I'm an electrician and designed my own off grid system. I use several small inverter's rather than one large one. This way if one dies, I have other ones until I get it fixed/replaced!
When it all gets to much for me I sit down and watch your videos. For a while you take me away to a place were my mind finds peace. Thanks guys but above all thanks for being you. Niall 🍀
As an Alaskan that has lived here for over ten years, I must say that while the light that is sponsoring this video is pretty awesome. But Energizer sells rechargeable AA & AAA batteries at every grocery store and are pretty cheap. I think you exaggerated the “tired of buying batteries” part a little bit. I love your videos and can’t wait to see more.
I watched all the way through before making this comment about candles... You have Bees, in years to come when you process your honey, you're going to have the by-product of bees wax. Plan on making candles ( for back up lighting needs, as well as ambient lighting needs ). You may want to research how to make candle lanterns and candelabras to maximize that candle power.
Did you happen to get the ice spikes I sent you for your boots? I hope they fit because I had to guess the sizes. I use them all the time and love them. Just don't walk on your hardwood floors because they will scratch them up.
Hayden Ross YES! Thank you so much! Just the day before I was saying to Arielle that I was done falling on the ice ( we both went down pretty hard a few times) and that I was going to get us some ice cleats, then we got your package! They fit great and we are very grateful to have them thank you again :)
When I first came up here I figured out I only need about 5 hours of sleep in the summer, but 8 or 10 in the winter, plus an occasional nap. I think it’s just a natural effect of light and dark, plus the cold. Hit the thrift stores for cheap candles. Thanks for the tip on the O light sale!
Ive subscribed to alot of off grid channels but yours is the most informative. Im watching from sunny South Africa but content is still useful to us. Plus you guys make the videos in such a way that i always watch till the end. Thanks and keep warm guys. Oh in future episodes if you could go into more detail on how you survive financially. You did do a vid on the basics, but maybe a bit more in depth and with exact figures would help to see if this is possible for others.
As usual, your editing of the wildlife and your area is superb. It must take a good bit of work to get footage that lasts only seconds in your videos, but, I appreciate all of that work. Thank you.
Great information. You two light up my day lol Yes I have this light changing issue mid Dec. But like you both keeping busy, still going outdoors having the right light and just rest like the trees do . Come the Solstice we will all be looking through those seed catalogues and making plans . really enjoy the bloopers too after all we are just human... Cheers
Love your out takes!! You can always say, “I just brushed my they and foam has covered my I teeth and now I can not see what I am saying”. Also you can state “ Words are hard and sentences are a nightmare because, they use all of those darn hard words”. Love the vids!!
Yep. We hibernate in winter and just don't sleep in summer. Fair trade-off (been here all my life and I'm 64) especially if you love this place as I do
I love to watch your videos what you are doing is my and my late husband dream that we never got to fully get to have as I did all the canning and baking and drying of food he was a hunter and fishing person I made fishing rods for a very long time for lamaglas and G Loomis for a long time more years than I want to think about. We always wanted to homestead as we had 7, children but it wasn't in the cards for us my youngest son and husband had cancer and sadly my husband passed away from his and my son made it thru 2 bouts of cancer then I got the cancer and heart attack and had open heart surgery and that dream was never able to happen . But I truly appreciate and believe in what you are doing.
Another piece of astounding videography! Well done, y'all! The best way to describe that sleepy-just-wanna-cozy-up and sleep feeling to those of us in the lower 48 that is not Washington State. 😉 Wahington gets a lot of rain and clouds, but in a great deal of the rest of the 48 there is what most think of as regular daylight. I get the same feeling on those spring to early summer days during a rain storm. I believe a lot of folks feel the same way as I've heard it from others many many times. So, for anyone who still couldn't visualize the feeling I hope that helps. I'm really glad the solar company was so gracious! That is stupendous customer service! Y'all are also really the perfect people to be sponsored by Olight. They made the right choice in your channel.
Thanks for answering that question! I wondered that too...we plan to move there in a year or 2 hopefully. Been watching all your past videos to help us prep to move from OR to AK as well. Thanks for all the help!
Good info for lighting. Great company to send you a brand new and an upgrade to boot. Keeping receipts is so important. Always enjoy finding new videos.
Thx for the Olight link, will purchase through it...ride a thing called a OneWheel at night with a group mainly in the downtown Dallas area, the Olight will be a perfect addition...like always, awesome video, really enjoyed the opening too...the drone shots were incredible...thx for sharing guys...
I love my Olights. I have a headlamp and the PL2 Mini gun light. The only gripe I have is the magnetic charging cords are oppositely polarized so they each need their own charge cord. I’m constantly misplacing one of the charge cords and end up tearing the house apart to find it. I wish Olight would make their charge cords universal between their lights.
Just a bit of advice from an old farmer ...the next time you need to make sure the electric fence is working get yourself a longish blade of green grass and put the tip on the fence. Then advance it until you feel a tingle . Much less distressing then having to actually get shocked. L
I really enjoyed all the footage at the start of your video, well edited and beautifully shot. I am a bit south of you and get about 8 hours of sunlight so I do understand the need for lights and sounds like a good upgrade for your solar. Merry Christmas.
“Give me some water, I need some water” lol That was nice getting an upgrade on the inverter. I always look forward to winter solstice. The darkness doesn’t bother me mentally but it does cut down on the amount of work I do outside. Have a great week guys.
When it gets dark here around 4:30pm I want to go to bed. I fight it. I must say that you also work very hard and I can understand the light change can add to wanting to sleep more. Hang in there, your not alone. Then in the middle of the night I am wide awake!
Have you ever tried oil lamps for inside light with Klean Heat oil? Works pretty well along with portable lanterns if your batteries aren't charged but still need to go outside in the dark. Just for back up.
Good video guys. If you order candle from a wholesaler, or make them yourself their cost will be less. Also if you can't say words that you used to be able to say you might need to visit a doctor. You all might need to take vitamin D supplements during the dark months. Good luck.
Hi, you can refill the green propane canisters, theirs a device that connects to a 20lb propane bottle and let's you refill the green bottles. Take care and Merry Christmas.
^^^ THIS right here! The adapter for the propane tank is around $5. You get your money back on the first 2 fills. You do want to use the 20lb tank when it is a fresh refill to do this. Even if when you go to town you refill the 20lb partially full tank every time. Save the 1lb canisters so you can have a decent stock pile of them.... because stuff happens.
Hey guys, we've had -40c temps for the last week and a bit roughly. We're a little north of you in the Yukon. Can you do a video on how your girls made out. We're getting chickens this spring so your input is much appreciated. Thank guys!!!!!!!!
My family & I just moved to Wasilla from California in March & it has been a HUGE change for me. The house we bought comes with a greenhouse so to battle my depression I wanted to start gardening. Before starting I kept googling things & watching many videos. That’s how I came across your channel & after watching your videos on your gorgeous garden I decided to try it and am glad to say my garden is growing and doing good. Now I want to build a chicken coop but was worried about how to build it so the chickens don’t freeze on me so again started searching & this video has helped me as well. THANK YOU. Your videos are the best!
I've gone to Panasonic "eneloop" rechargeable AAA and AA batteries. On flash lights, I use cheap lights that use rechargeable18650 lithium ion batteries. Got tired of buying batteries.
I'm just starting to watch your videos. Wow you guys have accomplished a ton in just a couple years. Have you done a video showing all of the changes from beginning to now? I'd love to hear your thoughts on your big move to Alaska and how it's pushed you to grow, and what you're proud of and what you miss. It's just the 2 of you day in and day out, do you interact with other folks much? Doesn't family miss you terribly?
You guys are so flippin cute!!!! Love the bloopers at the end!! Please don't ever stop that!!😂😂😂Seems like you have everything figured out really well. It's great that the chickens have their own little lantern!!!! 💓💛💚💙💜🌈
Your channel is totally awesome. I live in Fairbanks and wish I could find an owner financing dry cabin option. I am ready to rock and roll I have a lot of energy and am willing to pay the price to live here. The loss sunlight of sunlight is going to be weird but I think a Happy Light may help for the off outing effects!
Nice! I might have to order a couple olights... I hate how much I go through other headlamps and batteries and I dont have near the darkness you do up there.
Hey if you ever need to use batteries again I used to insulate attics and had to use those headlamps all the time, my coworker told me about the old rechargable AA and AAA batteries with charger at cvs or ebay. They work well if you get a good brand.
I refill my 1 pound propane tanks from 20-30 pound bulk tanks. Plenty of TH-cam videos on how to do the refill. I always enjoy hearing your sharp shrill little rooster crowing. Howdy from Tennessee y’all!
I love the channel,every morning,trinking my coffee,I watched you guys,It is beautiful,and give me joy,thank you.I wanted to ask you,are there some jobs, what the people do ? Other cabins have bathrooms or you have to go outside?
Hi , have binge watched nearly all your videos. Am really impressed !, Can you spell out the name of the head torch that you are impressed with please?. I really like the look of the life you two have carved out for yourself . You seem to keep busy all the time, and eat very well. I like the hunter gatherer , and grow your own food, sort of life!. Keep up the good work ,and stay safe . Best regards Andy ( from the UK)
Snow makes a huge difference with it how bad the dark time feels. I live in Finland and bit more in south than you since the shortest day is little bit less than six hours in here but I spent couple years in more north. The winter didn't feel half as bad in there even with less sunlight during the day with getting the snow early and having it through the whole winter. It is the darkness of the ground that drains the energy out from you with everything being black around you. If the darkness starts to get you one way to treat it is to get a bright light lamp and run that on the mornings when you wake up while you eat your breakfast, since you have to sit straight front of it for it to work. I do that on those times when I feel like the darkness gets too much. One thing I hope you have thought is that you take care of your D-vitamin suplements because that is something you do need to take during winter when there is less sunlight. In Finland they actually recommendates to use that also during summer even with the nightless night. But you don't get enough of it during winter this up in north and it is vital to your body. Since you have moved up from south and area that has a lot more sun through the year, your body has also adapted to have it more what means that you will need to supplement it also bit in highter dose than those who are born and raised in the area. That is something I learned through a friend who moved here from Australia. When your D-vitamin runs low it does affect to your moods and immune system and you will catch all kinds of colds a lot more easier. But it also affects to your bone health and other things too so it is really important to take care of it that you get it enough during winter. And the batteries...like someone else commented, why you don't get those rechargeable batteries? Those are great. I use them for things like my mouse and I don't even remember when I bought batteries last time.
I work for a solar company take. Look it we are a called iron Edison battery company and ask for Joey and let me see what we can do im the guy who builds the systems
Seems quite similar to what we have here in Finland 🙄 however so far im personally not ready for off grid living.. but maybe some day 😉 Greetings! U have great videos! 🤗
@@elidine well there s lots of snow in northern finland, but im only 200km (110miles) north from the most southern places.. normally we have lots of snow all the time from mid october to mid april, but this year has been abnormally warm autumn/winter, so currently only a little snow which comes and goes (which im grateful for; i heat my house with wood only, so the colder it is the more work it is to keep the house even around 50-60f degrees 😧) Im already waiting for the summer so much 😅
But i had to check what is actually our shortest daylight here.. it is 5hrs 21min 😋 but hooray, soon the light time will begin to increase again. In october to december we always have also incredibly cloudy weather, after september theres been less that 10hrs sun shine all together. Its quite tough for the psyche 😋
Always buy inverters that have removable fuses. If it shorts out, it will simply shut down and you don't have to worry about disconnecting the wires and getting shocked cause it will simply shut down. Will save the battery bank too. Shorted inverter can destroy battery banks. Just saying. Have some experience on solar systems. You can get those rechargeable solar head lamps. They are really cheap.
Great video! My husband has just bought a rechargable head torch and it is fab. I go to work in the dark, and come home in the dark in the UK, it is making me crazy!! Love your lifestyle and get excited when you release a new one 👍
You two would be the leaders of the group if the walking dead was real. If it ever comes down to that, I'm gonna find you and stick to your plan. It will save me. Thanks! 😂
12 ppl pushed thumbs down, just wanna punch them in the face 🤬 what cant u like about these videos?!, only that comes to my mind is that when you watched it you have to wait to the next upload.
We live up here also, we get our rechargeable headlamps on Amazon. We get 18000 lumens for abt $16. They hold a charge for a couples of days and we’ve had them for a couple of years without any problems. Just a thought.
I love your channel so much, so I have a request on a video suggestion... I’m planning on moving to Alaska once I’m out of the military. I have the general knowledge for just about everything minus solar. Is there a way y’all can do a video on solar and break it down to super dummy levels? Like understanding how much watts you need for certain things to the batteries to components? Thanks in advance if you see this!
With a little luck next year your honey bees will provide you with wax cappings at honey harvest time. I see candle making activities in your future! What fun!
Fish oil is a necessity in Norway in the winter! If you can't stand the taste then omega-3 supplements with vitamin d and c are great too. But usually it's only those three supplements you need if you are on a balanced diet :)
If you really like candles have you looked for battery powered candles that you can recharge? Battery powered candles have really come a long way these last couple of years in terms of realism :)
I like in Fairbanks and have b een here permanantly since 2000. We have very long dark winters that begin in mid september as compared to being in Virginia in the Lower 48. Darkness increases to 22.5 hours a day. for about three weeks All out of staters at some point have problems coping with this, it does not hit continually and not every year but it hits people noticably Almost ALL become Vitamin D Deficient and they start having ill effects. To fight this they have special lights and or you can sit under bright lights for a few hours a day. Most do not like to, nor do they want to sit around under blinding lights for extended periods of time. So it is a balancing act when you take vitamin D for a while and stop you use lights for a while and stop and then just try to ride out the long winters On particular year I won a trip to hawaii I went in January everything is just grey and black here there is no color outside. When I landed in Hawaii and deplaned I walked though a court yard. The sunlight was almost more than I could stand at first and the Trees and flowers were so bright in the sunlight it was painful. It took about half a day to get used to the light and brightness of everything When I left and returned back into the darkness and greyness the place looked like an old black and while movie, and felt very oppresive it took a day or so until it felt normal again. All the winter movies of alaska being GLORIOUS with sun and blue skys and snow and nature is something that happens only for very short bursts as the clond cover usually lasts for a week and then there is a short burst of sun for 20 minutes or so and on the rare occasion for a few hours. Summer is the complete opposite we do get a lot of cloud cover and rain but there are quite a few days with full sun for hours at its peak of sun is 22.5 hours and in the sundown you can read a newspaper Back to the winter it gets reall cold as in 30-.60 below zero and then it warm up twenty thirty degrees and you see people at ZERO walking around outside in T shirts even shorts. This is very shocking the first time you see this . It his hard to see that zero would feel warm but everything is relative. we also live in a giant valley so we have little wind. in Spring when it is zero to Ten degrees the sun gets so hot ice melts and is steaming. This is so strange. the snow in winter gets welded together but still soft so it hangs from wires buildings poles it is called snow snakes Other times show will get tears in it looking like shomething Chocheted with regular patterns of tears and gaps along entire pieces In the moring before sunrise the snow turns a deep purple as the sun comes nearer to rising it turns pink and then bright white if the sun shones in spring ice crystals form on the snow from the hot sun and shines like feilds of diamonds Even with show on the Ground spring hits and every tree and blade of grass FIGHTS to spring forth and it still goes below freezing the leaves are much tougher the pussywillow do not wither, and then things go on a growing marathon you can see DAILY the leaves have grown the grass shoots from trees and bushes and the Dandelions grow to be over 1 foot tall on the military base above the heated pipe tunnels and other warmer places There is not another place where yo usee life exert itself so much to live.
Excellent description! I have no desire to go to Hawaii in the winter (I’m in matsu valley) but I would if I lived in Fairbanks. I’ve been there twice and found no desire to ever return- too extreme on both ends. My boss thought I was crazy when I turned down 4K a week to do a job up there.
I put a solar system in my house,have 8-100 watt panels--6- 100 amp hour batteries--also use 12 volt- 9 watt led screw in lights bought on E bay-work like regular bulbs --very bright,use very little power have them in each room -use less on grid
Me and my husband lived in Nebraska for 3 years and had chickens. During that time we experienced winters that were in the (-30’s) and we fed our chickens corn with lots of cheyanne pepper. Warms their bodies.
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I'm an electrician and designed my own off grid system. I use several small inverter's rather than one large one. This way if one dies, I have other ones until I get it fixed/replaced!
When it all gets to much for me I sit down and watch your videos. For a while you take me away to a place were my mind finds peace. Thanks guys but above all thanks for being you. Niall 🍀
As an Alaskan that has lived here for over ten years, I must say that while the light that is sponsoring this video is pretty awesome. But Energizer sells rechargeable AA & AAA batteries at every grocery store and are pretty cheap. I think you exaggerated the “tired of buying batteries” part a little bit. I love your videos and can’t wait to see more.
I watched all the way through before making this comment about candles...
You have Bees, in years to come when you process your honey, you're going to have the by-product of bees wax. Plan on making candles ( for back up lighting needs, as well as ambient lighting needs ). You may want to research how to make candle lanterns and candelabras to maximize that candle power.
Yes next Saturday the shortest day of the year. Excellent video
Did you happen to get the ice spikes I sent you for your boots? I hope they fit because I had to guess the sizes. I use them all the time and love them. Just don't walk on your hardwood floors because they will scratch them up.
Hayden Ross YES! Thank you so much! Just the day before I was saying to Arielle that I was done falling on the ice ( we both went down pretty hard a few times) and that I was going to get us some ice cleats, then we got your package! They fit great and we are very grateful to have them thank you again :)
What a nice person you are.
When I first came up here I figured out I only need about 5 hours of sleep in the summer, but 8 or 10 in the winter, plus an occasional nap. I think it’s just a natural effect of light and dark, plus the cold. Hit the thrift stores for cheap candles. Thanks for the tip on the O light sale!
Beautiful scenery. Love seeing the animals and snow covered trees. Stay warm and cozy.
Ive subscribed to alot of off grid channels but yours is the most informative.
Im watching from sunny South Africa but content is still useful to us.
Plus you guys make the videos in such a way that i always watch till the end.
Thanks and keep warm guys.
Oh in future episodes if you could go into more detail on how you survive financially. You did do a vid on the basics, but maybe a bit more in depth and with exact figures would help to see if this is possible for others.
As usual, your editing of the wildlife and your area is superb. It must take a good bit of work to get footage that lasts only seconds in your videos, but, I appreciate all of that work. Thank you.
The filming and editing for these videos keep getting better and better. I loved the introduction shots! Keep progressing!
Great information. You two light up my day lol Yes I have this light changing issue mid Dec. But like you both keeping busy, still going outdoors having the right light and just rest like the trees do . Come the Solstice we will all be looking through those seed catalogues and making plans .
really enjoy the bloopers too after all we are just human... Cheers
I’m cheating- Baker Creek catalog came last week and is very dog eared already!
Love your out takes!! You can always say, “I just brushed my they and foam has covered my I teeth and now I can not see what I am saying”. Also you can state “ Words are hard and sentences are a nightmare because, they use all of those darn hard words”. Love the vids!!
Oh goodness, it's SO beautiful up there!!
LOL! I love the bloobers!!🤣
You both are too funny. Thanks for bring awareness with the rechargeable flash lights!
Yep. We hibernate in winter and just don't sleep in summer. Fair trade-off (been here all my life and I'm 64) especially if you love this place as I do
Trow ash on the ice. It will be easier to walk and you won’t slip on it. Also chickens like to play in ash, a + is it helps with flees.
And then you, the dogs, the cats will track wet ash in the house and basically everywhere....
No fleas (or ticks) in Alaska....
Very much enjoyed the gorgeous beauty in the first 2.75 minutes of the video. Living in a concrete jungle I am jealous of your environment.
The videography in your opening is a beautiful work of art!
Great gag reel at the the end..keep up the antics ..
I love to watch your videos what you are doing is my and my late husband dream that we never got to fully get to have as I did all the canning and baking and drying of food he was a hunter and fishing person I made fishing rods for a very long time for lamaglas and G Loomis for a long time more years than I want to think about. We always wanted to homestead as we had 7, children but it wasn't in the cards for us my youngest son and husband had cancer and sadly my husband passed away from his and my son made it thru 2 bouts of cancer then I got the cancer and heart attack and had open heart surgery and that dream was never able to happen . But I truly appreciate and believe in what you are doing.
You sold me on those headlights. Awesome. I love rechargeable tech.
I LOVED seeing the bloopers.
Another piece of astounding videography! Well done, y'all!
The best way to describe that sleepy-just-wanna-cozy-up and sleep feeling to those of us in the lower 48 that is not Washington State. 😉 Wahington gets a lot of rain and clouds, but in a great deal of the rest of the 48 there is what most think of as regular daylight. I get the same feeling on those spring to early summer days during a rain storm. I believe a lot of folks feel the same way as I've heard it from others many many times. So, for anyone who still couldn't visualize the feeling I hope that helps.
I'm really glad the solar company was so gracious! That is stupendous customer service! Y'all are also really the perfect people to be sponsored by Olight. They made the right choice in your channel.
Just found your channel a couple days ago, loving what you two are doing💪 subbed and turned on all notifications 😁
Keeping It Dutch Thanks for joining us guys!
@@SimpleLivingAlaska 💪
Love you guys!!!... family and I I watch all your videos keep it up very inspiring
Thanks for answering that question! I wondered that too...we plan to move there in a year or 2 hopefully. Been watching all your past videos to help us prep to move from OR to AK as well. Thanks for all the help!
Such beautiful footage. Thank you.
1M subscribers! Congratulations (in advance), BRAVO!!!
Good info for lighting. Great company to send you a brand new and an upgrade to boot. Keeping receipts is so important. Always enjoy finding new videos.
I just found out that my family is moving to Valdez! I'm excited to get back up north!
Thanks so much for the heads up info on the 'Olight'. I ordered and gave to my husband for Christmas and he loves it!
Pepper Medley awesome thats great to hear!
Eric you should be a stand up comedian....love the after takes...have fun in the dark you two and thanks for sharing.
Thx for the Olight link, will purchase through it...ride a thing called a OneWheel at night with a group mainly in the downtown Dallas area, the Olight will be a perfect addition...like always, awesome video, really enjoyed the opening too...the drone shots were incredible...thx for sharing guys...
we also were going through a lot of aaa and aa batteries so we started using rechargeable ones. they work great so far.
And by the way you're gardening skills are to awesome...😋
Just be you and I am Groot
I love my Olights. I have a headlamp and the PL2 Mini gun light. The only gripe I have is the magnetic charging cords are oppositely polarized so they each need their own charge cord. I’m constantly misplacing one of the charge cords and end up tearing the house apart to find it. I wish Olight would make their charge cords universal between their lights.
You should make some "Hundred hour candles." It's really easy and well worth the few pennies to make them
Just a bit of advice from an old farmer ...the next time you need to make sure the electric fence is working get yourself a longish blade of green grass and put the tip on the fence. Then advance it until you feel a tingle . Much less distressing then having to actually get shocked.
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Merry Christmas guys! I hope you have a joyous and blessed New Year! The video's are getting better and better. GOD bless. JC
JCAJCA3 thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
That was a beautiful opening montage. Great editing and music!
I really enjoyed all the footage at the start of your video, well edited and beautifully shot. I am a bit south of you and get about 8 hours of sunlight so I do understand the need for lights and sounds like a good upgrade for your solar. Merry Christmas.
Jerry's This and That Merry Christmas! :)
Look into storing your eggs in hydrated lime for the off season.
“Give me some water, I need some water” lol
That was nice getting an upgrade on the inverter.
I always look forward to winter solstice. The darkness doesn’t bother me mentally but it does cut down on the amount of work I do outside.
Have a great week guys.
My Alaska Dream haha I guess the lack of light is wearing on me!
When it gets dark here around 4:30pm I want to go to bed. I fight it. I must say that you also work very hard and I can understand the light change can add to wanting to sleep more. Hang in there, your not alone. Then in the middle of the night I am wide awake!
Only our white leghorns layed all winter. Nothing seems to slow them down.
You posted this video 18 minutes ago and you already have 577 views! Oh yeah, and no thumbs down!
LOL the ending had my crying. That made me love you guys so much more hahahhaha
Have you ever tried oil lamps for inside light with Klean Heat oil? Works pretty well along with portable lanterns if your batteries aren't charged but still need to go outside in the dark. Just for back up.
Loved the video, really informative. You may like to check out Vitamin D supplements because of your lack of sufficient sunlight :):)
I just put on a sweater and fixed a hot cup of tea when i started watching - it is 67% F here 🤣
Good video guys. If you order candle from a wholesaler, or make them yourself their cost will be less. Also if you can't say words that you used to be able to say you might need to visit a doctor. You all might need to take vitamin D supplements during the dark months. Good luck.
His tongue is still intoxicated from all that amazing bacon!
Hi, you can refill the green propane canisters, theirs a device that connects to a 20lb propane bottle and let's you refill the green bottles. Take care and Merry Christmas.
^^^ THIS right here! The adapter for the propane tank is around $5. You get your money back on the first 2 fills. You do want to use the 20lb tank when it is a fresh refill to do this. Even if when you go to town you refill the 20lb partially full tank every time. Save the 1lb canisters so you can have a decent stock pile of them.... because stuff happens.
You should get a Coleman lantern that burns regular fuel. 1 tank burns all night.
Check out hybrid light. Solar and usb charged. Also led
Beautiful intro to your video!!!
such a gorgeous beginning
If you don’t have one I would suggest a battery disconnect. Also a battery monitor.
Hey guys, we've had -40c temps for the last week and a bit roughly. We're a little north of you in the Yukon. Can you do a video on how your girls made out. We're getting chickens this spring so your input is much appreciated. Thank guys!!!!!!!!
My family & I just moved to Wasilla from California in March & it has been a HUGE change for me. The house we bought comes with a greenhouse so to battle my depression I wanted to start gardening. Before starting I kept googling things & watching many videos. That’s how I came across your channel & after watching your videos on your gorgeous garden I decided to try it and am glad to say my garden is growing and doing good. Now I want to build a chicken coop but was worried about how to build it so the chickens don’t freeze on me so again started searching & this video has helped me as well. THANK YOU. Your videos are the best!
Great job! Love the bloopers.
For me on candles i go to thrift stores n buy big candles for around $1. i probably hav couple 100!!!lolol Lov your outtakes. Beautiful beginning too
I've gone to Panasonic "eneloop" rechargeable AAA and AA batteries. On flash lights, I use cheap lights that use rechargeable18650 lithium ion batteries. Got tired of buying batteries.
I'm just starting to watch your videos. Wow you guys have accomplished a ton in just a couple years. Have you done a video showing all of the changes from beginning to now? I'd love to hear your thoughts on your big move to Alaska and how it's pushed you to grow, and what you're proud of and what you miss. It's just the 2 of you day in and day out, do you interact with other folks much? Doesn't family miss you terribly?
Was the move to Alaska better than what you thought? And why?
You guys are so flippin cute!!!! Love the bloopers at the end!! Please don't ever stop that!!😂😂😂Seems like you have everything figured out really well. It's great that the chickens have their own little lantern!!!! 💓💛💚💙💜🌈
Glad to see that the lack of sun light has had no effect on Eric,and he continues to be very articulate when speaking in front of the camera.L.O.L.😆
Your channel is totally awesome. I live in Fairbanks and wish I could find an owner financing dry cabin option. I am ready to rock and roll I have a lot of energy and am willing to pay the price to live here. The loss sunlight of sunlight is going to be weird but I think a Happy Light may help for the off outing effects!
Looks very cold for Alaska until the end of the month. Be interesting watching the video from this week... ice fishing? Stay warm!
dazism yes ice fishing is coming :)
Nice! I might have to order a couple olights... I hate how much I go through other headlamps and batteries and I dont have near the darkness you do up there.
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Hey if you ever need to use batteries again I used to insulate attics and had to use those headlamps all the time, my coworker told me about the old rechargable AA and AAA batteries with charger at cvs or ebay. They work well if you get a good brand.
I love it when you two show the bloopers...lol
Mini flash light with 3 aaa bats at Walmart for a $1 ***** - Winter Solstice the REAL Universal December MIRACLE !!
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I refill my 1 pound propane tanks from 20-30 pound bulk tanks. Plenty of TH-cam videos on how to do the refill.
I always enjoy hearing your sharp shrill little rooster crowing. Howdy from Tennessee y’all!
I love the channel,every morning,trinking my coffee,I watched you guys,It is beautiful,and give me joy,thank you.I wanted to ask you,are there some jobs, what the people do ? Other cabins have bathrooms or you have to go outside?
Hi , have binge watched nearly all your videos. Am really impressed !, Can you spell out the name of the head torch that you are impressed with please?. I really like the look of the life you two have carved out for yourself . You seem to keep busy all the time, and eat very well. I like the hunter gatherer , and grow your own food, sort of life!. Keep up the good work ,and stay safe . Best regards Andy ( from the UK)
Snow makes a huge difference with it how bad the dark time feels. I live in Finland and bit more in south than you since the shortest day is little bit less than six hours in here but I spent couple years in more north. The winter didn't feel half as bad in there even with less sunlight during the day with getting the snow early and having it through the whole winter. It is the darkness of the ground that drains the energy out from you with everything being black around you. If the darkness starts to get you one way to treat it is to get a bright light lamp and run that on the mornings when you wake up while you eat your breakfast, since you have to sit straight front of it for it to work. I do that on those times when I feel like the darkness gets too much.
One thing I hope you have thought is that you take care of your D-vitamin suplements because that is something you do need to take during winter when there is less sunlight. In Finland they actually recommendates to use that also during summer even with the nightless night. But you don't get enough of it during winter this up in north and it is vital to your body. Since you have moved up from south and area that has a lot more sun through the year, your body has also adapted to have it more what means that you will need to supplement it also bit in highter dose than those who are born and raised in the area. That is something I learned through a friend who moved here from Australia. When your D-vitamin runs low it does affect to your moods and immune system and you will catch all kinds of colds a lot more easier. But it also affects to your bone health and other things too so it is really important to take care of it that you get it enough during winter.
And the batteries...like someone else commented, why you don't get those rechargeable batteries? Those are great. I use them for things like my mouse and I don't even remember when I bought batteries last time.
I work for a solar company take. Look it we are a called iron Edison battery company and ask for Joey and let me see what we can do im the guy who builds the systems
budvics correcting shitty grammar with more shitty grammar!👍🏻😂👍🏻😂
Hey, hey, its almost Christmas,be nice, or no gifts 🎁 for you guys.😁
Seems quite similar to what we have here in Finland 🙄 however so far im personally not ready for off grid living.. but maybe some day 😉
Greetings! U have great videos! 🤗
Hows the weather in Finland? Lots of snow?
@@elidine well there s lots of snow in northern finland, but im only 200km (110miles) north from the most southern places.. normally we have lots of snow all the time from mid october to mid april, but this year has been abnormally warm autumn/winter, so currently only a little snow which comes and goes (which im grateful for; i heat my house with wood only, so the colder it is the more work it is to keep the house even around 50-60f degrees 😧)
Im already waiting for the summer so much 😅
But i had to check what is actually our shortest daylight here.. it is 5hrs 21min 😋 but hooray, soon the light time will begin to increase again. In october to december we always have also incredibly cloudy weather, after september theres been less that 10hrs sun shine all together. Its quite tough for the psyche 😋
Same here in mid/southern northern Sweden. Snow, then melting, just pure ice, now mud and probably going back to snow soon.
Always buy inverters that have removable fuses. If it shorts out, it will simply shut down and you don't have to worry about disconnecting the wires and getting shocked cause it will simply shut down. Will save the battery bank too. Shorted inverter can destroy battery banks. Just saying. Have some experience on solar systems. You can get those rechargeable solar head lamps. They are really cheap.
I enjoyed the ending lol
Great video! My husband has just bought a rechargable head torch and it is fab. I go to work in the dark, and come home in the dark in the UK, it is making me crazy!! Love your lifestyle and get excited when you release a new one 👍
You two would be the leaders of the group if the walking dead was real. If it ever comes down to that, I'm gonna find you and stick to your plan. It will save me. Thanks! 😂
12 ppl pushed thumbs down, just wanna punch them in the face 🤬 what cant u like about these videos?!, only that comes to my mind is that when you watched it you have to wait to the next upload.
4:39 I'm not into pushing nature either. I try to find how to work with her.
We live up here also, we get our rechargeable headlamps on Amazon. We get 18000 lumens for abt $16. They hold a charge for a couples of days and we’ve had them for a couple of years without any problems. Just a thought.
I love your channel so much, so I have a request on a video suggestion... I’m planning on moving to Alaska once I’m out of the military. I have the general knowledge for just about everything minus solar. Is there a way y’all can do a video on solar and break it down to super dummy levels? Like understanding how much watts you need for certain things to the batteries to components? Thanks in advance if you see this!
Just wondering what the red bird was at ~:19? Very beautiful!!
yall should spread your fire place ashes on that ice before you fall and break something.
beautiful photography work paired up with that song at the beginning, love your videos!
How nice of them sending you guys an updated inverter. I admire what yall are doing, keep on keeping on, you make it look easy.
for the darkness it helps to have good lighting indoors. Simulate the sun inside and put every lights on when you wake up. Greetings from Finland
With a little luck next year your honey bees will provide you with wax cappings at honey harvest time. I see candle making activities in your future! What fun!
Fish oil is a necessity in Norway in the winter! If you can't stand the taste then omega-3 supplements with vitamin d and c are great too. But usually it's only those three supplements you need if you are on a balanced diet :)
Daylight lamp is also great though, 15min in the morning when you get up and 15 min somewhere between 15.00-16.00 :)
If you really like candles have you looked for battery powered candles that you can recharge? Battery powered candles have really come a long way these last couple of years in terms of realism :)
Norwaycat91 we have 100+ cans of salmon :)
😂😂😂 those outtakes are so good
I like in Fairbanks and have b een here permanantly since 2000. We have very long dark winters that begin in mid september as compared to being in Virginia in the Lower 48. Darkness increases to 22.5 hours a day. for about three weeks All out of staters at some point have problems coping with this, it does not hit continually and not every year but it hits people noticably Almost ALL become Vitamin D Deficient and they start having ill effects. To fight this they have special lights and or you can sit under bright lights for a few hours a day. Most do not like to, nor do they want to sit around under blinding lights for extended periods of time. So it is a balancing act when you take vitamin D for a while and stop you use lights for a while and stop and then just try to ride out the long winters
On particular year I won a trip to hawaii I went in January everything is just grey and black here there is no color outside. When I landed in Hawaii and deplaned I walked though a court yard. The sunlight was almost more than I could stand at first and the Trees and flowers were so bright in the sunlight it was painful. It took about half a day to get used to the light and brightness of everything
When I left and returned back into the darkness and greyness the place looked like an old black and while movie, and felt very oppresive it took a day or so until it felt normal again.
All the winter movies of alaska being GLORIOUS with sun and blue skys and snow and nature is something that happens only for very short bursts as the clond cover usually lasts for a week and then there is a short burst of sun for 20 minutes or so and on the rare occasion for a few hours.
Summer is the complete opposite we do get a lot of cloud cover and rain but there are quite a few days with full sun for hours at its peak of sun is 22.5 hours and in the sundown you can read a newspaper
Back to the winter it gets reall cold as in 30-.60 below zero and then it warm up twenty thirty degrees and you see people at ZERO walking around outside in T shirts even shorts. This is very shocking the first time you see this . It his hard to see that zero would feel warm but everything is relative. we also live in a giant valley so we have little wind. in Spring when it is zero to Ten degrees the sun gets so hot ice melts and is steaming. This is so strange. the snow in winter gets welded together but still soft so it hangs from wires buildings poles it is called snow snakes Other times show will get tears in it looking like shomething Chocheted with regular patterns of tears and gaps along entire pieces
In the moring before sunrise the snow turns a deep purple as the sun comes nearer to rising it turns pink and then bright white if the sun shones in spring ice crystals form on the snow from the hot sun and shines like feilds of diamonds
Even with show on the Ground spring hits and every tree and blade of grass FIGHTS to spring forth and it still goes below freezing
the leaves are much tougher the pussywillow do not wither, and then things go on a growing marathon you can see DAILY the leaves have grown the grass shoots from trees and bushes and the Dandelions grow to be over 1 foot tall on the military base above the heated pipe tunnels and other warmer places There is not another place where yo usee life exert itself so much to live.
Excellent description! I have no desire to go to Hawaii in the winter (I’m in matsu valley) but I would if I lived in Fairbanks. I’ve been there twice and found no desire to ever return- too extreme on both ends. My boss thought I was crazy when I turned down 4K a week to do a job up there.
I put a solar system in my house,have 8-100 watt panels--6- 100 amp hour batteries--also use 12 volt- 9 watt led screw in lights bought on E bay-work like regular bulbs --very bright,use very little power have them in each room -use less on grid
Me and my husband lived in Nebraska for 3 years and had chickens. During that time we experienced winters that were in the (-30’s) and we fed our chickens corn with lots of cheyanne pepper. Warms their bodies.
Lesson here: SAVE your receipts!
Image if you didn't have your receipts?
Better luck next time, I guess.
Great Info.......thanks! I use my oil lamps and I do buy candles at yard sales, but candles do scare me some.