Homesteading Season To Season. Preparing For Our 6th Winter In An Off Grid Cabin. Vlog 134
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Living off grid and on a mountain through the winter certainly has its challenges, but we always go into it well prepared. Our garden is harvested and all our produce has been put up. Now we're getting the firewood and focusing on filling the freezer with venison. Life is good.
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Boom. First. I live not far from you and admire your creativity, patience and hard work. I work a lot. Someday i hope to have a simpler life with no vices.
@@Brian-dh9lp
AMEN !!!
Nothing to it, but to do it.
I sing your theme song at the end of every video lol. Thank you for sharing. Living the dream. Sending love and light.
Love and light back to you my friend :-)
Nice Having Things Ready For The Upcoming Cooler Weather ! Great Garden Harvest. Special Flowers For Lori, Bonus Points For Ya Boss ! What A Nice Bull, Good Luck On The Hunt. Hugs For Them 2 Pups. ATB T God Bless
Flowers = cornbread :-D
Sir, I have not been keeping in touch lately, how is Frankie?. I want back some videos as I have not seen him. Sorry I want to know how you are all doing, you are an inspiration to us all.
Frankie is doing better. I'll try to show him more.
Hello from Belfast. 👍
Hello there!
If I never see another you tube video I have to say this time we have shared over the last couple of years has been a blessing, watching you journey, has lifted my heart and pushed me forward in Some of the toughest times in my life. Thank you for all you hard work, it is insperational. As always Boss the very best regards from England.
Amen 🙏 Amen 🙏 an WELL SAID an soooo true!!🙏🙏🙏🕊
I really appreciate comments like yours. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. God Bless.
Jim, if you had a moose permit, that would have been one "Deceased" Moose. Those opportunities don't come often. Thanks for the video and Wifey being the star of the show cleaning the stove. Stay safe and well!
Indeed. 5 yards and broadside. Those moose always tease me like that :-x
@@thebossoftheswamp Its funny how the deer don't tease us like that! LOL
I feel your pain on the well JC. Having a well drilled is almost like gambling in Vegas. For sure, when you hit good water, the relief is profound, and the payoff lasts for years. I'm excited to see the new cabin that you and Lori build. As usual, it will be a piece of art like all the other projects you have built. I hope Frankie is doin OK.
Still the best channel on youtube!!!! I just love your way of life and your outlook on everything. Too bad you didn't have a moose tag - that would have been 6 months or better of good eating. Take care and God bless you both. Give them dogs a hug for me.
They tease me like that when I don't have a tag.
Congratulations on your bountiful harvest, beautiful homestead. Stay toasty this winter. Really enjoy your videos. 🍁🌲🪴
Thank you for inviting us into your life.
Glad you enjoyed ;-)
Wow, what an amazing sight, seeing that moose walking down the trail.
When my husband would cut trees down I would pick dry sticks and fill bags and boxes so all winter I had kindling!! My husband never messed with kindling again and I cleaned the wood floor where we cut. I miss him everyday. Blessings from north central Wisconsin
Can we have a whole video of lori canning please 😁 xx Love the cooking and prep blogs x
Another great video JC. How’s Frankie doing? Always great to hear from y’all. Take care and catch you on the next one. God bless all
He's doing better thankfully.
Excellent Video Y'all !
Your Channel is my #1 Channel on UA-cam and I am truly a Very Proud Patreon Member ❤️
Thank you my friend :-)
I so needed the video Boss.
Glad to hear it
Great video guys Both of you doing your thing together So nice to see Moose was really cool tooTildys funny Hope Frankie is enjoying retirement! God Bless ya all
God Bless :-)
It is always a good weekend when there is a new video from you.
Thank you for saying so Richard ;-)
Our butternut grew fantastic over a cattle panel. We got up to 20 a plant and none were touching the ground. They were grown in 100% horse manure. Maybe you'll have better luck next year and the well will keep up.
Thanks for another great video, it's always great to tag along with you!
Thank you Jeff :-)
Always a treat to visit with you guys. Take care of each other and fur babies.God Bless you all.❤
Thank you Lin. Many blessings to you :-))
I enjoyed dropping in for a visit today. Thank you and blessings!
Beautiful moose.
Greenhouse was a great place for veggies for you. Great way to grow your own food.
Loved all that firewood & bark, that should keep you & the greenhouse toasty warm this winter.
Your both looking happy and well. I hope you have a nice enjoyable winter in the cabin
Thank you John and a happy winter to you too.
That swiss chard in the greenhouse is huge ! One of my favs. I could hear that bull moose grunt as he walked on by. It's amazing how they navigate in the woods and just disappear from view. Last moose I probably ever will see was back in fall of 2013 as my sister, Mom and I were taking the last drive out of where Mom lived in western Maine. Mom had sold the home and property. This bull moose came up the wooded slope to our left, stepped out onto the two lane road and stood right in the middle of the road. We all came to a full stop on that road. He was one of the biggest bull moose (mooses, moosi? j/k)
I had ever seen. My sister and Mom were in a little car and I was behind them driving the U-haul truck. I think my sister's car could of gone right under that moose, tickling his belly ;) He finally continued his walk across the road and into the forest.
Later we all said it was a really nice send off for us all to see him.
A good sendoff indeed :-)
Sitting by a fire listening to you working on your stove! What a life!
We got 100 pounds from 6 butternut squash plants, last year. I haven't got a weight total yet for this year's harvest as we are still picking them. They sure do make nice pies, in addition to soups and side dishes at dinner! I need to go back to the recipe section of your website to see if you have squash recipes shared there. I can't remember...
Nothing like the smell of a New Hampshire autumn day out the tree stand.
You two work so good together.
Living up here taught us how to.
However long you were in your Treestand just watching that moose was worth every minute. God bless and have a great day.
Always exciting to see them :-)
I'm about to get my deer camp wood stove cleaned out myself. Wow, that moose was majestic too. Glad to see the tally on the garden output and see you in the tree stand. Good hunting JC, all the best to you, mamma, and the kiddos.
I hope to get out there more often but my early season is being consumed with need to do projects at the moment :-x
Wowie-Wow! Two weeks in a row I've been blessed with a new video from you two!! Thank you so much! I am so happy seeing you again!! Take care and, hopefully, l will see you in a week!!💜💜💙💜💜
Thank you Kandi. I always enjoy your comments :-))
Nothing like coming home to a nice pot of chili after hunting all day. Good luck with the hunt. Have a great day, and God Bless.
Thank you and God Bless :-)
Please stay safe this coming Winter, friend.
We look forward to your videos more than any other. Thank you for taking us on your journey.
Thank you David. I appreciate that :-)
that's a great harvest.
I hope that next year I'll have my start up garden.
Stay strong, healthy and happy!
Good stuff. You two take care & keep warm. Cheers.
Beautiful footage of the moose.thanks for showing us!!
Yes, your garden certainly did produce lots of produce! Tell Lori the chili looked delish!
That was such an enjoyable video, watching the two of you working together that way. Lori, that chili looked so good and I'll bet it was a welcomed meal 🙂
Stay warm Guys. Clean the garden and chimney are on my list this weekend. Winter is a round the corner.
Dropping to 32 tomorrow night :-o
@@thebossoftheswamp hey guys, love winters myself..
How many times do you clean out stove and cool it off in winter???
@@thebossoftheswamp hey guys,
How many cords do you use in how many months for fall winter and starting of spring 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌱🌱🌱
Great crop of veggies. Taste so much better home grown.
What a lovely video JC & Mom the size of that Moose wow God keep you all safe D.
Thank you :-)
Great video, I've been busy for a while, all the best regards from England.
Busy here too...
Glad to see the video from you two today. Temperature in South Ga has finally changed, there's a coolness in the air and we're thankful for it. You both have much success with your garden. Take care. Blessings
Mid PA : shorts and t-shirt time changed all last week already here, I'm not liking it. But I keep the house livable so far with canning and baking😊
Suppose to drop to 32 tomorrow night :-o
@@thebossoftheswamp shoot, winter is in a hurry!!! Though I know we had a year with snow October 29 (my grandson's birthday). Bringing the plants inside, mainly because the darn squirrels come on the back porch and make a MESS all around, digging in all the pots.......
Huggy buggy by the stove! I love so much how she's lov'n on you. Just melts my heart, making me miss my Mocha girl❤🩹 I would be blessed to have neighbors like you, Lori and the kids at my in the near future soon to be new home🤞 Love and light to you all..🪶🍁💮
Awe Thank You Caroline. We could use a good neighbor too :-))
Wow Lori that chilli smells so good! I think I'll make a pot at my house to.
Awesome, awesome love it! God bless you two and the 4 leggers👍😃✌️🇺🇸
Thank you and God Bless. :-)
Thank you JC and Lori for Sharing and Keeping Track of your Garden Stats. This Year our Garden at the Off Grid Property Did Poorly, But Our More established Garden down state did decent, Potatoes and tomatoes a plenty. Squash not so much, but we neglected them for the most part. Hope your Hunting season treats you well....Some extra Red Meat in the freezer is never a bad thing. Early morning in the blind for us tomorrow....so wish us luck. Best wishes guys......Best wishes.
My early season is being consumed with have to do projects but I'm trying to squeeze in some time here and there. Best of luck to you :-)
@@thebossoftheswamp thank you
The flowers, that you picked, would of made a bee hive happy.
Thank you so much for the lovely update. ❤️
With all the years of hunting under our belts isn’t it great JC how the the heart pumping crazy like that still happens like the very first time we saw our first deer. I hope that feeling never goes away. Great to see you guys all caught up on the winter prep chores and being able to enjoy cooking and enjoy some quality hunting.
Good Luck!
All the best and God Bless
Agreed. It's not about the harvest anymore. So many times I've sat in the stand and watched deer without releasing an arrow. The excitement is there but by attitude has changed.
Thanks for Legends of the Fall!! Good luck with the well. Had one drilled once and understand the trepidations! It turned out as yours will... Now you can dream through the winter of the new home to be created.
The well is in and already hooked to the garage. I'm installing a chimney today for the woodstove ;-)
Queen Lori and her faithful sidekick Jim.
I've got to get my arse motivated this morning & get downstairs to start my wood stove. Elk stew & biscuits can cook while I stack more in the wood bins.
Get to it :-D
Yes ! read'em & weep winter is coming ! 😂🍺👍
Pretty good hall on the garden!! Cool bull moose! Over in St. Johnsbury area, back in my early 20s. I see where a bull got into a round grove of cedars trees and mauled them flat, raked his Antlers up and down most of them!! The trees were 20ish foot tall! At the time, I thought that Paul Bunyan' blue ox got in them! LOL
Hi Boss and Lori! Ken here from Nova Scotia. You sure had a great indoor garden. The experiment seemed to pay off very well for the cukes. My dad eats a lot of accorn squash. He was told to cut back on starchy stuff like potatoes so the squash was a great substitute. Sure like the kitchen queen.
I should cut back on potatoes too but I just love the darn things :-))
Always enjoy seeing what you are up to - good living. You are a great team, chili looks delicious. Happy hunting!
Thank you :-)
That moose visit was so cool. Looks like things are going great Boss. I'm wishing you well with your well :-).
They are magnificent animals but very aggressive and dangerous at this time of year. I'm glad I was in a tree and not on the ground ;-o
Great video! Love this time of year. Fall colors are popping, chill is in the air and my cabin is just about complete. Going to be great to spend some time up there this winter. Cheers!
Hello beautiful friend nice video see you soon
Hello hello :-))
ALWAYS QUALITY, FROM UK
What an awesome hunt. To me, that is just as good as harvesting a deer. To have a really nice moose come by that close, Wow! A great harvest in the garden and greenhouse too. I like how you are still experimenting with your garden. I feel like I never get mine right. Take care!
It's fun to experiment with it. Sometimes the results are a real eye opener.
Watching you two cleaning up outside and stacking firewood & kindling reminds me that we’ve got to get our firewood stacked before snow fly’s. Great harvest, and the butternut squash! Love it! That Chili sure looked good 😋 Nice & cozy. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a moose. Maybe tomorrow my hubby and I will get out to do some leaf peeping. We enjoy the old logging roads here in ME & NH. Those logging roads seem to be getting busier over the years, with ATV’s though. Good to see you two. Have a great week ahead, and God Bless!
Yes indeed. Atv's are fun but have taken a lot away from nature. Certainly less tranquility out there now.
@@thebossoftheswamp I agree!
A grand wonderful life
As usual another great video I was surprised to see the difference between growing some of your vegetables indoors and the performance of the ones outdoors I think I'm going to get me a greenhouse
The difference is staggering and I do believe the indoor cukes would have lasted longer if i hadn't started giving them this toxic rain water.
Oh yes, winter is coming again with giant strides. As always, Mrs. Lori and you are well prepared. You two are a really great team. Good luck with the hunt. Well, hopefully it's not just the moose who seems to know that you don't have a moose permit that comes by so nicely. Please cuddle your lovely fur babies from me. God bless💫🍀
Loved the garden and the moose!
Really enjoyed that one Jim. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it :-)
Great family video! Good to hear from y'all! Hard work, great harvest. Bet that house smells good with the Queens going to town!!! Want to hear a good song, look up John Prine; When I get to Heaven!?! 🍃🍂🍁😊
Wow beautiful majestic animal!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸
Wow Boss and Lori what a harvest. We always enjoy your videos and thank you for sharing your time with us. Take care and give the kids a big hug.❤
Thank you Cathy :-)
That was a really good harvest you had there. Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video
Love to see the moose!!!!!!!
Me too, just not that close :-o
Autumn is my favorite season. Good harvest from the garden. Best of luck in the stand.
Same here brother. Every season has its charm :-)
Great video Boss I am amazed at the hanging cucumbers hope you guys are well and have an easy winter have a great day be safe.
Thank you :-)
you two are great thanks😀
Thank you :-)
Rainy you say? Come on down to Florida, we’ll show ya what rain looks like. 🤣🤣 nice harvest, I wish my little garden would do just a fraction of that. Always glad to see y’all.
Awesome Moose !! The “Boss” here and I love hitting the Pittsburg area every year or so, mainly to see the moose and beautiful surroundings. Another great harvest ! Thanks for sharing your life 👍👏 Rick
I see moose on almost every hunt. It's nice but their aggressive nature during the rut always pushes the deer out. They'll swap places in November though.
Always great to see you and Lori doing what you enjoy! That would be very cool to see a moose out in the wild like that! I can only imagine! Glad to see that life on the Mountain is agreeing so well with you both! I have to admit, I was wishing for "smell-a-vison" when I saw that Chili being made! LOL! All the best to you both, and the pups! God Bless!! ~Lou
That was awesome chili. Probably her best ever so I got her to make another and it's simmering as I type :-))~
@@thebossoftheswamp I am assuming that the meat component would be that of a venison variety! (Really needing a smell-a-vision app right about now!)😄!!
Wow! You two got one heck of a lot of food this year. Lori making the chili caused me to go pull some hamburger out of the freezer. Now it's finally cool enough to cook a good hot meal.
That chili was awesome and she's got another one simmering as I type. Yum :-))
@@thebossoftheswamp Drooling here thank you very much!!! lol
Cold day with chili on the stove!! Then the corn bread!! Oh boy, Its going down to about 50 next weekend. I know Sundays menu!!!
What a harvest! And amazing encounter with the moose! You guys are looking happy and content. Loved seeing Tildie. How's Frankie? Been missing seeing him!
Thank you. Frankie's doing well for an old man :c)~
Man i sure do love you people!! Yer my kind of people! Im a self proclaimed artist..unlike you , you are definately one! You two are sure precious! Thankyou for sharing all your videos!...
I appreciate your kind words Mark. Thank you for posting them.
One Lucky Moose! He won the lottery. Lol. Next time Boss Man maybe a large Whitetail.
Great video again. Good to see you both and how productive you have been.👌🏻
Thank you :-)
It was nice seeing a video of all the normal life and 2 favorite people of utube. I just finished having a ugly cry from here in fort meyers. Its been tough. All the moods. Its so hard. No power and water, but 2:30-3 am got it back. Still cant shower or wash clothes though. We are thankful to be alive. We are on aquifer well water. We are thankful. The Lord had mercy. It was traumatic but we are doing good. Thank you for the video. Keep them coming. God bless
I'm thankful you're alive too Jeanette. Many blessings to you and yours.
thats a serious woodpile. good to see you two getting ready for winter.
Great yield from the greenhouse and garden! Yummy chilli and a great fire plus a moose walking by. Heaven not that good I don’t spies lol. Cheers! Thanks for the video!
To bad you didn't have a permit. There goes your whole winters meat supply walking away!! Your doing all of the chores i got to do most of my life and i miss it.
The bull moose was massive
Great video 👍🇦🇺
Watching your videos reminds me of the time I spent with my great grandparents. Not that your old. We're similar age.😄🤠
I hope they were good times :-))
The best of times. I learned alot about off grid, including outhouse.😄😄😄
As always, enjoy your posts. Lovely team work and awesome coverage of the moose!
Thank you :-)
Acorn squash is pretty nice too. A little brown sugar or maple sugar with butter, MMMMMMM! That's good eats!
Yes indeed ;-)
I've just discovered your channel.
We're not fully off grid, but we now live in the mountains of Andalucia, and it's a hell of a lot more rural than mid size town in the heart of West Yorkshire, England.
It's amazing how I now see any dead tree as free heat, I'm discovering amazing new uses for our log burner and the wife just loves growing her fruit and veg.
We have an orange orchard and lemon trees, but need to learn how to grow those butternuts and cucumbers.
My next move is to make a bow for me and the boys.
Life one day at a time xx
Best of luck with your journey :-)
Good looking harvest!
I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you for saying so Scott :-)
Danny King of Deep South Homestead grows Cherokee Tan Pumpkins/Squash. Each plant produces about 40 Pumpkins/Squash. Thank You for your reply to my asking about Frankie. I was so very happy to hear that he is doing well. I loved seeing the Moose. Thank You J.C. & Lori! Brenda from Wichita Kansas
Thanks for the tip on those squash. I'll look them up.