Hi Zach! Here I am, that Alaska person you said would speak up. I Love ya, but you're wrong about Alaska. My husband & I live in North Pole, Alaska, up in the Interior, hundreds of miles north of those folks in Anchorage. My name on here is the Boreal Shepherdess because I've been raising Icelandic sheep in the Boreal Forest since 2004. I also currently have 3 breeds of chickens, haven't lost a single one to the cold, even though we don't use any artificial heat in their coops. In the past I've also raised ducks, geese, turkeys and goats. (I agree with you about goats, drunken teenagers LOL, not going to have them anymore) As for fruit trees, I've found apricots, hazelnuts, and multiple types of apples that will grow in our zone. And there are tons of berries that grow wild. True, you do need a greenhouse if you want to grow tomatoes & sweet corn, but that doesn't stop us from growing good, productive vegetable gardens. You'll have to come visit sometime, and we'll show you.
Peggy Brunk, I'm glad you spoke up. Now, I do not have to. I grew up in Fbks, over in Hamilton Acres. My folks and grand-folks proved up a homestead apiece on Chena Hot Springs Rd in the late 50's and early 60's. Even then we were not totally off grid, because we had electricity (thank you God). Hauling water in and out, along with the heating fuel was bad enough (for the folks because we kids were all little). Having pre-electricity lighting and no refrigerator would have been real privation. So mostly off grid, sixteen miles out on a dirt road that turned into a slippery clay slick when it was wet. I grew up and beat a quick path out with the help of Uncle Sam and the US Army in 1974. The next time I visited Fbks they had freeways and the who town was different. Anyway, I love to visit, mostly in the summer, but it is just too cold and snowy in the winter for my old bones. BTW - my mom would grow watermelon in her little greenhouse just for fun. Short season varieties would get to about 2 lbs and be just pink in the middle. Mom had a green thumb that I didn't acquire. Happy homesteading. Alaska lives in my heart and the smell of willows in spring in my memory.
@@merrymarthlamb3185 That's great! I lived out Chena Hot Springs road when I first came up here from Michigan in 1991. I was a few years too late for the state run homesteading program. That would have been so great! I've done short season watermelon too. You're a sister in spirit🙂
You are right, building a Homestead starts with where you are and takes years of adding pens fencing buildings. And you never finish! There is always another project. Wood rots over years and you have to build again. So keep in keeping on. It is a life style.
We enjoy watching An American Homestead , Off Grid with Doug & Stacy, Fit Farmer, Deep South Homestead, Rain Country Homestead.. and many others.. thank you all. We are currently in Arkansas trying to find our homestead. 🙏..
Ditto, I moved to a city in Arkansas. For family business and the lack thereof... I'm not ready to move to homestead. It was a miracle just to move out of state. The selling point is that when priorities line up is that Ozarks is full of Hebrew homesteads. I'm also not ready to become a RUclips celebrity, or other wise I would be getting started. Homestead projects are prime RUclips bait. I got some fun ideas perfect to the camera, which popularity would help pay for other needed things off the bat.... Like 3500 freeze dryers
One thing I thought was hilarious about bush radical the first thing he said he does in one of his videos getting to a homesite was digging and building an outhouse and that's how I knew he wasn't off-grid food, water, shelter are 100% the most important water and a roof over your head should be number 1. Going to the bathroom is way down the list dig a hole in the woods and bury it.
It's funny that you said "I wouldn't eat an elephant, but I would eat a giraffe." About 20 minutes ago I was reading a children's bible to my son. I pointed out that it wasn't just 2 of every animal, but 2 each unclean and 7 each clean on the ark... He asked about the elephant in the pic. I said "Elephants are unclean, we don't eat those. But we *can* eat giraffes apparently." 😀
The clean and unclean animals on the ark were designated as such, not for food but as clean and acceptable sacrifices to YHWH as people didn't eat meat until after the flood. That food restriction lasted til the final required sacrifice had come. The spotless lamb, our Messiah Jesus (Yeshua).
@@slimpickens0000 May I humbly suggest that you pray and ask for wisdom on this subject- especially studying the original Hebrew and Greek translations 😊
Only thing Grandmas family needed in town while growing up in Jonesboro during the 40s. Was coffee, sugar, and flour. She remembers them bringing in electricity. Great story's of her Dad farming and homesteading litteraly off grid.
Have you gotten those stories written down? I'm having my dad put stories onto tape so I can listen to storiesfrom his childhood and his parents. They lived around the world in several places. The stories fascinate me. I get sick when I travel so it's vicariously through others!
There are brother many of ya. I watch you, Deep South Homestead, Danny is awesome... OFF GRID with DOUG&STACY, Justin Rhodes, hurtin but still kickin... Actually a couple of the ones I watch the men had cancer to begin with and they decided being poisoned was enough and they wanted to live their best life. Some really encouraging, and inspiring content you guys put out for us. I can't lie I am subbed to like a dozen of y'all. Between listenin to the Bible and learnin content to help us not fork over anymore of God's money than we have to, to uncle sam and ole' billy and them. Much love from KY Shalom, shalom.
As far as 'off-grid', I watch you and Doug & Stacy. We have a lot of Amish friends, so I try to learn a lot from them. We have a great homestead now, but we are selling and moving onto an Amish farm. So, technically, we will be 'off-grid' soon. Be blessed.
Thank you Zach. I spent every penny I had to buy this property 2 years ago. We bought what we could afford & we started from the dirt up to get this property set up for homesteading. I get a ton of questions from folks that are living in a city, why we arent off grid & getting all the animals right away. I have to explain the 1 day at a time, 1 project at a time. Just because I paid cash for my property, doesn't mean I have money. Im broke. Literally. Folks don't understand that aspect of this. Im doing what I can, when I can. Next time I see you, I would like to chat about solar. And more wood stove discussion. Stay frosty neighbor. I appreciate you
Near 60 years old I bought this place took everything I had to pay bills off and pay for the land. Cut trees chopped down a literal jungle by hand with my older best friend. Bought a few fruit trees . Worked like a dog growing dirt to raise food.... It takes time for sure....never ending. You are right its a way of life.
Thanks for saying what off grid means. We live off grid and I can't tell you how many people tell us you pay property tax so your not off grid. Most don't know what off grid means.
Blood, sweat and tears, for sure! We're still building our homestead one day at a time. We started in a pop-up camper,pulled water from our well one bucket at a time and built an outhouse that we still use. We're not as strong and fast as we once were, so it takes us a little longer to complete projects but we will not quit. We love our lifestyle and the freedom that goes with it. Keep on keeping on. God bless!
There are several homestead channels from Alaska. An Alaskan Homestead, Alaska Calling Bowers, Simple Living Alaska are a few. Soon will be ours. We bought 18 acres on the Kenai Peninsula 2 years ago and now my family is moving there to begin our Alaska homestead in May. Singer/songwriter Jewel's family have been homesteading for several generations on property about 35 minutes from ours. Alaska is a great place to practice true Freedom!
I really don’t know who all the off grid homesteaders are, but I know that we’re working day by day to be like them. We were Borough /Town homesteaders. Large gardens, fossil fuels for heat, and a few chickens on less than an acre. Now, we are greatfull to be rural on a little less than 12 acres. Relocated chickens and growing the flock. Working on a solar powered well system with a simple pump back up, and the saw mill arrives in a few weeks! Everything is one bite at a time, but we tend to move around the plate with multiple projects, multiple bites of different things. Keeps the mind bright, the muscles active, and makes us appreciate all that our land and nature have to offer!
This is how we’re starting. We moved from the city to a small towns in our first house. A big enough lot for a huge garden and some chickens we’re excited to start this year! Small steps. Then save up for a small acreage. My sister has mentioned the same and we kinda talked about being near each other and homeschooling together. She just had a baby last year. I think we could swing that in 5-7 years probably. Save and build equity here. I just want us to get to survival level with garden and eggs some solar panels and rain capture here at least - great community in the country here if something went down.
Looking at the Simple Pump well, solar powered system. How is it working for you? Planning to do that, plus the Simple Pump Hand pump, for the last line of defense. Thanks.
@@laurieasmus9998 right now the pump is a paperweight. Still needs to go down the well shaft. 😜. When set it should pump about 1/2 gallon per pull. Whole set up should be completed and functional by 1st week of April, if I can convince Mother Nature to cooperate. One thing that gets in the way of well work is ground that’s too soft for the drilling rig.
I love homestead rescue. Some of the people that are ‘rescued’ come across as so stupid that it actually gave me the confidence to strike out on my own. I now have my own patch of woods and live full time in a tent and I couldn’t be happier
It was nice to meet you last Sunday at the Missouri meeting. I'm not off grid but as prepared as I can be when it goes off. Water collection, septic & enough solar to keep freezers going if need be. We all have our budgets & life situations to deal with & do the best we can.
I'm in the arid grasslands of SE Arizona. You'd probably inaccurately call it desert but it's not. People lived here and survived well before the grid even came into being. It's the same hard work day in and day out. You do the hard work, you get the rewards. God will bless you where He plants you.
Off Grid with Curtis Stone, great northern off grid living, homesteadonimics great desert offgrid living. I love it here in Arkansas, so I agree with you.
Zach is 100% correct about his homestead! I have walked that property many times! Seen it when there was just the houses and watched as they added on year after year! They are completely off grid ! LOL Zach I remember when you almost did that show! Good times! Don't let it bother you ! We who know you're family personally know how much you guys have put into that place!
My feathers got ruffled a bit on that video too. Specifically about using helicopters to bring supplies in. Granted, I am a “Thousandaire,” but I haven’t forgotten the little folks in my off-grid kingdom.
You remind me of the Aaron Tippin song named YOU HAVE TO STAND FOR SOMETHING, OR YOU'LL FALL FOR ANYTHING. I admire you because you stand firm on your beliefs and standards. May YHWH continue to bless you and your homestead. 🏡 ❤️
We have no savings left, we have old debt that we are paying down while trying to build a homestead. It is real work that will be real worthwhile. I love yours, Viking Preparedness, deep south, ect.
We are in the Gila forest in NM. We have 2 wells on solar and a nearby spring. We have no trouble growing what we need. Not all of NM and AZ are dry desert.
I live on 4 AC in rural southern Arizona. My garden last year was huge. I'm also growing fruit trees and berries. I have chickens and quail. I've been transitioning my on grid home to off grid slowly over the years with hard work, determination and sacrifice. There are cattle ranchers, pig farms, farm fields, pecan growers and orchards all over the place down here. Monsoon supports massive collections of water in water tanks just like yours. There are many, many people like me in this state who are successfully growing and thriving off grid. Have we been been painted with a broad brush? Anywhere you live will have challenges. You have to understand and adapt to those challenges. I've lived in the northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, west coast, the south and middle america. You need to know how to overcome the challenges and prepare.
If your water turned off tomorrow, what would happen? There is a reason historically why people don't live in deserts. Only in these modern times have people moved and lived in these areas.
People who think your channel is fake haven't watched your older videos. If you haven't seen Zach and Jamie pressure canning on a wooden fire, or Zach cutting logs with his sawmill, going to the Fair and so on, I urge you to scroll through his video list and start watching them. They are great. Every now and then my kids still go back and watch them. Zach, I came across the little credit card usb video card with some seasons of An American Homestead on it. Great stuff.
We don’t have a RUclips channel, but live very comfortably off grid in NW Michigan. We also started very frugally hauling water and no solar. After 8 years, we now have a 48 volt Solar System with a backup home house propane generator because we get a lot of cloudy days in the winter. Our well is powered with the same air system the local Amish use. We grow our own gardens and put up food for winter consumption. We are blessed to be on 60 acres with two of our adult children and their families living on other parts of the property. We are very happy and comfortable living in this paradise, but it all came with hard work over time, day by day. I love watching Deep South Homestead, Doug and Stacy and many others. We all share our knowledge. Shalom Zach and I hope Tom and I can make out again for Sukkot one day. Tom said to tell Tim Hello and he is still wearing the TZITZIT’s he made him. 🥰
Not off giros myself. Would love to be but my husband doesn’t agree. I am happy to be able to garden and have chickens. Each year I expand more to my goals. I love watching everyone’s channels because I get to learn
Having been off grid for over 30 yrs now I can say your right it hasn't been easy but neither is life. 30 yrs ago we didn't have cell phones and solar pannels were $5 a watt. Today they are 30 bucks for a 250 watt pannel. I have forty now and there were only modified sine wave inverters. I started with a 600 then a 1500 then 2400 now two 5000 all in one sinewaves. I can't even guess how many batteries I went through but now I have two 48 volt forklift batteries. The true work horses of the system. I live at 5000 ft in Arizona so sun isn't a problem. Starlink has been a life saver. Keep up the good work.😊
Sad that Bush Radical didn't clarify better in his follow-up. An American Homestead and a few other homesteading channels are amazing and inspiring to so many people, where we have been gifted with you (and others) sharing so much of your time, knowledge and a lot of common sense lessons on everyday things. Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. Hopefully Bush Radical will get a chance to watch some of your videos and perhaps receive a more in depth knowledge of off grid homesteading, rather then off grid wilderness living, as well as to be more gracious with his speech, being careful not to slap (or appear to slap) a false label on those he doesn't know. Many blessings to you and your family.
My list; you😊 Living traditions, Simple living Alaska, Roots an refuge, My top 4, some others I watch but I do have to say that I feel a lot of channels are pron to using click bait for views and some put out a lot of videos w/ little content just to put one out! Some seam to be just drama for views as well🤣, I tend to not go back to those! I like to learn new things and I think that’s what some of these channels can offer at times! I mostly like if it offers good community content, old fashioned views an skills I find are most important for these types of channels plus diverse ways to live! These are the important things younger folks need these days!
We have a lot of homesteaders here in North Idaho; many off grid. One of our friends is off grid and building her homestead with a long time friend of hers. She bought 73 acres on a mountain. She also purchased a Miser saw mill to mill her own lumber. Her channel is Kuz We Kan Farms. She hoping to finish the barn build with the help of friends including my husband and I. We are not off grid but moved from Oregon in 2020, built a greenhouse and are building outside kitchen with wood burning pizza oven so when the grid does go down we can still bake. We are milling our own wood. And starting an orchard. Trying to be as prepared as we can.
This was a good analysis, Zach. Thank you. Bushradical and his wife, "Girl in the Woods", own several properties in Michigan and Alaska. They started off very bare bones when they bought their first small property, on which they built by hand and later sold. Their rationale was that they did not want to go into debt to own property or a home. So they struggled and sacrificed. They kept repeating this process, enabling them to own more and better properties. I think the point of his videos was to show the necessity to sacrifice to achieve something of worth. It's just unfortunate that in trying to make this point he ignored the sacrifices of so many others in the homestead community, in their quests to become self-sufficient. Thank you also for making the point that he isn't really a homesteader in the sense of being able to produce his own food stuffs, at least not that I've seen. I never really made that connection previously.
Thank you for thus video! There are a lot of great channels I watch. Some people are new to homesteading and starting their channel and have not watched from the beginning the ones who have been around for years. I have watched offgrid with Doug and Stacy for years. They have been very informative and are giving back to the Homestead community. I watch Roots and Refuge, Whispering Willow, and some of the ones you mentioned in video. It's about freedom as you stated and freedom means doing it your way. No homestead is a cookie cutter lifestyle.
I seen that and thought of you and had to shut it off. I used to watch their stuff but that video left a bitter taste, I know you are legit and as a fellow 11b man I felt that your integrity was being questioned and had to move on. I appreciate what you do and know you built what you have over a very long period of time. Stay the course brother.
We're in the mountains of western NM, get an average of 14" of rain so I agree it's tough to survive with little water. That's why we have big tanks to collect what we do get!
Thank you for this video! It’s very discouraging for folks who are trying to become more self sustainable to have these homestead snobs calling them fakes.
We're at that point of planning the development of our acreage in MO. We're planning on geothermal for temp control (yes, a fireplace too), sandbag construction for thermal mass and security. Driveway first (it's a big hill so long spiral driveway around 1 mile long), dirt not paved, then the well. Those are primarily the largest expenses. 1 step at a time.
Wow, I watched that video when it was posted 3 weeks ago. I never once thought about you, Doug, or a few other homesteaders I follow. I never thought of Radical as a homestead channel, although you all love outhouses and buckets...
Thank you, Zach! We currently homestead in Northeast Wisconsin and watch Off Grid with Doug and Stacy, Deep South, and of course, An American Homestead. While we are not "off grid" we are working toward ways to be. Slowly. We both work outside the home and are trying to stay out of debt as much as possible.
yes they can garden in alaska 24 hours of day light things grow 2x faster yes there is chicken milk cows everything like down in lower 48 and yes they are growing fruit trees in green house just for your info
Last year a family bought over 50 acres on a mountain top near me and everyone got angry because the were practicing on their pew pews and the sound reverberated. Others thought they shouldn't have done that except on a range, lolol. People are people...
Favorite channels are Cog Hill Farm, Justin Rhodes, Doug and Stacy, Modern Self Reliance, Self Sufficient Me, Mississippi Girl, Epic Gardening, Homestead Heart, Simple Living Alaska, and more. These are the ones that come to mind right now.
Hi Zach, I've been 9 years on my place here in the Missouri Ozarks. It was never my intention to be off grid, but the local electric utility was totally unreasonable with a price of $20,000 to run a wire 500 yds down to my place. Sometimes I wonder if it was God's way of preparing me for what is to come. I do use some 20lb bottles of propane for cooking and there are times when I'm forced to use a generator, but mostly it's just the solar power. The battery bank failed after 5 yrs so now when there's no sun there's no power. I heat with wood and 100% of my water is rainwater collected from the roof of my pole barn. I started out here living in a tent, then moved into a 8'X40' shipping container which is surprisingly comfortable except in summer when it's brutally hot. I've been working on building a proper house with a basement, but it's been slow going, doing it all by myself and being poor. I have it weathered in and I'm finishing the inside as I find time between all the other homestead chores. I've been spending the last few summers in the new basement. Even though it's unfinished and I have no electricity there it's the cool refuge from the summer heat. I used to do a RUclips homestead channel, but I found that I really couldn't find the time for shooting and editing the footage with all the other work that's on my plate. When my computer failed that put the nail in the content making coffin. I was so disgusted by RUclips when they went hard into censoring that I removed all my content from the platform. I also found it to be a lot of narcissists showing off to each other how awesome we are. There doesn't seem to be much humility on RUclips, which I suppose is the nature of the beast. I got accused by a fellow RUclipsr who I actually really like a lot for being a phony off gridder, which hurt my feelings because he was basically calling me a liar. The funny thing about it is that most of the titles of his videos say "off grid" in them, but he is clearly and obviously connected to an electric utility. I guess having an outbuilding in the back yard that has a wood stove and no wire going to it qualifies him as an off gridder.
Speaking of a broad brush... Ever watch the show Alaska The Last Frontier? They are outside of Homer Alaska on Kachemak Bay. They have a heard of cattle, chickens and ducks, and, a large garden and hay fields. They have a large greenhouse to extend the season but the point is they are doing it all quite successfully. Enjoy your channel and look forward to new programs. Thanks for sharing!
I'm a loyal American Homestead Deep South Appalachian With Patara The Mac's Doug N Stacey n few others for a lot of years now as most if you jus take the time the proof is in the pudding you see who does what n truly know the real deal n that's who you stick with. Much Love n Respect to the Real Deals out there
Did you know, bush radical and his wife Brooke actually live in Michigan and only go to Alaska for the summers? They were on the show “Alone” the first year that they used a team of two people. They did pretty well for 49 days on Vancouver Island. Only Brooke was asked to come back on the show the following year in Mongolia. She didn’t last very long because she was lonely. My point is: his rant is like calling the kettle black! They are not homesteaders! They do not live in Alaska! They go there to visit!!!
Living in North Florida moving my life to off grid living and it is not that easy but freedom is work but it feels great to know that the land I'm on is my life.
Thanks for being real, an off gridder here in NH was approached by mountain men show and he declined for the same reasons, drama, drama, drama! You might like him, the boss of the swap, off grid cabin living! Keep it real ☺
I’m not off grid yet but I use wood stove for heat and have a well I need to go with solar I have a refrigerator but my mommy taught me the old ways we raise gardens and can food I’m a senior now as you get older you need help because that back isn’t as strong as it used to so I’m still doing very well but solar is all I like to be off grid I’m from southeastern Kentucky enjoyed your program
We live in northern Alberta. Long hard winters. We do livestock and farming of course. Big gardens but only certain things can be grown. To short of summers. Winters to cold so we are limited to what crops we can grow. Alot of hard cold work to get animals through every winter.
We walked away from civilization 3 years ago. We are not off grid, with mains water and electric. We figure we will use the comforts of the broken system as long as they last. But we have a well and filters to be used when the SHTF. The next step will be moving towards solar in the near future. We are in a tiny hamlet off a tiny town in rural Spain, in a cavehome. We are making our own community by bringing our adult daughter and her family in to live next door. They too are escaping the madness and turning to self-sufficiency. If hubs and I, in our late 50s, can turn our backs on the established "norm," anybody can. It takes a lot of work, and I won't happen overnight (I wish), but it is most definitely possible.
I met a lady that grew up in Alaska. They raised gardens ad animals. Yes there were challenges but they did it. For example their coop was underground as was their animal barn. This helped to keep them warm as well as safe from predators ie bears. She said they also put cayenne pepper in their water to keep their internal temps up and got eggs all winter long. Piece by piece I am going off grid. It takes time and lots of work involved but it is attainable. Eventually I will be totally away from all electricity. Love that lifestyle. It is so rewarding.
Hey common now! Danny is early/mid 60s, young. Him and Wanda are so amazing! Y'all as well. 4 months short of 70 - how does it blow by so fast? Blessings, julie
I have a cousin with the game and fish in Soldotna, Alaska and when we visited them, they said they can't grow anything, unless they use a cold frame insulated etc.; this is why First Nations peoples of Alaska live off fishing and hunting, not harvesting crops.
Zack have you ever seen Curtis Stone's Homestead in Canada? Feeding grow anything year-round. There could be 62 stone and gravel and this guy still can grow stuff. Now it is one of the most expensive homesteads I've ever seen it it is awesome. PSE is totally off-grid and has a Tesla car that he can charge.
Dude I agree with almost everything you said BUT.....if your going to talk about Alaska you need to go up there and see what's going on. I lived north of Fairbanks and chickens cattle goats and sheep do just fine. Winter gardens are plentiful for the rest of gardening you are correct folks use hot houses. As for water We had plenty and it was good. The coldest it got while we were there was -70% Also hunting is great up there and one of the best things is there is such a low population. Thank you and God Bless
Yep. I've been watching Dave @ Bush Radical for years. He is a nice guy. I think highly of you too. Not getting sucked in to controversy. I just want to continue to enjoy both channels. You are both very unique people.
I don't think that he meant anything by it. There are a lot of unrealistic non reality off grid channels on RUclips. Dave and Brooke are not off grinders. They do have some off grid cabins in UP Michigan and in Alaska. We love your channel Doug and Stacy's and Boss Of The Swamp for real off grid living.
Hi Zach, we love your channel....keep it up. One thing I've noticed with all these "OFF GRID" channels is that many choose to disconnect from the public distribution of electrical energy and it's monthly bill and reliance on "THE MAN". But their reliance on electrical energy remains. If you rely on solar, generators, wind or hydro for your electrical energy you've essentially created a private grid and it's not necessarily cheap or care free. Check out a channel called "The Woodland Escape" for an example of simplified living.
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Hi Zach! Here I am, that Alaska person you said would speak up. I Love ya, but you're wrong about Alaska. My husband & I live in North Pole, Alaska, up in the Interior, hundreds of miles north of those folks in Anchorage. My name on here is the Boreal Shepherdess because I've been raising Icelandic sheep in the Boreal Forest since 2004. I also currently have 3 breeds of chickens, haven't lost a single one to the cold, even though we don't use any artificial heat in their coops. In the past I've also raised ducks, geese, turkeys and goats. (I agree with you about goats, drunken teenagers LOL, not going to have them anymore) As for fruit trees, I've found apricots, hazelnuts, and multiple types of apples that will grow in our zone. And there are tons of berries that grow wild. True, you do need a greenhouse if you want to grow tomatoes & sweet corn, but that doesn't stop us from growing good, productive vegetable gardens. You'll have to come visit sometime, and we'll show you.
I stand corrected, Peggy. Thank you!
Peggy Brunk, I'm glad you spoke up. Now, I do not have to. I grew up in Fbks, over in Hamilton Acres. My folks and grand-folks proved up a homestead apiece on Chena Hot Springs Rd in the late 50's and early 60's. Even then we were not totally off grid, because we had electricity (thank you God). Hauling water in and out, along with the heating fuel was bad enough (for the folks because we kids were all little). Having pre-electricity lighting and no refrigerator would have been real privation. So mostly off grid, sixteen miles out on a dirt road that turned into a slippery clay slick when it was wet. I grew up and beat a quick path out with the help of Uncle Sam and the US Army in 1974. The next time I visited Fbks they had freeways and the who town was different. Anyway, I love to visit, mostly in the summer, but it is just too cold and snowy in the winter for my old bones. BTW - my mom would grow watermelon in her little greenhouse just for fun. Short season varieties would get to about 2 lbs and be just pink in the middle. Mom had a green thumb that I didn't acquire. Happy homesteading. Alaska lives in my heart and the smell of willows in spring in my memory.
@@merrymarthlamb3185 That's great! I lived out Chena Hot Springs road when I first came up here from Michigan in 1991. I was a few years too late for the state run homesteading program. That would have been so great! I've done short season watermelon too. You're a sister in spirit🙂
Peggy, that sounds absolutely amazing 🥰 Now I want to move to Alaska!
@@esthersfaith - you either love it up here or you hate it! Come for a visit in the winter to know.
You are right, building a Homestead starts with where you are and takes years of adding pens fencing buildings. And you never finish! There is always another project. Wood rots over years and you have to build again. So keep in keeping on. It is a life style.
Agreed it takes a lot of time, energy, love and much more to build.
Work is never done on a homestead. I’ve loved watching you build your homestead. We’ve been working on ours for the past seven years.
We enjoy watching An American Homestead , Off Grid with Doug & Stacy, Fit Farmer, Deep South Homestead, Rain Country Homestead.. and many others.. thank you all. We are currently in Arkansas trying to find our homestead. 🙏..
We're planning our homestead in the Ozark as well. Best of luck finding your homestead.
@@rjchan05 you too!!
Ditto, I moved to a city in Arkansas. For family business and the lack thereof... I'm not ready to move to homestead. It was a miracle just to move out of state. The selling point is that when priorities line up is that Ozarks is full of Hebrew homesteads. I'm also not ready to become a RUclips celebrity, or other wise I would be getting started. Homestead projects are prime RUclips bait. I got some fun ideas perfect to the camera, which popularity would help pay for other needed things off the bat.... Like 3500 freeze dryers
One thing I thought was hilarious about bush radical the first thing he said he does in one of his videos getting to a homesite was digging and building an outhouse and that's how I knew he wasn't off-grid food, water, shelter are 100% the most important water and a roof over your head should be number 1. Going to the bathroom is way down the list dig a hole in the woods and bury it.
It's funny that you said "I wouldn't eat an elephant, but I would eat a giraffe." About 20 minutes ago I was reading a children's bible to my son. I pointed out that it wasn't just 2 of every animal, but 2 each unclean and 7 each clean on the ark... He asked about the elephant in the pic. I said "Elephants are unclean, we don't eat those. But we *can* eat giraffes apparently." 😀
The clean and unclean animals on the ark were designated as such, not for food but as clean and acceptable sacrifices to YHWH as people didn't eat meat until after the flood. That food restriction lasted til the final required sacrifice had come. The spotless lamb, our Messiah Jesus (Yeshua).
Youre going to have one heck of a confused kid
@@slimpickens0000 May I humbly suggest that you pray and ask for wisdom on this subject- especially studying the original Hebrew and Greek translations 😊
The giraffe joke is from his other channel New2Torah, he has a video that he talks about it.
Only thing Grandmas family needed in town while growing up in Jonesboro during the 40s. Was coffee, sugar, and flour. She remembers them bringing in electricity. Great story's of her Dad farming and homesteading litteraly off grid.
Have you gotten those stories written down? I'm having my dad put stories onto tape so I can listen to storiesfrom his childhood and his parents. They lived around the world in several places. The stories fascinate me. I get sick when I travel so it's vicariously through others!
There are brother many of ya. I watch you, Deep South Homestead, Danny is awesome... OFF GRID with DOUG&STACY, Justin Rhodes, hurtin but still kickin... Actually a couple of the ones I watch the men had cancer to begin with and they decided being poisoned was enough and they wanted to live their best life. Some really encouraging, and inspiring content you guys put out for us. I can't lie I am subbed to like a dozen of y'all. Between listenin to the Bible and learnin content to help us not fork over anymore of God's money than we have to, to uncle sam and ole' billy and them. Much love from KY Shalom, shalom.
As far as 'off-grid', I watch you and Doug & Stacy. We have a lot of Amish friends, so I try to learn a lot from them. We have a great homestead now, but we are selling and moving onto an Amish farm. So, technically, we will be 'off-grid' soon. Be blessed.
Thank you Zach. I spent every penny I had to buy this property 2 years ago. We bought what we could afford & we started from the dirt up to get this property set up for homesteading.
I get a ton of questions from folks that are living in a city, why we arent off grid & getting all the animals right away. I have to explain the 1 day at a time, 1 project at a time. Just because I paid cash for my property, doesn't mean I have money. Im broke. Literally. Folks don't understand that aspect of this. Im doing what I can, when I can. Next time I see you, I would like to chat about solar. And more wood stove discussion. Stay frosty neighbor. I appreciate you
Yep, same here. We were dead broke and as I earned money, Tim would use it to build stuff. As time went on, it got better and better.
Near 60 years old I bought this place took everything I had to pay bills off and pay for the land. Cut trees chopped down a literal jungle by hand with my older best friend. Bought a few fruit trees . Worked like a dog growing dirt to raise food.... It takes time for sure....never ending. You are right its a way of life.
Thanks for saying what off grid means. We live off grid and I can't tell you how many people tell us you pay property tax so your not off grid. Most don't know what off grid means.
I love Off Grid Doug & stacy ,and Josh & Carolyn from homesteading family,and Deep South Homesteas,God Bless you all
Blood, sweat and tears, for sure! We're still building our homestead one day at a time. We started in a pop-up camper,pulled water from our well one bucket at a time and built an outhouse that we still use. We're not as strong and fast as we once were, so it takes us a little longer to complete projects but we will not quit. We love our lifestyle and the freedom that goes with it. Keep on keeping on. God bless!
There are several homestead channels from Alaska. An Alaskan Homestead, Alaska Calling Bowers, Simple Living Alaska are a few. Soon will be ours. We bought 18 acres on the Kenai Peninsula 2 years ago and now my family is moving there to begin our Alaska homestead in May. Singer/songwriter Jewel's family have been homesteading for several generations on property about 35 minutes from ours. Alaska is a great place to practice true Freedom!
I really don’t know who all the off grid homesteaders are, but I know that we’re working day by day to be like them. We were Borough /Town homesteaders. Large gardens, fossil fuels for heat, and a few chickens on less than an acre. Now, we are greatfull to be rural on a little less than 12 acres. Relocated chickens and growing the flock. Working on a solar powered well system with a simple pump back up, and the saw mill arrives in a few weeks! Everything is one bite at a time, but we tend to move around the plate with multiple projects, multiple bites of different things. Keeps the mind bright, the muscles active, and makes us appreciate all that our land and nature have to offer!
This is how we’re starting. We moved from the city to a small towns in our first house. A big enough lot for a huge garden and some chickens we’re excited to start this year! Small steps. Then save up for a small acreage. My sister has mentioned the same and we kinda talked about being near each other and homeschooling together. She just had a baby last year. I think we could swing that in 5-7 years probably. Save and build equity here. I just want us to get to survival level with garden and eggs some solar panels and rain capture here at least - great community in the country here if something went down.
@@schuylergeery-zink1923 you are making the dream your reality!
Looking at the Simple Pump well, solar powered system. How is it working for you? Planning to do that, plus the Simple Pump Hand pump, for the last line of defense. Thanks.
@@laurieasmus9998 right now the pump is a paperweight. Still needs to go down the well shaft. 😜. When set it should pump about 1/2 gallon per pull. Whole set up should be completed and functional by 1st week of April, if I can convince Mother Nature to cooperate. One thing that gets in the way of well work is ground that’s too soft for the drilling rig.
I love homestead rescue. Some of the people that are ‘rescued’ come across as so stupid that it actually gave me the confidence to strike out on my own. I now have my own patch of woods and live full time in a tent and I couldn’t be happier
You have an incredible home. I can't imagine the work you've put into it.
It was nice to meet you last Sunday at the Missouri meeting. I'm not off grid but as prepared as I can be when it goes off. Water collection, septic & enough solar to keep freezers going if need be. We all have our budgets & life situations to deal with & do the best we can.
I'm in the arid grasslands of SE Arizona. You'd probably inaccurately call it desert but it's not. People lived here and survived well before the grid even came into being. It's the same hard work day in and day out. You do the hard work, you get the rewards. God will bless you where He plants you.
i watch you, Doug , Prepared Homestead, Martin johnson and Wild Wonderful Offgrid and all of you all are off grid.
Off Grid with Curtis Stone, great northern off grid living, homesteadonimics great desert offgrid living.
I love it here in Arkansas, so I agree with you.
Zach is 100% correct about his homestead! I have walked that property many times! Seen it when there was just the houses and watched as they added on year after year! They are completely off grid ! LOL Zach I remember when you almost did that show! Good times! Don't let it bother you ! We who know you're family personally know how much you guys have put into that place!
My feathers got ruffled a bit on that video too. Specifically about using helicopters to bring supplies in. Granted, I am a “Thousandaire,” but I haven’t forgotten the little folks in my off-grid kingdom.
I’ve watched you from your beginning you and Tim built it all. Outdoor laundry, kitchen, pizza oven, water storage, Turkey pens etc.
You remind me of the Aaron Tippin song named YOU HAVE TO STAND FOR SOMETHING, OR YOU'LL FALL FOR ANYTHING. I admire you because you stand firm on your beliefs and standards. May YHWH continue to bless you and your homestead. 🏡 ❤️
Zac, you're fine..don't let others get you down.
We have no savings left, we have old debt that we are paying down while trying to build a homestead. It is real work that will be real worthwhile.
I love yours, Viking Preparedness, deep south, ect.
We are in the Gila forest in NM. We have 2 wells on solar and a nearby spring. We have no trouble growing what we need. Not all of NM and AZ are dry desert.
I live on 4 AC in rural southern Arizona. My garden last year was huge. I'm also growing fruit trees and berries. I have chickens and quail. I've been transitioning my on grid home to off grid slowly over the years with hard work, determination and sacrifice. There are cattle ranchers, pig farms, farm fields, pecan growers and orchards all over the place down here. Monsoon supports massive collections of water in water tanks just like yours. There are many, many people like me in this state who are successfully growing and thriving off grid. Have we been been painted with a broad brush? Anywhere you live will have challenges. You have to understand and adapt to those challenges. I've lived in the northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, west coast, the south and middle america. You need to know how to overcome the challenges and prepare.
If your water turned off tomorrow, what would happen? There is a reason historically why people don't live in deserts. Only in these modern times have people moved and lived in these areas.
People who think your channel is fake haven't watched your older videos. If you haven't seen Zach and Jamie pressure canning on a wooden fire, or Zach cutting logs with his sawmill, going to the Fair and so on, I urge you to scroll through his video list and start watching them. They are great. Every now and then my kids still go back and watch them. Zach, I came across the little credit card usb video card with some seasons of An American Homestead on it. Great stuff.
Beautiful homestead you are truly Blessed, I’m so wishing husband and I could do the same
We had our house framed and dried in. We ran the electric, plumbing and drywall plus laminate flooring. It took us 3 years to get it where we are now.
We don’t have a RUclips channel, but live very comfortably off grid in NW Michigan. We also started very frugally hauling water and no solar. After 8 years, we now have a 48 volt Solar System with a backup home house propane generator because we get a lot of cloudy days in the winter. Our well is powered with the same air system the local Amish use. We grow our own gardens and put up food for winter consumption. We are blessed to be on 60 acres with two of our adult children and their families living on other parts of the property. We are very happy and comfortable living in this paradise, but it all came with hard work over time, day by day. I love watching Deep South Homestead, Doug and Stacy and many others. We all share our knowledge. Shalom Zach and I hope Tom and I can make out again for Sukkot one day. Tom said to tell Tim Hello and he is still wearing the TZITZIT’s he made him. 🥰
Not off giros myself. Would love to be but my husband doesn’t agree. I am happy to be able to garden and have chickens. Each year I expand more to my goals. I love watching everyone’s channels because I get to learn
Having been off grid for over 30 yrs now I can say your right it hasn't been easy but neither is life. 30 yrs ago we didn't have cell phones and solar pannels were $5 a watt. Today they are 30 bucks for a 250 watt pannel. I have forty now and there were only modified sine wave inverters. I started with a 600 then a 1500 then 2400 now two 5000 all in one sinewaves. I can't even guess how many batteries I went through but now I have two 48 volt forklift batteries. The true work horses of the system. I live at 5000 ft in Arizona so sun isn't a problem. Starlink has been a life saver. Keep up the good work.😊
This honestly is very encouraging since we are in the very beginning stages of building our homestead. Thanks for speaking up about this!
Sad that Bush Radical didn't clarify better in his follow-up. An American Homestead and a few other homesteading channels are amazing and inspiring to so many people, where we have been gifted with you (and others) sharing so much of your time, knowledge and a lot of common sense lessons on everyday things. Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. Hopefully Bush Radical will get a chance to watch some of your videos and perhaps receive a more in depth knowledge of off grid homesteading, rather then off grid wilderness living, as well as to be more gracious with his speech, being careful not to slap (or appear to slap) a false label on those he doesn't know. Many blessings to you and your family.
My list; you😊
Living traditions,
Simple living Alaska,
Roots an refuge,
My top 4, some others I watch but I do have to say that I feel a lot of channels are pron to using click bait for views and some put out a lot of videos w/ little content just to put one out! Some seam to be just drama for views as well🤣, I tend to not go back to those! I like to learn new things and I think that’s what some of these channels can offer at times!
I mostly like if it offers good community content, old fashioned views an skills I find are most important for these types of channels plus diverse ways to live! These are the important things younger folks need these days!
Off Grid with Doug & Stacy! 👏👏
Danny & Wanda! 🙌🙌
We have a lot of homesteaders here in North Idaho; many off grid. One of our friends is off grid and building her homestead with a long time friend of hers. She bought 73 acres on a mountain. She also purchased a Miser saw mill to mill her own lumber. Her channel is Kuz We Kan Farms. She hoping to finish the barn build with the help of friends including my husband and I. We are not off grid but moved from Oregon in 2020, built a greenhouse and are building outside kitchen with wood burning pizza oven so when the grid does go down we can still bake. We are milling our own wood. And starting an orchard. Trying to be as prepared as we can.
Love you…and off grid with Doug and Stacy!!!
This was a good analysis, Zach. Thank you.
Bushradical and his wife, "Girl in the Woods", own several properties in Michigan and Alaska. They started off very bare bones when they bought their first small property, on which they built by hand and later sold. Their rationale was that they did not want to go into debt to own property or a home. So they struggled and sacrificed. They kept repeating this process, enabling them to own more and better properties. I think the point of his videos was to show the necessity to sacrifice to achieve something of worth. It's just unfortunate that in trying to make this point he ignored the sacrifices of so many others in the homestead community, in their quests to become self-sufficient.
Thank you also for making the point that he isn't really a homesteader in the sense of being able to produce his own food stuffs, at least not that I've seen. I never really made that connection previously.
I remember you making the car dashboard into a food dehydrator.
Indeed! You do what you have to do to get by
Your place looks amazing. You’ve done a fabulous job. Wonderful life ❤
I love off grid with Doug n Stacey and Deep South homestead
Thank you for thus video! There are a lot of great channels I watch. Some people are new to homesteading and starting their channel and have not watched from the beginning the ones who have been around for years. I have watched offgrid with Doug and Stacy for years. They have been very informative and are giving back to the Homestead community. I watch Roots and Refuge, Whispering Willow, and some of the ones you mentioned in video. It's about freedom as you stated and freedom means doing it your way. No homestead is a cookie cutter lifestyle.
I love Off Grid with Doug and Stacy and I love Your Channel and 1,000s of Roots
I seen that and thought of you and had to shut it off. I used to watch their stuff but that video left a bitter taste, I know you are legit and as a fellow 11b man I felt that your integrity was being questioned and had to move on. I appreciate what you do and know you built what you have over a very long period of time. Stay the course brother.
We're in the mountains of western NM, get an average of 14" of rain so I agree it's tough to survive with little water. That's why we have big tanks to collect what we do get!
Wild Wonderful Off Grid is another good channel I haven't seen mentioned. A young family in WV
My favorite are Off Grid with Doug and Stacy and you.
Thank you for this video! It’s very discouraging for folks who are trying to become more self sustainable to have these homestead snobs calling them fakes.
The Amish are off grid, and they thrive. It's a learning curve, that's why I am here to learn.
It's not been easy. We have a long way to go to get to where we need to be. But the freedom is everything.
Off grid and never want to go back!!!!
I part-time homestead and 100% OFF grid and enjoy both due to my work and alot of downtime
We're at that point of planning the development of our acreage in MO. We're planning on geothermal for temp control (yes, a fireplace too), sandbag construction for thermal mass and security. Driveway first (it's a big hill so long spiral driveway around 1 mile long), dirt not paved, then the well. Those are primarily the largest expenses. 1 step at a time.
Wow, I watched that video when it was posted 3 weeks ago. I never once thought about you, Doug, or a few other homesteaders I follow. I never thought of Radical as a homestead channel, although you all love outhouses and buckets...
Thank you, Zach! We currently homestead in Northeast Wisconsin and watch Off Grid with Doug and Stacy, Deep South, and of course, An American Homestead. While we are not "off grid" we are working toward ways to be. Slowly. We both work outside the home and are trying to stay out of debt as much as possible.
I’ve been watching your old videos and enjoying so much. And we’re learning! Thank you! You’re one of my faves!!!
So far bud you are my favorite channel. I suggest you to friends.
I like off grid with Doug & Stacy and Patera from Appalachia Homestead
yes they can garden in alaska 24 hours of day light things grow 2x faster yes there is chicken milk cows everything like down in lower 48 and yes they are growing fruit trees in green house just for your info
Last year a family bought over 50 acres on a mountain top near me and everyone got angry because the were practicing on their pew pews and the sound reverberated. Others thought they shouldn't have done that except on a range, lolol. People are people...
Favorite channels are Cog Hill Farm, Justin Rhodes, Doug and Stacy, Modern Self Reliance, Self Sufficient Me, Mississippi Girl, Epic Gardening, Homestead Heart, Simple Living Alaska, and more. These are the ones that come to mind right now.
Off grid can have different meanings to those who do off grid, some can’t do 100% but still do what they can is awesome 😇🙏🏻🙏🏻😘
Hi Zach, I've been 9 years on my place here in the Missouri Ozarks. It was never my intention to be off grid, but the local electric utility was totally unreasonable with a price of $20,000 to run a wire 500 yds down to my place. Sometimes I wonder if it was God's way of preparing me for what is to come. I do use some 20lb bottles of propane for cooking and there are times when I'm forced to use a generator, but mostly it's just the solar power. The battery bank failed after 5 yrs so now when there's no sun there's no power. I heat with wood and 100% of my water is rainwater collected from the roof of my pole barn.
I started out here living in a tent, then moved into a 8'X40' shipping container which is surprisingly comfortable except in summer when it's brutally hot. I've been working on building a proper house with a basement, but it's been slow going, doing it all by myself and being poor. I have it weathered in and I'm finishing the inside as I find time between all the other homestead chores. I've been spending the last few summers in the new basement. Even though it's unfinished and I have no electricity there it's the cool refuge from the summer heat.
I used to do a RUclips homestead channel, but I found that I really couldn't find the time for shooting and editing the footage with all the other work that's on my plate. When my computer failed that put the nail in the content making coffin. I was so disgusted by RUclips when they went hard into censoring that I removed all my content from the platform. I also found it to be a lot of narcissists showing off to each other how awesome we are. There doesn't seem to be much humility on RUclips, which I suppose is the nature of the beast.
I got accused by a fellow RUclipsr who I actually really like a lot for being a phony off gridder, which hurt my feelings because he was basically calling me a liar. The funny thing about it is that most of the titles of his videos say "off grid" in them, but he is clearly and obviously connected to an electric utility. I guess having an outbuilding in the back yard that has a wood stove and no wire going to it qualifies him as an off gridder.
Speaking of a broad brush... Ever watch the show Alaska The Last Frontier? They are outside of Homer Alaska on Kachemak Bay. They have a heard of cattle, chickens and ducks, and, a large garden and hay fields. They have a large greenhouse to extend the season but the point is they are doing it all quite successfully. Enjoy your channel and look forward to new programs. Thanks for sharing!
Simple living Alaska, I don’t know what part but they’re doing it in Alaska.
Homestead Rescue is currently recruiting in NJ
Shalom American Homestead
I'm a loyal American Homestead Deep South Appalachian With Patara The Mac's Doug N Stacey n few others for a lot of years now as most if you jus take the time the proof is in the pudding you see who does what n truly know the real deal n that's who you stick with. Much Love n Respect to the Real Deals out there
Did you know, bush radical and his wife Brooke actually live in Michigan and only go to Alaska for the summers?
They were on the show “Alone” the first year that they used a team of two people. They did pretty well for 49 days on Vancouver Island. Only Brooke was asked to come back on the show the following year in Mongolia. She didn’t last very long because she was lonely.
My point is: his rant is like calling the kettle black! They are not homesteaders! They do not live in Alaska! They go there to visit!!!
Now I know who he is! Yes you are absolutely correct. I would say Brooke is more proficient at being off grid than he is.
Yes, they live in my town.
One Day at a Time Such a great way to put it ! That's what we do as well
Living in North Florida moving my life to off grid living and it is not that easy but freedom is work but it feels great to know that the land I'm on is my life.
Thanks for being real, an off gridder here in NH was approached by mountain men show and he declined for the same reasons, drama, drama, drama! You might like him, the boss of the swap, off grid cabin living! Keep it real ☺
I’m not off grid yet but I use wood stove for heat and have a well I need to go with solar I have a refrigerator but my mommy taught me the old ways we raise gardens and can food I’m a senior now as you get older you need help because that back isn’t as strong as it used to so I’m still doing very well but solar is all I like to be off grid I’m from southeastern Kentucky enjoyed your program
love the sound of the peepers
We live in northern Alberta. Long hard winters. We do livestock and farming of course. Big gardens but only certain things can be grown. To short of summers. Winters to cold so we are limited to what crops we can grow. Alot of hard cold work to get animals through every winter.
Life Done Free is a great budding homestead/off grid channel. They created Freesteading online community.
You keep it real. Thank you.
We walked away from civilization 3 years ago.
We are not off grid, with mains water and electric. We figure we will use the comforts of the broken system as long as they last. But we have a well and filters to be used when the SHTF. The next step will be moving towards solar in the near future. We are in a tiny hamlet off a tiny town in rural Spain, in a cavehome. We are making our own community by bringing our adult daughter and her family in to live next door. They too are escaping the madness and turning to self-sufficiency.
If hubs and I, in our late 50s, can turn our backs on the established "norm," anybody can.
It takes a lot of work, and I won't happen overnight (I wish), but it is most definitely possible.
You have an amazing homestead
I met a lady that grew up in Alaska. They raised gardens ad animals. Yes there were challenges but they did it. For example their coop was underground as was their animal barn. This helped to keep them warm as well as safe from predators ie bears. She said they also put cayenne pepper in their water to keep their internal temps up and got eggs all winter long. Piece by piece I am going off grid. It takes time and lots of work involved but it is attainable. Eventually I will be totally away from all electricity. Love that lifestyle. It is so rewarding.
Hey common now! Danny is early/mid 60s, young. Him and Wanda are so amazing! Y'all as well. 4 months short of 70 - how does it blow by so fast? Blessings, julie
Bushradical is one of my favorite, so is An American Homestead. People have different perspectives, as well as different climates and goals.
There is a corn you can grow up in Alaska. Peppers too
Danny is EXTREMELY knowledgeable.
I have a cousin with the game and fish in Soldotna, Alaska and when we visited them, they said they can't grow anything, unless they use a cold frame insulated etc.; this is why First Nations peoples of Alaska live off fishing and hunting, not harvesting crops.
Boss of the Swamp is another good off-grid homestead channel.
Zach has the tree frogs chirping in February. Crazy time weather.
Zack have you ever seen Curtis Stone's Homestead in Canada? Feeding grow anything year-round. There could be 62 stone and gravel and this guy still can grow stuff. Now it is one of the most expensive homesteads I've ever seen it it is awesome. PSE is totally off-grid and has a Tesla car that he can charge.
I watch Doug and Stacy. I like your style!
Dude I agree with almost everything you said BUT.....if your going to talk about Alaska you need to go up there and see what's going on. I lived north of Fairbanks and chickens cattle goats and sheep do just fine. Winter gardens are plentiful for the rest of gardening you are correct folks use hot houses.
As for water We had plenty and it was good. The coldest it got while we were there was -70% Also hunting is great up there and one of the best things is there is such a low population.
Thank you and God Bless
He was answering a question his subscribers were asking him
Yep. I've been watching Dave @ Bush Radical for years. He is a nice guy. I think highly of you too.
Not getting sucked in to controversy. I just want to continue to enjoy both channels. You are both very unique people.
You have a great homestead!
I don't think that he meant anything by it. There are a lot of unrealistic non reality off grid channels on RUclips. Dave and Brooke are not off grinders. They do have some off grid cabins in UP Michigan and in Alaska. We love your channel Doug and Stacy's and Boss Of The Swamp for real off grid living.
Hi Zach, we love your channel....keep it up. One thing I've noticed with all these "OFF GRID" channels is that many choose to disconnect from the public distribution of electrical energy and it's monthly bill and reliance on "THE MAN". But their reliance on electrical energy remains. If you rely on solar, generators, wind or hydro for your electrical energy you've essentially created a private grid and it's not necessarily cheap or care free. Check out a channel called "The Woodland Escape" for an example of simplified living.
Right on!!