I injured my knee so I had some time of sitting around, well I got to binge-watching your really old videos. Saw Natalie wasn't so sure about moving from town to a trailer with 4 kids, but took the leap of faith, and slowly you all got power, then water, fixed the trailer for more heat, shower, etc. WoW - you guys are a real pioneer family. The last couple of years were obviously not easy, but your family seems closer than any others I know. Everyone in the family is dealing with the hardships, and everyone is helping in some way to build your home. Really in awe of you all. The journey seems equally as important as the final destination, a home off grid!. Stay safe!
A family that works together stays together. Well done guys, the money that you are saving is going to be substantial. I look forward to each weeks video. Thank you Natalie for all the work you do to allow us to follow along on this amazing journey.
Kudos to all of you! At 61, I wish I had been as industrious and insightful about off grid living when I was your age. Fortunately, I can live vicariously through your videos!
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better……we’re back in the forest for logs! You guys amaze me! Work together so well! I’m really speechless with this vid! Great editing, everyone deserves a round of applause! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Can’t wait til next week! Stay safe and God bless!😻
I don’t get to watch your videos until late evening. We are always at church on Sunday mornings and our grandchildren come over after lunch. We love the old fashioned large families with many children and parents who obviously love their children very much. It’s a blessing to watch your channel and I am a subscriber.
I laughed watching the dog during football, "throw it to me, I got it, I got it! oh crap" , "ok I'm goin long throw it to me, throw it to me!" back and forth. Dogs never give up. This was a great video. I can't imagine how nice it will be for your kids to have a library of these videos to show their kids.
Lol, love the ending😂😂” thought I was missing something”😂. Natalie you truly are superwoman .💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽I am so happy to see your continual progress. Cannot wait to see the house start to go up. Keep working hard. Keep moving forward. Blessings to your family.😍😍
This is the best family picture , it does looks so nice, I’m so enjoying watching your channel weekly, the kids never forget these amazing bonding when they are growing up.❤
Great video. A slip hook on the end of your skid chain would be a better idea than a grab hook. That way you wouldn't have to worry about rolling the trees together to get a tight yoke.
Love these visits of yours. You can really see that all the children enjoy Love Camp. And you all work there too. Precious words from your children are " Can I help". How valuable are these years of learning when they are anxious to learn and help. Being a mom and dad that are showing them that hard work is not easy but so necessary to building your dreams. Congrats to your efforts to do this. Love to all of you from Central Oklahoma.
You folks should check out Simple Living Alaska! A Couple built a Beautiful Deck with Roof to keep their Saw Mill under cover; so they could use it year round.
I just started watching your videos from when y'all first moved to your property. Long way to go before watching this one, but I just wanted to say I love how your children want to help, learn, and still be children (playing barefoot in the dirt 😀) ❤ Wasn't sure if y'all would see this comment on an older video. Great job!!! 😊
Great video. What a beautiful spot for Natalie to do editing. It's "monsoon season" here in AZ. I wish down in the Verde Valley we would get some more rain. Enjoy the forest ❤❤❤❤
log camp looks awesome!, love to see the family, thanks for sharing the process and permit, lots of angles to play with to get the logs you want...thank goodness for long cables...fruit, animals...the fun of the forest..loved the wait for me.....thanks for sharing
Fantastic, Arizona family, not that different to my family upbringing in England in the 70s kids all having fun working together to get to mum & dads happy place, pretending to leave the kids behind? Never had a truck and trailer like that though! My dad did have a super 8 camera 🎥 and we have great memories on soundless moving pictures though and even if it was 50 odd years ago and we were kids, we kind of know what we were saying at the time? Some good some bad but with hindsight, All good in the end. You’re making family history here and ever since I have subscribed to you on UA-cam the family has grown and grown. You’ve done so much and come so far I just can’t wait to see the house go up! Best Andy south coast UK.
You used real cheese in your burgers! Hate those processed slices. It will be wonderful to go back to this forest year after year to visit the companions of the structure of your home! 😍🇨🇦
Good Morning from your Alaskan friend, I love your attention to detail and you go get it attitude, I wish you could see some of the beautiful birch I’ve been milling on my mill, so beautiful, I look forward to your videos every time they come out.. God bless you all 🙏🏻❤️
You all are amazing! Your family works so well together to get the hard work completed! Can’t wait to see more! Still hoping to run into you in town on one of these trips when we’re headed to our off grid, I guess it’ll happen when it happens!
Sweet.. There's that drone intro. love a good WORKING VACATION. lol.. gotta love having the kids asking can I help. Always be on the uphill side when cutting. That's smart pulling backwards. The engine adds more traction. loving that log arch and the winching setup.. Hope the truck engine is running during all the winching. Nice load. Boulder life logging crew, Coming to a forest near you..!
Good morning how you guys doing today look like you guys are after some more wood today all right guys have a good day and be careful drink plenty of water your house is coming along really good guys❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Just something I saw and wondered if you had some walkie-talkie to use when you're so far from the person controlling the wench on the trailer. I think is would make it safer as someone can get caught in the moving of logs from so far away back to the trailer.
Those were wild strawberries they won't grow much bigger , there ok to eat but not sweet like their bigger cousins, I've got them growing in my yard and woods. Larry
Hi folks, if not too much trouble, can you tell me how to find your video on laying out the house foundation's location? With the pad and the root cellar done, I want to go back and see how you planned the location of the house (board locators on rebar)
I think you're talking about when we put the batter boards in. Go to our channel page. Click on playlists. Click on the playlist titled "DIY Off Grid Home Build." Then, go down to the video titled "Does She Really NEED a ROOT CELLAR? The ROCK Says NO!" Maybe that's what you're looking for. Thanks 🙂
Thank you so much, I found the video. That's the one! I am blown away seeing the house location in that video and Jacob standing by the string noting the height of the pad was at his knee almost. So amazing how the batter boards helped keep your measurements and all spot on. You guys are my favorite people and channel and I learn so much from you. Thank you. Stay safe
@@aboulderlifeoffgrid take a look at a stradivarius top plate, it is 8" x 20" x 2" thick, let it dry for 5 years, @SofiaVettori has Made some award winning violins from a single tree.
@aboulderlifeoffgrid Oh. I hadn't thought about using the Firewood permit. Guess that makes sense you aren't running around the wood with a skidder or log truck.
@@aboulderlifeoffgrid So about 6 hours rode time for your two loads of logs, the trip up to your camp, and the final trip after breaking camp. Thanks for the reply. Can hardly wait for each Sunday's video!
We can get 10 cords per permit. The permit expires at the end of the year, and we can get another if we need to. Anything that is dead and down or dead standing is up for grabs. Thanks 🙂
I injured my knee so I had some time of sitting around, well I got to binge-watching your really old videos. Saw Natalie wasn't so sure about moving from town to a trailer with 4 kids, but took the leap of faith, and slowly you all got power, then water, fixed the trailer for more heat, shower, etc. WoW - you guys are a real pioneer family. The last couple of years were obviously not easy, but your family seems closer than any others I know. Everyone in the family is dealing with the hardships, and everyone is helping in some way to build your home. Really in awe of you all. The journey seems equally as important as the final destination, a home off grid!. Stay safe!
A family that works together stays together. Well done guys, the money that you are saving is going to be substantial. I look forward to each weeks video. Thank you Natalie for all the work you do to allow us to follow along on this amazing journey.
Seeing your family work & play together always brings a smile to my face!
I love the family picture. It always amazes me how willing your children are to help. You have a beautiful family
Kudos to all of you! At 61, I wish I had been as industrious and insightful about off grid living when I was your age. Fortunately, I can live vicariously through your videos!
The hoist on that trailer is a game changer
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better……we’re back in the forest for logs! You guys amaze me! Work together so well! I’m really speechless with this vid!
Great editing, everyone deserves a round of applause! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Can’t wait til next week!
Stay safe and God bless!😻
You are building some amazing memories along with your home. Thanks for sharing your journey with us! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🫡
I don’t get to watch your videos until late evening. We are always at church on Sunday mornings and our grandchildren come over after lunch. We love the old fashioned large families with many children and parents who obviously love their children very much. It’s a blessing to watch your channel and I am a subscriber.
Love the log arch. Works well !!
I laughed watching the dog during football, "throw it to me, I got it, I got it! oh crap" , "ok I'm goin long throw it to me, throw it to me!" back and forth. Dogs never give up. This was a great video. I can't imagine how nice it will be for your kids to have a library of these videos to show their kids.
Lol, love the ending😂😂” thought I was missing something”😂. Natalie you truly are superwoman .💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽I am so happy to see your continual progress. Cannot wait to see the house start to go up. Keep working hard. Keep moving forward. Blessings to your family.😍😍
I haven't seen it that green in July in years! Looks amazing.
This is the best family picture , it does looks so nice, I’m so enjoying watching your channel weekly, the kids never forget these amazing bonding when they are growing up.❤
Great video. A slip hook on the end of your skid chain would be a better idea than a grab hook. That way you wouldn't have to worry about rolling the trees together to get a tight yoke.
I'll have to look into that. Thanks 🙂
Love these visits of yours. You can really see that all the children enjoy Love Camp. And you all work there too. Precious words from your children are " Can I help". How valuable are these years of learning when they are anxious to learn and help. Being a mom and dad that are showing them that hard work is not easy but so necessary to building your dreams. Congrats to your efforts to do this. Love to all of you from Central Oklahoma.
You folks should check out Simple Living Alaska! A Couple built a Beautiful Deck with Roof to keep their Saw Mill under cover; so they could use it year round.
We love their channel. Thanks 🙂
First time I have seen you use this device. Very intelligent design.
There's a small playlist on the log arch build. Thanks 🙂
I just started watching your videos from when y'all first moved to your property. Long way to go before watching this one, but I just wanted to say I love how your children want to help, learn, and still be children (playing barefoot in the dirt 😀) ❤ Wasn't sure if y'all would see this comment on an older video. Great job!!! 😊
I can smell the fir/pine aroma from here. Brings back memories of camping like that. gotten too old now (and broken) to do that - miss it
Loved log camp ❤ especially the last scene😊🙏
Thanks for taking us along
I can hardly wait to see this house going UP
It will be interesting to see what u do with that weird log, even tho it's not to far from home, it's still a home from home ❤❤
My mouth is watering nothing like cooking over an open fire.
Another hard at work vacation!! ❤
Happy nice faMILY! God bless you anf kisss from France
Hi you got yourself a Lumbar crew good job 👏 ❤❤❤❤❤
Great video. What a beautiful spot for Natalie to do editing. It's "monsoon season" here in AZ. I wish down in the Verde Valley we would get some more rain. Enjoy the forest ❤❤❤❤
Love this video and that ending😂
Love the end! 😂😂😂😂❤
I love you Guys keep up the good work
Awesome 😊 ❤
log camp looks awesome!, love to see the family, thanks for sharing the process and permit, lots of angles to play with to get the logs you want...thank goodness for long cables...fruit, animals...the fun of the forest..loved the wait for me.....thanks for sharing
Another great video❤️
Fantastic, Arizona family, not that different to my family upbringing in England in the 70s kids all having fun working together to get to mum & dads happy place, pretending to leave the kids behind? Never had a truck and trailer like that though! My dad did have a super 8 camera 🎥 and we have great memories on soundless moving pictures though and even if it was 50 odd years ago and we were kids, we kind of know what we were saying at the time? Some good some bad but with hindsight, All good in the end. You’re making family history here and ever since I have subscribed to you on UA-cam the family has grown and grown. You’ve done so much and come so far I just can’t wait to see the house go up! Best Andy south coast UK.
That is wild strawberries they are edible and onse they are ripe they are amazing
Another great video thank you so much for sharing
You used real cheese in your burgers! Hate those processed slices. It will be wonderful to go back to this forest year after year to visit the companions of the structure of your home! 😍🇨🇦
Great job and loved the video 😘👍🏻💕💕🙏🏻🙏🏻
Good Morning from your Alaskan friend, I love your attention to detail and you go get it attitude, I wish you could see some of the beautiful birch I’ve been milling on my mill, so beautiful, I look forward to your videos every time they come out.. God bless you all 🙏🏻❤️
You all are amazing! Your family works so well together to get the hard work completed! Can’t wait to see more! Still hoping to run into you in town on one of these trips when we’re headed to our off grid, I guess it’ll happen when it happens!
lol can’t leave the best workers behind
Sweet.. There's that drone intro. love a good WORKING VACATION. lol.. gotta love having the kids asking can I help. Always be on the uphill side when cutting. That's smart pulling backwards. The engine adds more traction. loving that log arch and the winching setup.. Hope the truck engine is running during all the winching. Nice load. Boulder life logging crew, Coming to a forest near you..!
The winch has its own battery. Thanks 🙂
Good. so standard trickle charge from the truck..? or maybe you've added a Dc to Dc 12-12 50a Victron Orion..?
Love your dog!
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing
very fun, wish I could be there
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome as always.♥️👍🏼😁
Wish we were there with you!!!
Good morning how you guys doing today look like you guys are after some more wood today all right guys have a good day and be careful drink plenty of water your house is coming along really good guys❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Just something I saw and wondered if you had some walkie-talkie to use when you're so far from the person controlling the wench on the trailer. I think is would make it safer as someone can get caught in the moving of logs from so far away back to the trailer.
No walkie talkies. But a good idea. Thanks 🙂
That was a big horned toad
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At some point would you harvest some of the birch for smaller projects?😍🇨🇦
We don't have birch. The white trees are aspen. I don't think we would use the aspen for anything other than firewood. Thanks 🙂
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Those were wild strawberries they won't grow much bigger , there ok to eat but not sweet like their bigger cousins, I've got them growing in my yard and woods. Larry
The kids did eat them. They liked them. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi folks, if not too much trouble, can you tell me how to find your video on laying out the house foundation's location? With the pad and the root cellar done, I want to go back and see how you planned the location of the house (board locators on rebar)
I think you're talking about when we put the batter boards in. Go to our channel page. Click on playlists. Click on the playlist titled "DIY Off Grid Home Build." Then, go down to the video titled "Does She Really NEED a ROOT CELLAR? The ROCK Says NO!" Maybe that's what you're looking for. Thanks 🙂
Thank you so much, I found the video. That's the one! I am blown away seeing the house location in that video and Jacob standing by the string noting the height of the pad was at his knee almost. So amazing how the batter boards helped keep your measurements and all spot on. You guys are my favorite people and channel and I learn so much from you. Thank you. Stay safe
In North Texas, the Horny Toad population was lost because of building up the city and the fire 🐜
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Have You found spruce and maple for violín making?
We've got spruce, but maple doesn't grow here. 😁
@@aboulderlifeoffgrid take a look at a stradivarius top plate, it is 8" x 20" x 2" thick, let it dry for 5 years, @SofiaVettori has Made some award winning violins from a single tree.
How did you get the permit? Most of the USFS sites I am finding are only open to commercial harvesters.
He explains this in the video!
It's just a firewood permit. If it's dead, we can have it. We mostly look for the freshest blow down we can find or dead standing. Thanks 🙂
@aboulderlifeoffgrid Oh. I hadn't thought about using the Firewood permit. Guess that makes sense you aren't running around the wood with a skidder or log truck.
@@SJC49 I am sure I missed part of it sorry.
What is the distance from your homestead and the forest where you harvest the downed trees?
Only an hour away. Thanks 🙂
@@aboulderlifeoffgrid So about 6 hours rode time for your two loads of logs, the trip up to your camp, and the final trip after breaking camp. Thanks for the reply. Can hardly wait for each Sunday's video!
How much wood a year can you get? Any that is dead and down? Or?
We can get 10 cords per permit. The permit expires at the end of the year, and we can get another if we need to. Anything that is dead and down or dead standing is up for grabs. Thanks 🙂
That poor trailer is begging for relief. What weight do you estimate a load of logs is?
Maybe around 6000 pounds.
Please be careful, my 6 1/2 year old grandson was killed while his dad and older brother were getting logs for their home.
That is so sad. Sorry for your loss. We try to be careful.
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state or national forest. that is why they can get a wood gathering permit
It's the national forest pretty close to home.
@@norsk54472 thanks for the answer
@@aboulderlifeoffgrid thanks for the answer
please excuse my ignorance but what is the blanket over the cable for?
in case the cable snaps, the blanket will slow down the speed of the flying cable
The blanket is for safety. If the cable were to break, it would keep it from whipping around. Good question. Thanks 🙂
Work hard with the trees.😊❤❤❤😍🥰😊😉🫠🙃🙂👍👍👍🫶🫶🫶
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