S2 Episode 50- Season Finale! After an eventful and challenging season Ryan and Melodi make the long journey back to their homebase. Just as they arrive, Ryan receives telemetry from the solar power system – it is failing… In order to save the batteries from ruin, he must now turn around and make the long journey BACK to the island!
S2 Episode 49 – Melodi returns and we need to close up the cabin and get out of Dodge fast before the lake freezes over!
S2 Episode 48- With Melodi away Europe, Ryan faces challenges of no power, now water, cold weather and isolation.
S2 Episode 47 – While Ryan stays put on the island, Melodi jets off to London England to visit her daughter and grandson.
S2 Episode 46- A long-distance materials supply run finds us returning in the dead of a bitterly cold night, facing thick fog, no moon…
S2 Episode 45 – This solar panel mounting structure will ensure that the panels will stay dry, and have integrated storage below it.
S2 Episode 44 – The time has come to build a more permanent mounting system for our solar panels, away from the beach!
S2 Episode 43 – This is a typical day in the life at Bird Island showing what it takes to bring material and supplies over to the island.
S2 Episode 42 – So after taking down the twins, we decided to take more dangerous trees down… then THIS happened!
S2 Episode 41 – Remember those terrible twin monster trees that were threatening the cabin? Well, they aren’t threatening anymore!!
S2 Episode 40 – We bought this wood chipper at action for a good price – and it won’t start! Now what??
S2 Episode 39- We finished the bed wall of our tiny cabin… we lined it with cedar tongue and groove and we think it looks terrific!
S2 Episode 38- We decided it was time to make better use of space in our tiny little kitchenette area of our tiny cabin.
S2 Episode 37- Making more space in a tiny cabin is a challenge, but one thing we could do immediately made a huge difference!
S2 Episode 36- We ran over our 7-Pin and now we have no trailer brakes or lights so we need to perform an emergency roadside repair!
S2 Episode 35- We did it! The windows are finally done and the view is absolutely fantastic!!
S2 Episode 34- Today we are finally exploring those hidden bare places found in our island forest!!
S2 Episode 33- We might not be your regular homestead pioneers, we are just a different sort and the struggles and rewards are real!!
S2 Episode 32- Building an off grid homestead and living off grid on a lake in the wilderness is such a fulfilling way of life.
S2 Episode 31- Every hard-working person deserves a lazy day now and then, right? This is how we do it at Bird Island!
S2 Episode 30- Imagine, an incinerator toilet powered by the sun! This is awesome! Burns up everything, leaving only a teaspoon of ash!
S2 Episode 29 – The barge was listing badly, so we looked inside and found a huge amount of water inside the hull!!
S2 Episode 28 – Insulating the walls and finally getting a proper fridge. No more bad cheese and warm milk!
S2 Episode 27 – We are on day TWO of trying to get Pepper out of the mud. It seems everything we try only makes things worse…
S2 Episode 26 – Pepper is stuck super bad. If we don’t get him out, we’ll have to leave him there over the winter.
S2 Episode 25 –Pepper needs to be rescued, but we decide to go fishing instead!
S2 Episode 24 – Ryan falls a big tree – sort of… and Pepper gets stuck (BIG TIME!)
S2 Episode 23 – FINALLY!! We have Solar Power — and it’s wonderful!
S2 Episode 22 – Assembling the bits and pieces of our Solar Power System
S2 Episode 21 – Oh No! A BIG Tree Breaks and Falls Too Close for Comfort!
S2 Episode 20 – How to Find the Best Angle for Solar Panels
S2 Episode 18 – Finding a Place to Set Up Our Solar Panels
S2 Episode 18 – Finding a Place to Set Up Our Solar Panels
S2 Episode 17 – What a DIFFERENCE Insulation makes to our Tiny Cabin!!
S2 Episode 16 – Continuing with Our Tiny Cabin Build
S2 Episode 15 – Wiring our Tiny Off Grid Cabin in the Woods
S2 Episode 14 – Continuing with Off Grid Homestead Build
S2 Episode 13 – A High Level Look at Our Island Showing What We’ve Done So Far
S2 Episode 12 – Uh Oh… Ryan Wrecks the Truck – AGAIN!
S2 Episode 11 – We Build a Shelter in the Woods – Simple and Perfect!
