Our Off-Grid Life: The Road to our Island Homestead
Join our off-grid life as we battle rough roads, fierce storms, and unexpected challenges on the way back to our remote island homestead. In this episode, we return to our isolated off-grid…
Our Tiny Cabin Kitchenette in the Wilderness
We’ve been hard at work on our tiny cabin kitchenette for our off-grid cabin in the wilderness, and it’s just about finished! It’s been a blast cooking over a wood stove, but with…
Wiring a Lake Cabin on Our Off Grid Island
We start wiring our lake cabin on our off grid private island homestead. Living in an off grid lake cabin is wonderful, and being on our very own island is even better! Once we connect the wiring to our…
Off Grid Private Island Homestead Build
Welcome to our off grid island homestead build! We bought our own island and we are determined to build out our homestead ourselves without any help. To build an off grid homestead is tricky enough on its…
Why we Built a Shelter in the Woods
Follow along as we build a shelter in the woods. We chose a shelter kit for our homestead that should be perfect for protecting our gear and creating outdoor storage space. It can even serve as a temporary…
Moving Solar Panels to Our Island Homestead
Today we are moving our solar panels to the island. Well… we are trying to, but it seems we are running into trouble! These solar panels are HUGE and really heavy, and moving them is proving to be…
Stranded On A Wilderness Island Part 2
We are stranded on our wilderness island with no way off!! This is the second part of the ‘stranded’ story because I realized that there was lost footage from Ryan’s GoPro that would be able to tell the story…
Stranded On Our Wilderness Island – Part 1
As a couple trying to develop our island homestead, this was by FAR the hardest day ever — we were stranded on our private island with no way off!! The hardest part of it was that our truck was also on…
Hard Lessons Learned on our Kubota SVL75-3
So this is me moving our grapple and cement mixer with our Kubota SVL75-3 – and dropping them!! Even so… our little Kubota has easily proven its worth already! We are so pleased to have Pepper in the…
Shallow Water Stops our Barge during Passage
With warmer weather comes shallow water which stops our barge while attempting passage into the bay where the boat ramp is located. Our barge is fully loaded and the shallow waters are preventing us…
Girl Power on the Island Homestead
Our island homestead gets a big boost from some serious Girl Power! Laugh along with the ladies as they help out in their own unique way. The girls demonstrate some enterprising initiative and have quite the…
Unbelievable! We’re Sleeping in the Outhouse?
So why are we sleeping in the outhouse? To get away from the flies. We have been busy collecting materials and tools and getting to know the island. So far, we have been living in a tent and cooking…
Clearing Land for Lakeside Cabin – Storing Equipment
In this episode we start clearing the forest for our homestead! Since the island is literally an uninhabited forest, we need begin clearing land to make room for outbuildings, storage sheds and…
We are Starting to Clear Land – by Hand! Where Do We Begin?
We are now starting to clear some of this raw land by hand. It is a daunting task, where do we begin? We need to clear land to make room for a metal building that we are picking up this…
Watch Our Barge Makeover as We Prep for Our Maiden Voyage
We’re excited to share our experiences as we work on our barge makeover, preparing for its maiden voyage to our newly named private island, Bird Island. We faced various…
We Received a Private Watercraft Inspection Order!
While we were traveling back to our island, we encountered a significant obstacle—a private watercraft inspection order from the Invasive Species Control Branch of the…
Off grid private island – We did NOT see this coming!
As we embark on this exciting new chapter of our lives, we are thrilled to share our journey of building an off-grid private island homestead. Our first…
