying to build our forever home in preparation for it.
Oh my gosh, I can not wait for this! I am like you all in so many ways. I think I am tough and want to live off grid and be "simple". I homestead, I could handle it. I know that it would be way harder then I imagine though. I am happy to live it through you though!
I see you all met the state bird of Alaska. The mosquito 🦟. Looking forward to seeing how you made out. For me it would be a hard pass living off the grid in Alaska. Much respect
Off grid living is a lot harder than most people imagine. My husband & I lived off grid in Tennessee for almost 2 years. Had to come back to Oklahoma, after hubby suffered a head injury at work. ..
I lived, for a while (thankfully), without electricity and running water. Me, my mom and my siblings. It was Not fun and it did Not make me a better person. More knowledgeable, Yes but not better. Everything was dirty and it wasn't like we could just run a bunch of water to clean things up. We just lived with it. We sponged small dirt spots of our clothes and waited until we could get to the laundromat. We had tadpoles in our (once per week) bathwater and hauled our drinking water, 5 gallons at a time, from a faucet in a state park . It makes for great stories now, but living it was not fun.
I'm glad you shared some of kids point of view. I feel that we as adults would tolerate more hardships to make it a bit more comfortable for the kids...
The toilet paper on the tree. 😅 You know what's Siberian toilet paper? A big stick and a small stick. The big stick is for chasing away bears. The small stick is to knock your frozen solid poop off halfway out.
I thought just yesterday while binging all your off-grid journey videos that you'd get along great with Jeff "Dad joke" Burkinshaw - and then you met him!
It’s going to be tough I know it’s not going to get any easier in the lower 48 states every thing is higher you name it stress included our world and country are a changing do good luck be safe and most of all put it in perspective 👍🙏
Awesome teaser! I'm waiting for the premier, can't wait to hear how things went, and when you'll be ready to move! I'm doing the move myself in 2024 -Dusty
You definitely came up during a bad summer. Most summers are a lot nicer. Looking forward to seeing the series. Hope to meet up with you this winter when I'm back in PA.
Alaska is a lot like northern Canada and the Yukon especially. It's a way of life many are not prepared for nor fully understand. Modern dependencies can be a full-blown handicap, and the ways u often learn to do things south of the major snow line is not always applicable to the far north
Awesome! My boys keep talking about living off grid. I know they are CLUELESS considering they were talking about having their own play station a few months before that. Lol 🧡🍁🧡 Can’t wait to watch it together as a family.
Funny story. The rain was soooo bad, we rented a old Super Nintendo from the library in the closest town and used it on rainy days with the solar power system. 😂
This was hard to like because it had 907 likes - AKs area code - and I was like 908! I love y’all and relate even more now, because I left Alaska after living there for 23 years and instead moved to North Carolina where we now run a family farm.
It makes me think of the expat life in countrys that aren't first world... If I remember correctly the average culture shock time for an amarican living in egypt was around 9 months, and in this context thats how long it took to stop hating everything around you and start loving it. In watching your video I cant help but be reminded of the words I heard and thought with culture shock... good luck. I hope everyone in the family can find the joy in the life.
Homesteady. I know this is nothing to do in your current video. I was watching your homestead video from nine months ago about natural building houses. I wonder if you guys have ever looked into air crete. I've looked at it several times it looks really neat. Bonuses to air create super insulating better than strawbale homes. And bugs and rats and mice hate to chew through it! Because air creed is concrete with millions of little soap bubbles in it. And nobody likes soap their mouth!! just an idea... Now to watch this current video.
We went off grid because we wanted out of our mortgage. The thoughts I had were fantasy for sure. This is the hardest thing I have EVER done. Washing my clothes in a stock tank, bathing in a stock tank (ice cold water), cooking outside in the rain, having two children under 5 that get very upset about having to be outside in the rain while I do chores, our fridge was 3 coolers which is not fun because..if you forget ice, there goes your food supply. Having to go out side to fill water bottles for my water needs, having the flu with littles and having to race out to the outhouse to take a million shits in cold weather, puke blankets piled in a tiny house, greasy hair for months at a time.....yeah. I said no thanks. We sacrificed $26,000 this summer for the build of our house to pull in electricity. Just having a light to turn on about made me cry lol! We didn't have solar btw. Only a generator for the well. We now have power to the house, we are building an outbuilding for our washer and dryer and freezers (we were serious about offgrid and did not put a laundry room in the house) we will have a bathtub and composting toilet! I really thought I was going to be Laura in galls. But the truth is, having the conveniences means that I get to spend more time with my family! Not stuck at a house all day doing the same routine. When that's all you have and all you know is hard labor just to wash laundry, it just is what it is. But I grew up throwing a load of laundry in and then off to complete the next task. So of course it isn't easy and why in the he'll I thought I would enjoy washing by hand day after day I beyond me LOL!
I thought it was cute… but you have a lot of family and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I rented and off grid place but did not last the year because guys were hunting in the valley in front and I could see the flash . It was scaring the crap outta me. It was not remote though it had a composting toilet and the propane water shower.
@hillairefarm, perhaps you are unaware why we bought the camels, and that’s why you left this comment. We had a baby boy who was sick with severe food allergies. Camel milk is one of the best foods for someone suffering from severe food allergies. We were willing to do anything that could help our baby boy, and as camel milk seemed like it could help him, and the pandemic was quickly interrupting supply chains, we bought a dairy camel. You can make jokes at our expense, we’re on RUclips so why not, right? but at least be aware of the whole story when you decide to make those jokes.
So nice to see all your beautiful faces again! I missed you guys!! I can't wait for this! The thumbs up for the bog roll made me laugh, but no. Just no lol
I find a good idea to have this test before you choose to live a of grid life or live in a community.... before you make big decisions in your life for yourself or your family you need to have the right experience. I know so many people that think about such kind of things but they fail because they never had similar experience in their life or their lifestyle is exactly the opposite. Often is a new age trend. I also know someone that was part of an off grid community without any source of electricity and in some cases also without water in the house... really primitive and because it is to hard to be 100% self sufficient living without money just trading, avoiding all kind of technology ( from electricity to car) and now there lives a man alone because this lifestyle is way to hard.
Did y’all not know how big the cabin was going to be or something? Y’all get there and immediately say it’s awful. Sounds like a bad way to start off a trip.
Sorry, you must have missed our poll and post, we announced we would release a sneak peek trailer, so yeah that’s literally what you saw, but no duping intended 😆 we announced it was a trailer
You are not homesteaders. You live on the family farm with help and all kinds of equiptment. Maybe you should just stick to that. You help on a family farm and live in a very nice house that was provided to you. Your videos are fun but they are not really homesteading. I appreciate your information but you stopped homesteading when you left Conneticut.
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Oh I am really looking forward to this. Most people just don’t really understand how many conveniences we have that we don’t even think of as “conveniences.” They’re so integral to life it can often be unimaginable to live without them! If nothing else, watching this will undoubtedly remind me to have gratitude for plumbing and electricity while I am able to have it.
Yea… I think we became more appreciative of a flush toilet and washing machine as well 😅
Summer is the best and easiest time to live off grid in Alaska.
I grew up there, in the remote Bush, in the 60s.
Summertime is all about life and storing up for the long, dark winter. But, hey, the the summer itself is short, God provides abundant hours in each of those days.
Good hunting ❤
I sure did miss you all. Can’t wait to hear and see your ups and downs because that is life.
FRIDAY!
I usually don't comment but I am also looking forward to seeing how this went for your family. It could be much closer to reality for everyone in the near future and we are trying to build our forever home in preparation for it.
I can NOT wait for this!! I feel like I've been waiting FOREVER for your update! It looks like it was definitely worth the wait! 😊
I am SO EXCITED about this series. I hope you love it!
VERY MUCH looking forward to this series. You two are excellent story tellers.
😊 aw shucks
Oh my gosh, I can not wait for this! I am like you all in so many ways. I think I am tough and want to live off grid and be "simple". I homestead, I could handle it. I know that it would be way harder then I imagine though. I am happy to live it through you though!
Sometimes we realized we can have the best of both worlds ❤ balance is everything in life. Happy to see you guys again!
I see you all met the state bird of Alaska. The mosquito 🦟. Looking forward to seeing how you made out. For me it would be a hard pass living off the grid in Alaska. Much respect
Probably was a good idea for y'all to try to make sure you can make it work, it's beautiful there ❤️
Can’t wait to see more!!!
Thank you. I am excited to watch.
🎉 Welcome back!!!!
Soo Great to be back!
Please do a visit to a WY homestead I think y'all would be surprised at the diversity of challenges faced here!!
Thanks for the teaser!! We’re totally pumped for the first episode of your off grid challenge!
Looks and sounds like things are getting REAL!!
Welcome back guys!! we missed you so much!
We love Alaska! Can’t wait for these videos and to see how you handle the weather conditions.
Off grid living is a lot harder than most people imagine.
My husband & I lived off grid in Tennessee for almost 2 years. Had to come back to Oklahoma, after hubby suffered a head injury at work. ..
Ok. You got me hooked! I’m ready! What an epic adventure you’ve had.
Oh man, I cannot wait to see more!
That’s a great cliffhanger! Loving the profile pic too 👍👍
We're building a new homestead up in Point Mckenzie. We have a small homestead in Wasilla, not off grid but the new property will be.
Oh I am excited to see how you liked it!
Aww man, we live on the Kenai Pensinula. It was the RAINIEST summer. If you were on the Peninsula so sorry you had to be here for that!
I lived, for a while (thankfully), without electricity and running water. Me, my mom and my siblings. It was Not fun and it did Not make me a better person. More knowledgeable, Yes but not better. Everything was dirty and it wasn't like we could just run a bunch of water to clean things up. We just lived with it. We sponged small dirt spots of our clothes and waited until we could get to the laundromat. We had tadpoles in our (once per week) bathwater and hauled our drinking water, 5 gallons at a time, from a faucet in a state park . It makes for great stories now, but living it was not fun.
I'm glad you shared some of kids point of view. I feel that we as adults would tolerate more hardships to make it a bit more comfortable for the kids...
Masterful hook on this one. I'll be looking for Friday's episode.
I like hearing that! I had fun making this one for sure!
We’re looking forward to this! I can’t wait to see how it went. Glad you’re back!
I am SO excited to watch!!!
Gridlessness!
Can’t wait for that collab!
I have been looking forward to these videos! We got a lot of rain this summer, that's for sure!
Great preview!
The toilet paper on the tree. 😅
You know what's Siberian toilet paper? A big stick and a small stick.
The big stick is for chasing away bears.
The small stick is to knock your frozen solid poop off halfway out.
So stoked for this!!
I thought just yesterday while binging all your off-grid journey videos that you'd get along great with Jeff "Dad joke" Burkinshaw - and then you met him!
It’s going to be tough I know it’s not going to get any easier in the lower 48 states every thing is higher you name it stress included our world and country are a changing do good luck be safe and most of all put it in perspective 👍🙏
Can’t wait to see the series!
I enjoyed meeting y’all the First Annual Alaska You Tube Meet up”,I’m looking forward to this video series about off grid Alaska!
You 2 crossed my mind yesterday❤.
JO JO IN VT 💞
Excited to watch your experience. It was great meeting you guys at the Alaska YT meet-up.
Great to meet you too!
Good luck guys and I can't wait for the new video😊
Been missing you guys like crazy !!!
Awesome teaser! I'm waiting for the premier, can't wait to hear how things went, and when you'll be ready to move! I'm doing the move myself in 2024 -Dusty
Reality can bite hard can't it! Off Grid is not for the weak....
I'm a life long Alaskan. I've been waiting to see what your experience was. Going off grid here is challenging!
You definitely came up during a bad summer. Most summers are a lot nicer. Looking forward to seeing the series. Hope to meet up with you this winter when I'm back in PA.
Bill! Was great to meet you, and everyone else at the meet up! Watch for episode 3… might see someone you recognize 😉
@@Homesteadyshow ooo.... intriguing
I live in Alaska and I can't wait to see what you all think. :-)
So excited for this series Aust and K!! Cant wait for the Jill episode too ❤
Had such a fun talk with Jill! It’s a good one
Can't wait!
Wish you the best
I’ve missed you guys! Can’t wait to hear, watch, and learn all about your adventures!
Hello from Reeve and Chrystal in Alaska. We are looking forward to this series. Be blessed friends. Glad you made it home safe!
Hey Guys! Was great meeting you! Have you had any sun since we last saw you!? 😆
@@Homesteadyshow …..about 3 partial days….the other part of those days it rained. I’m sure you’re shocked. Ha!
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Alaska is a lot like northern Canada and the Yukon especially. It's a way of life many are not prepared for nor fully understand. Modern dependencies can be a full-blown handicap, and the ways u often learn to do things south of the major snow line is not always applicable to the far north
Yes, handicap is the right word for that!
Yes most of the Alaskan summers are really nice, but this year was cold and rainy according to my parents and sister 😊😅
OH MY GOD AMAZING EDITING YOU GUYS!!!
Awesome! My boys keep talking about living off grid. I know they are CLUELESS considering they were talking about having their own play station a few months before that. Lol
🧡🍁🧡
Can’t wait to watch it together as a family.
Funny story. The rain was soooo bad, we rented a old Super Nintendo from the library in the closest town and used it on rainy days with the solar power system. 😂
@@Homesteadyshow the boys will be happy to know you had power to spare for that- I’m guessing you’ll share your solar setup.
For sure
You found your twin!
Looking forward to seeing more.
Yes… Jeff is my Canadian doppelgänger
This looks really fun to watch - and hopefully helpful to get Alaska off of the husband's brain 😅
😂😂😂
This was hard to like because it had 907 likes - AKs area code - and I was like 908! I love y’all and relate even more now, because I left Alaska after living there for 23 years and instead moved to North Carolina where we now run a family farm.
It makes me think of the expat life in countrys that aren't first world... If I remember correctly the average culture shock time for an amarican living in egypt was around 9 months, and in this context thats how long it took to stop hating everything around you and start loving it. In watching your video I cant help but be reminded of the words I heard and thought with culture shock... good luck. I hope everyone in the family can find the joy in the life.
I’m so excited
Homesteady. I know this is nothing to do in your current video. I was watching your homestead video from nine months ago about natural building houses. I wonder if you guys have ever looked into air crete. I've looked at it several times it looks really neat. Bonuses to air create super insulating better than strawbale homes. And bugs and rats and mice hate to chew through it! Because air creed is concrete with millions of little soap bubbles in it. And nobody likes soap their mouth!! just an idea... Now to watch this current video.
Woohoo!!
We went off grid because we wanted out of our mortgage. The thoughts I had were fantasy for sure. This is the hardest thing I have EVER done. Washing my clothes in a stock tank, bathing in a stock tank (ice cold water), cooking outside in the rain, having two children under 5 that get very upset about having to be outside in the rain while I do chores, our fridge was 3 coolers which is not fun because..if you forget ice, there goes your food supply. Having to go out side to fill water bottles for my water needs, having the flu with littles and having to race out to the outhouse to take a million shits in cold weather, puke blankets piled in a tiny house, greasy hair for months at a time.....yeah. I said no thanks. We sacrificed $26,000 this summer for the build of our house to pull in electricity. Just having a light to turn on about made me cry lol! We didn't have solar btw. Only a generator for the well. We now have power to the house, we are building an outbuilding for our washer and dryer and freezers (we were serious about offgrid and did not put a laundry room in the house) we will have a bathtub and composting toilet! I really thought I was going to be Laura in galls. But the truth is, having the conveniences means that I get to spend more time with my family! Not stuck at a house all day doing the same routine. When that's all you have and all you know is hard labor just to wash laundry, it just is what it is. But I grew up throwing a load of laundry in and then off to complete the next task. So of course it isn't easy and why in the he'll I thought I would enjoy washing by hand day after day I beyond me LOL!
Elsa, I love this comment, we too had some fantasy thoughts going into this! Congrats on getting your electricity in, you guys earned it! Wow!
I thought it was cute… but you have a lot of family and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I rented and off grid place but did not last the year because guys were hunting in the valley in front and I could see the flash . It was scaring the crap outta me. It was not remote though it had a composting toilet and the propane water shower.
dude you are wearing a bug net where you are staying, must be a joy
Looks like you just missed us up in AK.
Yaaaassss!
❤
Glad you practiced being off grid before truly committing to it.
Hiw exciting!
Hi from Mississippi
Cold weather actually better than hot for health, personal idea
Imagine the conversation when they sat down to decide this. “We need more views, the camel didn’t work….ohhh Alaska!”
@hillairefarm, perhaps you are unaware why we bought the camels, and that’s why you left this comment. We had a baby boy who was sick with severe food allergies. Camel milk is one of the best foods for someone suffering from severe food allergies. We were willing to do anything that could help our baby boy, and as camel milk seemed like it could help him, and the pandemic was quickly interrupting supply chains, we bought a dairy camel. You can make jokes at our expense, we’re on RUclips so why not, right? but at least be aware of the whole story when you decide to make those jokes.
Wahoo, I've been watching you and I love in Alaska!!!! What part of Alaska?
So much of Alaska… from the Homer Spit to Denali National Park, down to Seward and as far as Chicken!
2023.. 5th wettest year on record.. worst summer I remember since I got here in 2005.
👆👆👆
oh I have been waiting 3 months for this
How did u find your rental house
So nice to see all your beautiful faces again! I missed you guys!!
I can't wait for this! The thumbs up for the bog roll made me laugh, but no. Just no lol
BOG ROLL. Calling it that from now on Monique!
@@Homesteadyshow 😂😂😂 I’ll make you an honourary Aussie yet!
I think the society has only one direction. It hurts to say so, but there's really no way back.
Ok got move to Chicago don't go off gride , thanks
Not many people in human history have lived in Alaska, there is a reason for that. Are we missing Pennsylvania yet!?
My dream would be living in Alaska or Canada but coming from Europe - it’s just a dream
A-Frame…ugh an A-Frame. My parents looked at a couple plans for them and said NOPE when they all the rage in the 70’s
😂 the kids called it “The Dreaded A-Frame”
4 minutes is not enough!
Friday Night! You free Jack 😁?
Meantime, who is watching the farm? Why would anyone do this?
I find a good idea to have this test before you choose to live a of grid life or live in a community.... before you make big decisions in your life for yourself or your family you need to have the right experience. I know so many people that think about such kind of things but they fail because they never had similar experience in their life or their lifestyle is exactly the opposite. Often is a new age trend. I also know someone that was part of an off grid community without any source of electricity and in some cases also without water in the house... really primitive and because it is to hard to be 100% self sufficient living without money just trading, avoiding all kind of technology ( from electricity to car) and now there lives a man alone because this lifestyle is way to hard.
At least they were just regular bears and not cocaine bears
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Did y’all not know how big the cabin was going to be or something? Y’all get there and immediately say it’s awful. Sounds like a bad way to start off a trip.
😂
Who is taking care of all your animals wile you are in Alaska?
We live on the family farm, so Family! Mostly Ks mom, her dad and sis helped too, as well as a good friend who helped with our cows!
Ok, honestly that felt like click bait. I feel like I just got duped into watching a trailer when I thought I was gonna see the show.
Sorry, you must have missed our poll and post, we announced we would release a sneak peek trailer, so yeah that’s literally what you saw, but no duping intended 😆 we announced it was a trailer
Sadly you were ill-prepared for the reality of "living off-grid". You could have accomplished this without leaving home.
You are not homesteaders. You live on the family farm with help and all kinds of equiptment. Maybe you should just stick to that. You help on a family farm and live in a very nice house that was provided to you. Your videos are fun but they are not really homesteading. I appreciate your information but you stopped homesteading when you left Conneticut.
Sue, I am very curious, what is your definition of a homesteader and homesteading?
I think my original comment already explained that.@@Homesteadyshow
Enjoy the freezing
cold the isolation
and the delusion
Probably the best thing you could ever do! I’m so proud of y’all for doing this! ❤ Ok! Back to the video! 🤣