An Outdoor wood boiler will be worst than milking a cow. They require whole trees to stay warm. A Rocket Mass Heater is much more efficient. 95% or better. All the Heat stays inside vs heating the atmosphere. They do take proper design to work properly. The burn chambers get excess of 1500 F. where only fire bricks work or last. I heated a DIY 900 gallon Aquaponics system in a 20" geodesic dome for 28 months straight. I grew veggies year round. I'm 61 and had a stroke from sleep apnea 2 years ago. Don't wait too long to finish Your plans. Do it asap. Nothing beats fresh clean Food!
I love your answer to the self sufficiency question! "We grow our own food because it's the food we want to eat." That is going to stick in my brain hopefully forever!
Hi from Miami Florida. How about letting pigs do the job for you on prepping the land, just block them in for a space at a time. I have lived in Miami for 39years out of the 40. 1 year in Pennsylvania for work. I really, really love your story. Daunting for me to plan such a magnitude of things TEN YEARS😮 AHEAD. Love the fact he is so good at planning etc. amazing. Around 30years old I started to dream about buying 20acres or so. Hopefully In 5 years we’ll be closer to this. My wife and I started dating same year y’all got married😊. She is slowly but surely enjoying the idea of actually being self sufficient. I’ll keep watching your progress for years. No way we (the public) can’t fall in love with your stories. May God bless you and your amazing land.
That was A LOT of fun!! I am thinking, for your NEW garden area maybe you can start improving the soil with cover crops 🤔 Either way, it was a fantastic video ❤️👍👏
This is all exciting! I'm excited for you both. Your land looks beautiful. I hope you can fellowship and worship together with fellow believers in the near future. SLOW and grow :)
My son is canoeing the Mississippi from the headwaters to the Gulf. So, they started (perhaps) near you. Lots of flooding they've experienced, beautiful area.
That was a fun video thanks! Im also in Minnesota 40 mins north of the cities, its nice to hear other folks homesteading plans and their journey on how they got where they are now.
This was really interesting to listen to you about how your life moved towards your homestead. We've been looking for land for years, but no luck yet with prices the way they are. I grew up northwest of the Twin Cities, and we are now still in our "classroom" in our city lot in southern Minnesota. I have had my garden for 4 years now, but this year has been REALLY strange. Can you do a video on how you control the bugs? I have had SO many crazy different bugs this year!! I can't even google the name or image of the bug, because I don't know what these two bugs are. They are hitting so many things... celery was decemated, beets, lettuce, etc. Those bugs are so disgusting. Sigh. I garden organic and have been working on soil health each year, so I'm surprised I've had so much bug damage this year. I'd love to see what you do!! And how you fertilize in your garden. :)
Oh no! Yes, I've noticed more pests as well. I think it's due to the mild winter we had :( I've found my best method to control them is companion planting with calendula, marigolds, nasturtiums, and chamomile. I fertilize with compost :)
Love makes a good team :) You guy's have done so well, it's one step at a time Rome wasn't built in a day ! When you have a dream run with it before it's to late :)👍
Do you have have an Inreach phone? My husband's good friends lived very similar to you and they have an Inreach phone based on satellites and then also pay for a service of helicopter evacuation emergency rescue for just in case because they live a couple hours from hospitals, etc. or if they got trapped on their land from trees falling on the roadside and there was an emergency and couldn't get out.
Hi guy's. You are definitely not Crazy....well maybe crazy happy and that's Awesome! I'm retired and just now starting to have a garden. I love it. Unfortunately where I live in Texas it gets so freaking hot. I'm not giving up! You guys are Great. Please keep posting so I can keep learning. Thank you. Have a Blessed day❤❤❤
An Outdoor wood boiler will be worst than milking a cow. They require whole trees to stay warm. A Rocket Mass Heater is much more efficient. 95% or better. All the Heat stays inside vs heating the atmosphere. They do take proper design to work properly. The burn chambers get excess of 1500 F. where only fire bricks work or last. I heated a DIY 900 gallon Aquaponics system in a 20" geodesic dome for 28 months straight. I grew veggies year round. I'm 61 and had a stroke from sleep apnea 2 years ago. Don't wait too long to finish Your plans. Do it asap. Nothing beats fresh clean Food!
I love your answer to the self sufficiency question! "We grow our own food because it's the food we want to eat." That is going to stick in my brain hopefully forever!
We are also in north/eastern Minnesota trying this lifestyle! Always fun to listen to others journey, thank you for sharing!
Awesome!! Hi neighbor 👋🏼!!! Thanks so much for being here
Hi from Miami Florida. How about letting pigs do the job for you on prepping the land, just block them in for a space at a time. I have lived in Miami for 39years out of the 40. 1 year in Pennsylvania for work. I really, really love your story. Daunting for me to plan such a magnitude of things TEN YEARS😮 AHEAD. Love the fact he is so good at planning etc. amazing. Around 30years old I started to dream about buying 20acres or so. Hopefully In 5 years we’ll be closer to this. My wife and I started dating same year y’all got married😊. She is slowly but surely enjoying the idea of actually being self sufficient. I’ll keep watching your progress for years. No way we (the public) can’t fall in love with your stories. May God bless you and your amazing land.
Good morning from Forest lake Minnesota!! That was super fun! I even learned a few things😁 I also really loved the pictures of you guys as kids lol
Haha blast from the past for sure! 😁
That was A LOT of fun!! I am thinking, for your NEW garden area maybe you can start improving the soil with cover crops 🤔 Either way, it was a fantastic video ❤️👍👏
That’s such a good idea! Thank you!
This is all exciting! I'm excited for you both. Your land looks beautiful. I hope you can fellowship and worship together with fellow believers in the near future. SLOW and grow :)
My son is canoeing the Mississippi from the headwaters to the Gulf. So, they started (perhaps) near you. Lots of flooding they've experienced, beautiful area.
How cool!!! Yes I bet he did!
That was a fun video thanks! Im also in Minnesota 40 mins north of the cities, its nice to hear other folks homesteading plans and their journey on how they got where they are now.
Thanks for watching! Sounds like you’re probably close to where our 5 acre homestead was 🫶🏼
I love seeing someone else in Minnesota homesteading. I’m about 45mins north of the cities. We are early in our journey of self sufficiency.
How cool! You're likely close to where our first homestead was :)
@@thehomesteadingrd likely we are in northern anoka county. Love following your videos and journey for tips.
You guys seem happy together so that glue will hold you tight. Best of luck and never give up.having each other is your biggest resource.
Peace&plenty
Thank you!!! We’re having a great time on this adventure together!
Thank you, you all have such an amazing story!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was really interesting to listen to you about how your life moved towards your homestead. We've been looking for land for years, but no luck yet with prices the way they are. I grew up northwest of the Twin Cities, and we are now still in our "classroom" in our city lot in southern Minnesota. I have had my garden for 4 years now, but this year has been REALLY strange. Can you do a video on how you control the bugs? I have had SO many crazy different bugs this year!! I can't even google the name or image of the bug, because I don't know what these two bugs are. They are hitting so many things... celery was decemated, beets, lettuce, etc. Those bugs are so disgusting. Sigh. I garden organic and have been working on soil health each year, so I'm surprised I've had so much bug damage this year. I'd love to see what you do!! And how you fertilize in your garden. :)
Oh no! Yes, I've noticed more pests as well. I think it's due to the mild winter we had :( I've found my best method to control them is companion planting with calendula, marigolds, nasturtiums, and chamomile. I fertilize with compost :)
Give your future self a gift
Chickens work well for ticks.
They sure do! We have very few ticks around the coop/garden area thanks to them
Your fortunate to have a partner that wants the same things you do.
I’m very thankful we are on the same page here!! ❤️❤️
Love makes a good team :) You guy's have done so well, it's one step at a time Rome wasn't built in a day ! When you have a dream run with it before it's to late :)👍
It feels like such a big task but yes, one day at a time! 😅🙏🏼
Do you have have an Inreach phone? My husband's good friends lived very similar to you and they have an Inreach phone based on satellites and then also pay for a service of helicopter evacuation emergency rescue for just in case because they live a couple hours from hospitals, etc. or if they got trapped on their land from trees falling on the roadside and there was an emergency and couldn't get out.
That’s a really good idea!!
Hi guy's. You are definitely not Crazy....well maybe crazy happy and that's Awesome! I'm retired and just now starting to have a garden. I love it. Unfortunately where I live in Texas it gets so freaking hot. I'm not giving up! You guys are Great. Please keep posting so I can keep learning. Thank you. Have a Blessed day❤❤❤
Thanks guys, nice video and a peak into the behind the scenes
Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
You keep saying 'self sufficiency' ... why limit yourselves -- why not abundance?
Katie, by any chance, does Ryan have a brother named Dakota?
No, he doesn’t
@@thehomesteadingrd just sent you a picture to your Instagram of him. He is like the younger version of Ryan 😱
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Thanks for being here!