Backwoods Living and Making Sawdust. An Off Grid Living Vlog
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2023
- In this episode we're busy preparing for another winter of living in an off grid cabin. Also, clarifying the misconception about us moving south.
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It baffles me that people unfollow you because 'they' think you're moving south. What is that? May I offer up a word of self induced wisdom. Say sorry for nothing. I enjoy following you both and if that means watching you settle on the face of the moon, I'm in! Keep living your best life. God bless you both.
Bless your heart Bobby; saying "sorry" is merely the recognition of a possible error. The inability or unwillingness to acknowledge one's mistakes is not an act of wisdom, it is an indication of weakness and having a lack of regard for others.
Great comment.
I totally agree!
Canadian here. I have to say sorry at least 10 times a day or I lose my citizenship. But never should the Boss say sorry for something he didn't do. 100% agree.
The whole comment section and the social media platform. Has done nothing but produce idiots.
Well said. We should never have to apologise to, or justify ourselves to others who obviously have a negative and closed mind.👍🏻
It's sad the way people can be so artificial. JC, you and Lori just keep on living the life. Thanks again for another great video. May God bless you all.
Thanks so much
I don’t care what you two do or where you go as long as you take us with you. Such great entertainment 😊
never mind Boss people often need things spelled out sadly lol. You are doing really well and I love whatever you are willing to share and thankyou 😀
Thanks for the history lesson on the "Peavey " seen them around for years but didn't have a clue what they were called
Hey Boss, good to see you. People can be so ignorant 🙄 Do you & the faithful people will always be here. Love what you do 😊
No matter what you do , you are simply delightful 😊
Thank you :-)
It's nice that you mentioned your future plans again. Sometimes people need a really clear message, otherwise the intellectual growth takes over. Furthermore, it is entirely your decision what you actually do. God bless ☘️💫🍀😉
Hi Boss&Lori&Tilly too! You do you Boss&Lori and don't worry about, I enjoy all your videos and have shared many. Have learned sooo much and you two are amazing! Enjoy your wonderful life that you have created together and worked so hard for! Hopefully you will be able to take it easier in your retirement and not have to work so hard. Love you Boss&Lori and Tilly too! Happy hunting Boss, stay safe. 🤗❤️🙏
That is a beautiful woodpile❤
Thank you :-)
We will follow you wherever you go. People can be so weird. Your videos are fun, informative, real and we love them. Sending hugs and love to you, and Lori, with extra cuddles to Tilley, from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you :-)
@@thebossoftheswamp you're most welcome!!🫶
Good afternoon from Copperhill Tn. Remember, we will leave the light on in case you are running late!
Thanks again :-)
Thanks For The Up Date Boss ! Nice Seeing The Old Tools Back In Business ! Prayers For All There ! Hugs For Tildy ! ATB T God Bless
God bless :-)
JC, you and Laurie live your life the way you both want. Wherever you go, whatever you do, I for one will continue to subscribe and follow your antics.
Thank you for saying so :-)
You are correct Boss. Most people live a work a day life and lay their head down in the same place every night. They just don't envision any other way of life. Live life to the fullest on ya"lls terms. Those that want to mosie on down the road, let them. Others will come along and find value in what you share. Cool Peevee too. Love the older hand tools, they are the best. You did a great job on the handle replacement. We have a lot of old hand tools and cherish them as we break them out when needed for use. I am the same way with kitchen stuff. They just don't make things like they use to.
I have pictures of my grandfather standing on logs floating down the Clearwater River in Idaho. Proud of a family with logging history on both sides.
That's awesome :-)
Half the fun of following your channel is that its never the same. I live vicariously thru your adventures and learn something new all the time. Dont sweat the small stuff. Haters gonna hate, their loss. You do you, thats why im jere.
Thank you :-)
I AGREE.
Amen 🙏 Amen 🙏 to that an AGREE too🙏🙏🙏🕊
Please just keep doing what you’re doing, i love it. Don’t give up your country, awesome life till you have to. You are my window to how I wish I had lived my life. Long life and good health to bout you guys
Too much focus on one confused unsubscriber, while thousands and thousands of us love your point of view and would willingly watch you repair an old husky shovel all day long!
Subscribers that are here for your knowledge & backwoods logic will stay. Enjoy your lives & continue to follow your dreams.
No way I'm gone unfollow the best UA-camr. I still go back and watch older videos.
Everybody has an opinion I guess! Thanks for helping those that obviously haven't followed you for very long. I so liked how you put it plan an simple; oh wait that is what this channel was originally about, "backwoods logic", keeping it simple folks! JC, you continue in the path you and wish to travel and those that follow are welcome to do just that and those that don't well I'm sure our paths will cross again down the UA-cam road. I here and a Patreon until the end! As foe new name or channel; "Backwoods Logic" with the same ending as this one; yes sir! All the best my friend and stay safe!
4:59 I literally Laughed Out Loud when you said you wanted to got somewhere where it was 70-60 degrees in winter. Only place around here might be Miami area. We have a cabin in Tennessee near your designated VA/NC/TN area it’s definitely quite chilly freezing weather in the winter we just probably get less snow than you are used to.
As for the new channel. That just dilutes your viewers, potential income and views. Just keep it on this channel as its own How To series. Just my two cents.
We've been following the weather in those areas since late February and saw several days in the 60's from that date and all thru March. We like hiking in temps 40 to 50 but not in 4 feet of snow.
Yes sir! No need for a schedule. Do your thing and no explanation needed! Love the videos!
You're the man Boss!
Do you! That is the whole point of your channel. The journey. I am on a journey too. If you do go south during the winter please share a vid so the rest of us can pretend we are warm. Lol.
Another great update boss! Thank you for sharing your life with us
My son Thomas has eat a few chains and I had to tell him several times how to avoid dulling the chain. The best way for me to teach him was to make him sharpen the chains!!! So he learned fast. I do not have a PEEVEE but maybe we should get some. I typically cut twice as much wood as I have seen you cutting because we burn wood year round here to cook and for our hot water and because it gets so cool here in the summer that in the evenings we need a little heat. So Thomas was laughing about you telling him Don't do that!. Maybe we could blacksmith a peevee. Jim in Chile.
Good idea. Sharpening them will be a good reminder to keep them off the ground haha
Boss man i dont care where you are at .YOUR VIDEOS GIVE ME PEACE.
It's just amazing, that no matter what you say or do that other people will not let you live your life without upsetting them.
I love the content of your videos no matter what it is.
Love and peace and may the lord watch over you and Laurie.
Your journey is your journey. Thank you for sharing your journey with me.
Imagine dropping a channel of such quality because they want to travel. Live your life boss, I’m just glad to get to see some things that happen along your journey
I appreciate that! Thank you.
...l aIways enjoyed foIIowing you through the years!!! Journeys change due to new ideas and situations. We as an individuaI make choices, which others seem to think they are part of...IoI Keep doing what you are doing :)
People are peculiar animals JC!! Don’t matter where ya go…we’ll follow ya!!😎👊🏻
Thanks as always for sharing your thoughts and passion of the outdoors.
I thought your explanations were pretty clear, it's amazing how people can get things twisted around. We certainly appreciate you letting us follow along on your journey!
Hi again BOSS
Able to say hi again yay!
Another beautifully cut and stacked wood pile caught my eye once again. Kinda silly but always through the years that made me smile as mine was good but not quite ever that good lol! You still can fix almost anything which I know how you do enjoy figuring out the how to. Why I do believe your new channel idea would be so fun for you and such a great help for others. That brain of yours has learned and fixed problems over your whole lifetime right along side of your many life experiences. Really hope you go for it!
However as it's been through the years take the kind meaning
comments under consideration but ignore those snarkey
mean spirited ones! Thats all junk you don't need to be in your thoughts at all.
Happy you and Lori have many life options to consider and time prayer and your choices will clear your way onto your next adventure. I know for sure
you'll be happy and have great peace no matter...
Always have wondered how sweet Tilly has been for you growing up. Did she have a hard time missing Frankie? She too must be pretty cool cause Frankie surely taught her all kinds of things and you training her with all your gifts was the perfect combo that she's turned out just fine.
Your good health continues on and is such a miracle. Never to forget that whole time but I surely was so relieved and thankful to move you way way down on my prayer list!! Keep on keepin on living life to the fullest under your own terms and be thankful and happy everyday my friend. I will continue as always taggin along and saying hi when i can. Just know if I do pass on I will so look forward to finally meeting you on the other side along with others like you that added much to my life from afar along with other family friends and of course our beloved dogs.
You Lori and Tilly take good care. God bless
Good to hear from you my friend. Tildy is so very different than Frankie but also so much more affectionate. Such a great companion for us and so funny with her long winded vocabulary :-))
I for one enjoy all the twists and turns of your journey!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸 PS. I will follow you wherever you go!
And have my grandfathers peeve and a couple more!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hello from Canada. Nice to see you guys are okay. Looking forward to your next video ❤
Thank You for the update Boss!!! I have been with you since the beginning!
Thank you Brad :-)
Always a joy to hear from you JC. Keep on Keeping on. Take care and catch you on the next visit. God bless.
I guess people don’t understand that some of us ‘Think Out Loud’. They tend to believe that if it comes out of your mouth it must be gospel. I enjoy your vlogs and realize that you are a planner and always thinking ahead about the ‘what if’s’. For me, I call it plan A, B or C. Always keep your options open and never stop dreaming and making plans.
I've followed you for several years. Just do yourselves. Everyone has different dreams to chase.
I love it JC, just keep on doing what, when and how you both want. The best way to live Sir! Great video as usual.
It’s always good to see you old friend. It’s just back woods logic.😅 one day at a time sweet Jesus 👍
Please don’t change the name. It’s Boss and Frankie for ever. Thank you. 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
Good Morning, Gotta love the way you stack the fire wood. Take care and stay safe.
Bossman, you alway find something to do... fixin', buildin', gardening, and then cooking dinner. I'm worn out watching you! But admirely, and strangely, it all "makes good backwoods logic!" Winter's coming... I enjoyed the video.
Hey Boss, we chose to retire to Tennessee and are enjoying the milder climate. Right now as we approach October the weather is absolutely beautiful! The humidity of July and August are our most challenging times, but my husband says the perspiration makes me look younger!!😁
Goodness, apparently to many people are getting their panties into a knot over what you choose to do with your life. 🤣 I've always thought that your channel was all about you living your life, as well as teaching and sharing your knowledge and wisdom, with some wildlife as the bonus. I'm happy to follow you as you go along in your journey as well as enjoy the bonus tidbits. I think some of those irritated people need to start living life themselves. Blessings
Great to see you hail and hearty Pj that Lady of yours is the same how many years is it now i have been following your journey maybe 2016 i think so many ups and downs happy and sad prayers and tears but were still here TG keep safe JC i love the journey .
I still like your ramblings Jim and always will. Good luck to you and Lori and the pooch.
Thank you :-)
Excellent video Boss.When in summer are you coming up to Canada. Peavey, alittle black paint, sand paper and some linseed oil and a thing of beauty. Enjoy Buddy.
When I was logging with my dad back in the 60’s, we used a cant hook, first cousin to the peavey
That peavey is a thing of beauty!
You were perfectly clear in your previous video about your southern intentions. At least to me anyway!
Greetings from PEI. No confusion here, you stated what was going on all along, alas I turn 60 next Saturday and I'm a better listener. You do you, always enjoyed the journey regardless of the zig or the zag. My wood pile is huge, after Hurricane Fiona last year, to the day, I've been in accumulation mode. I would say by November 11th, a steady burn. We have a stellar week of weather coming up and I did your cucumber trellis in my greenhouse and it was massive. I grew Beit Alpha, a middle eastern type, thin skinned, no peeling necessary. I made a flank steak stir fry with 'Globo Onions' and peppers, the Globo's are huge, all the best and welcome to Fall!!
I don't think I will ever grow cucumbers outside anymore. I'd love to have a greenhouse a hundred feet long :-)
Wow, people worry too much. It's your life, enjoy it.
Life is still good , thanks for being ....
Love old lumbering tools...got an old timberjack and its the MVP of my arsenal 👍🪓
Bossman i applaude you in your patiance with people. The reason i never started a youtube channel is i cant handle people that jump to conclusions with patiance.
share your plans and dreams. I like the stream of consciousness. Everyone should be a dreamer.
Well hello there Boss. Glad you stopped by - next time stay a little longer.
It never ceases to amaze me with the comments some of these channels get. It's like you OWE the viewers something. Craziness. Live your life, and we look forward to you sharing what you can with us :) - Quick question; at the camp over the last 6 years.... how much firewood do you typically go through in an average winter?
Approx 4 full cords per year and yes, I couldn't agree more about the comments.
@@thebossoftheswamp Thanks Bossman!
Orange tape ... Great idea. May put some on my wayward grandchildren!
thought I was cool showing my husband the Peavey and he says oh thats a Peavey! we used them on the telephone poles (retired lineman) ... I shoulda known LOL ... well I learned something new!
Hey Boss.....recently returned from a month or so in Montana....Idaho....Wyoming. Backpacking some, hiking a lot and camping every night. So nice!
You come and go, plan and adjust, every way that true desire takes you. That's what freedom is all about. No explanations necessary! (p.s.....I absolutely KNOW I am preaching to the choir. It's just my way of saying I support you no matter how your life unfolds).
All the best,
Tom
Thank you :-)
I like the two of you, just as you are👍❤️.
You have some great videos out. I know I catch myself viewing them two -- three times over again. When you create your new channel, will people still be able to view your older videos?
Absolutely. I will continue the vlogs here but projects on the other channel.
Boss I hope you keep all of your properties so you can travel between them as you please. I'm hopeful that by the end of next year we can buy a property to build a cabin and workshop ourselves 😁. Keeping our place in town of course.
Good to have the best of ALL worlds. Good luck with your journey.
I agree, a whole different breed, not sure if they are people though, if you catch my drift. I personally am glad that you are exploring ideas and weighing measures on a possible new property! Nothing wrong with winter getaways😊! Looking forward to seeing videos from you two on what you find and experience during your adventures, after all, on this channel, there's typically something new and especially to learn! So I thank you folks for putting it out there as always 😊. May God bless and guide you through trying times.
Thank you kindly :-)
To give your mind and sprit repose. I haven’t missed an intent of a single word you shared in your videos. I am also clear minded enough to realize you; just like any other human, are aware of: the best “laid plans o’mice ‘an man,” can go awry. I realize you and the lovely Ms. are actual people and not TV characters doing a sitcom. Since I too am a deep lover of the North woods, and lived both in the North country and South I emailed you back then when you mention the “South” and gave you the true dirt. Most of what I gave was intentionally negative, but I wanted you to have a true feel for your best decision. We all can think of the positive easily, and be blind-sided by the no-see ‘em negatives. Never have I ever misunderstood your intent to “snow-bird” or even relocate. I have always understood your mind-set of living in the real world (our very fast peace world) of here and now. Moving forward in life (a life of uncertainty): is like feeling out your next foot placement while stalking a deer… you can’t take back that snapping twig once stepped on. People seem to project their own need for regular stability of a world they wish to live-in, ( your projected video world) but may not. Yet, they most certainly exist in the real world and should understand today’s world of ever changing things at a warp speed. Funny, that they tolerate our super fast crazy changing world we all find ourselves in and yet piss-n-moan when one guy has a step by step careful feel things out decision making process shared on You Tube? I can only image they think you are a character on a tv show and not a fellow American? I can only conclude they haven’t woke up from “WOKE?”
I too had cheap fast grown tree - wide grain wood handles of today break. I too, made steel pipe handles. Word of caution: I did this with a rake and it worked nice, but I being of said old body by # of years on earth; yet fit all life, like you (they say we are old?) I raked my arse (working hard is my exercise and muse) off one Fall and paid with some shoulder pain for awhile. Still the heavy handle has a niche!
Couldn’t agree more with a must have peavey! Not a fan of some of the newer concepts. Love my tools. As for your channel. You are you, the channel name change means little to me. If we were daily in person friends and you wanted to rename yourself to “Formally known as?” I’d call you whatever the hell I wanted! People are (in my mind, and I know my mind and I think yours may not be like the masses) dynamic and a Jack-Of-All-Survival-Needs. That said, you keep doing your thing and the channel name is a formality and matters little. Chang it or not … who cares? You are going to be dynamic, and you should be because you’re not six feet under. Even though this is like a one sided friendship (you don’t know me, but I may know you better) I enjoy seeing you and your lovely lady do life.
I really enjoyed your heartfelt comment and appreciate you taking the time to post it. Thank you for your kind words.
So JC we have talked back and forth over the years I have gained many skills from you through out the years and my life has gone from cabin in the New Hampshire woods to a colonial on the Connecticut shoreline and a cabin in the Catskills, lol, been a whirl wind, because of you I keep accomplishing dreams and moving to the next life is what you make of it and I choose to keep accomplishing my dreams. I recently retired from the coast guard and became a career fireman something I always wanted to be. It is great and I love everyday.
The reason I’m sending this message the wife and I just watched this video and I turned to her and said wow it really feels like we have lived a life with you and she looked at me and said yea because we have been watching his videos since we got married 12 years ago lol. Just thought that was funny. Hope all is well and keep moving forward that’s for all the great videos!
I like comments like this so I thank you for taking the time to post it. All the best ;-)
That peavey is an old one: square bolt head. Very cool!
Peavey Manufacturing is still in operation today in Eddington, Maine.
Sure miss seeing you and Lori and miss Tilde❤
What ever you do,enjoy and enjoy God bless
Hello J.C. and Lori! I have always thought that you live your lives from a sense of adventure, and made plans that allow you to do as you wish to do....and I have always viewed them with an interest! That is why I have subscribed and liked your channel all of these years! To me, the main focus that I feel you bring out is a balance of living with Nature, and utilizing those elements in an effort of harmony, and conservation. Truth be told, I was thinking that both you and Lori were getting a bit of the "Travel Bug", and maybe planning to do some RV/Camping adventures to leave the snow belt behind for a bit, and were going to start a new path on your channel...leading to more adventures! (Maybe that is still a thought?) To put it simply, I think you both are good folks, and people who I would like to meet up with one day to share both campfires, and stories! Until that day comes, we both just continue to chat through the cyberspaces, and I'll continue to watch your channel(s) as you make them! All the Best to you both! God Bless! ~Lou
Truth be told Lou, the future is a blank canvas that we throw paint at in a random fashion these days. Today, I'm puttering on garage while Lori is hiking with her friend in the Adirondacks. When she returns we'll go to the NY cabin for a few days, then go pull up the garden at the camp and... take it from there. Life is good my friend.
great to see you again ,and was great to see that tool thank you for the video
I just want to follow along no matter where you and Lori go.
I really enjoy bringing a new life into old tools, with a new carved/fitted handle, simply because new tools are mostly junk! Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video.
I feel the same. This peavey has seen a lot of timber.
I remember them. Being called a can't dog.
On that note Boss, I’m gonna hand you the reigns of this channel and just sit back enjoy and watch the outcome. Lol 👍👍👍😃✌️🇺🇸💪 stay safe u 3!
Sounds like a plan :-))
Hello there.. i love your channel. So glad you are putting more content back on v videos. God bless . Stay safe..🇺🇸🌹❤️
Thanks so much :-)
That was a good repair!👍👍I also make use of what is lying around, for instance, I needed a dibber for planting potatoes etc., so I made it from a broken spade handle and I often find useful stuff when I'm beach combing.
People need to hone up on their listening skills I heard visiting the South in the winter months.
Also your never too old to learn something new everyday, which I have today regarding the Peavey log device interesting.
Hugs to Tildy.
Blessings to you and Lori. 😊🇺🇲
It's hard to listen when their too busy typing :-x
Boss, do it your way. They will live with it, as thecrest of us do. You just Keep on Keeping on, I will watch. We have had a suffocating summer heat now on to our 3 days of winter. God Bless and be safe. Thank you my friend, I am so looking forward to what you post when you post. All the best, later
Thank you Albert and all the best :-)
I love your channel and have been faithfully watching for years now.
I really appreciate the effort you and Lori put towards this content.
I would definitely support a second channel if that’s something you decide to do.
Thank you for being there!
Thank you :-)
I will continue to watch every VLOG I get. I love watching you two. You're the BEST wood stackers. I Love you two.
You would be fabulous neighbors. Praying with you
Hay, if you move it's your life.
I can't tell you where to live or how to live. ENJOY your time
together. You're very BLESSED and TALENTED. It's raining here in S.E.MI (Thursday)
CiAO 🛐✝️🀄🙏🛐. I Love Frankie and the BOSS. PLEASE keep this part. My dad's name
Nickname is Frank.
Thank you for your kind words :-))
I'll follow you wherever you go.
I enjoy watching your videos and will continue to no matter where you live! Love your DIY videos as I love building things myself. Still hoping to build my cabin someday!
First of all, not sure how anyone misconstrued what you had said about going south. As a Miami guy I always think of going north so your comments then, resonated with me.
On the Peavey "Cant" hook we just called it a cant hook. My dad passed away in March and the cant hook was all that was left from the days when my old man built a portable Frick sawmill in our back yard in suburban Miami in the 70's. While getting his place squared away in May I had to move a fallen tree and the cant hook came in handy. It's something I'll hold on to and maybe take to western NC when I go up in Oct to cool off. Thanks for your stories.
Another Great video from the Boss !
Loves the videos and enjoy watching all y'all do.
Been thinking about selling our place and moving further into the hills of Kentucky. Maybe somewhere near the TN, VA line. Maybe around Harlan.
Also, I don't understand people being "difficult" concerning your videos. Makes no sense. Keep doing what you are doing. We miss Frankie.
Thank you!!
Do what I do .... WING IT !!!! 64 in Nov and so far its worked pretty good lol Our only grandson lives in Manhattan :( we have a cabin in NH and there is NO place like it to us! However, I go from RI, NH and NY back and forth constantly for diff reasons and just wing it !!! ENJOY yourselves as you do!!! :) thanks for sharing your adventures!
I think subscribers just get bored with lack of good content, boss. It is what it is.
Thanks for the clarification Boss.
A very good evening from Belfast.
Well, the northeast part of Tennessee is really nice. That’s where I happen to have a house that and I have one in Florida so it’s different you know but I had relatives that lived up here so it is easy for adapting … I think sometimes folks just get the wrong different saying out of you know when I say I’m gonna go back down south for a little while I go for a little while and I come back and I might want to work at here sometimes I do that.. so it’s nice to be up here in eastern jersey in the fall like I’m watching the guy across the street over there on his land getting a ready for this fall … just an old cabin in a small town… anyway I was going to come in about Your Way, of stackin your cords of cut wood 🪵 I like the way you do that? Do you have such pride in the way you do things I followed you off and on with your videos throughout the years I like the way you do things some people can’t see that I guess they don’t understand how people talk. I have a southern accent and people can’t understand me sometimes even when I’m trying to do or use voice text right here on UA-cam it does the same thing it misunderstands me sometimes and I have to re-correct it.
I have a peavy with a 12 inch foot welded to it.
So you can lift 2 thirds of log completely off the ground to cut