Pulling Stumps & Building the Outhouse- Our Remote Property in the UP | EPISODE 12
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- In this episode we're going to get the outhouse built, pull a stump, and live it up amongst the hoards of mosquitoes and deer flies! Great times at the wall tent camp! I also talk about off-grid portable power, and pick some spruce tips for a perfume I want to make. So come along with us, sit around the fire, and enjoy watching someone else work! Haha
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You are definitely not afraid of hard work! It must be awesome to be married to someone you have so much in common with. I really enjoy watching y’all interact and get things done.
It brings a tear to my eye every time I hear someone say Grace before a meal. God bless both of you and your Brother. 🙏🏻
Years ago I made a shower out of an old hul-a-hoop. I hung a shower curtain on it and suspended it from a tree limb. I used an inner tube for a water container. It warmed up fast in the sun. The biggest problem I had was it getting to hot. I would just fill it partially and then add cold water after it heated until I got the temperature right. Love your videos. Makes me wish I was 50 years younger. I always dreamed of building a log cabin. The closest I ever got was a 8x8 chicken house made from landscape timbers. By-pass surgery and 2 strokes have made me an armchair participant.
That’s brilliant!
@@mariannesouza8326 I think brilliant is a little bit of an overstatement. I"ll settle for clever. But thanks anyway. I hope the idea is useful to you and/or your fans.
I wish I was 50 years younger so I could just go to any mountains and for a picnic table 2 saw horse and a board and you can used them for other jobs
hang in there billy, keep as active as you can and you will be able to keep enjoying this beautiful world for a long time!...Merry Christmas to you and yours...
“Hanging of the wind chimes means we are here for the year.” I just realized you all can’t drive to Alaska. I hope you can get up there to check out your property. We all know Mother Nature and her friends will take it back and quickly. I just love how you talk to the camera as if you were talking right to us and not at us. Thank you for making us part of your lives.
yes we're going to AK
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Simply love you two. Your whole outlook and respect for life and nature, your obvious belief in God. This old dog has learnt a few new tricks from both you and Dave.
Thanks and be blessed.
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Please watch videos of Jim Nduruchi
I'm so sorry for the loss of your brother. I can't imagine losing a sibling 😢. I'm beginning to love you guys. Great video!
Our thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏🏻
I love your show 🥳
Good to see you girl! So sorry about your brother, I lost mine 32 years ago, I just think of him and smile now. God bless you. I enjoy your show, and you teach me a lot.
Great video Brooke and Dave, it was so satisfying watching you tear that stump out we were...... rooting .....for you.....I'll see myself out.
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You here all week?
@@bernadettebockis4120 don't forget to tip your server.
I see what you did there.Ill leaf with the comment of saying I laughed
What a joy to watch this. Awesome outhouse. I LMAO when Dave commented about you painting it. 🤣Your set up is so cozy & peaceful looking. Brooke watching you work. Girl you are a savage. Admire you so much. 👍
Goodness. You and Dave have highly addicting and entertaining channels. I love watching both of you: bushcraft and homestead masters. Thank you for putting these vlogs together. You and Dave (and Maisie) absolutely inspire and motivate. Watching you pull stumps was a hoot! God Bless you! I have to say I love it when you say thanks for your dinner.
Thanks 👍
It's a good addiction to have ♡
Brooke and husband, I can't do the things you guys do, but I sure can watch and enjoy!!
Your so boring
I'm not
Just a little suggestion, something I've been doing over the last couple of years... On your first pour over on the coffee, try stiring the coffee. I've found that all of the coffee gets brewed and the reward of a much richer, more flavorful, satisfying cup of coffee 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
Bathing in the smoke to keep away the bugs. Never thought of that. You teach me...us...so much. Thank you Brooke...and Dave. Happy pottying!
Praying for you and your family.
You guys are greatly loved by many.
Watching this, I know why we love both of your channels, you enjoy the simple things like we do and you work together on things like we do. There is nothing like just sitting in the woods or in a lake just taking in the sounds and movement of nature. It just feels right.💚💙💛
Awesome! Thank you!
Common dream, work together, little piece of wilderness- priceless...
Lots of love ❤️ to you!!! I want you to know how inspiring you are!!! I lost a sister to drugs as well, but I do know she is in a better place...we took down our old pool and made a fire pit to sit around and make family time!!!
Greetings Brooke and Dave,
Sorry for the loss of your brother I lost one of my younger sister's a year ago this coming week right after I found out I had cancer again 😢. Life definitely throws us some challenges but we need to stay positive through it all everyday is a gift from God. I'm hoping to make a full recovery this summer and head up to Ontongaon and do some camping on lake Superior this fall. I love Dave and your blogs Y'all keep me out in the woods and happy. God bless you and your family young lady 🙏.
Much peace and love from northeast Texas.
Roger Anderson Get Well Soon!🤗🤗🤗
Hi Brooke. I just finished watching all your videos this morning and am so happy to see another video just now. You truly inspire me. I'm so sorry about your brother. Just know you're in my thoughts and prayers.
2 things to help with the Mosquito's etc.
This one is from a Green Barrette: 6 T Pine tar, 4T Caster Oil,
2T Penny Royal Also, I
Have used, at night when they show up, I
Get a jar of Vicks Vapo
Rub! They take off fast. I rub alittle on my arms & leave the jar open on my table where I have
My phone where I watch things at night.
Must be the eucalyptus in the Vicks that scares them away!
A green barrette? Your sisters hair piece?
I keep a spray bottle filled with mouth wash... we spay our arms, legs. No mosquito bites... and I'm a mosquito magnet
Watching your vlog here on the east coast. 1239 am on the 19th of June. My birthday---: what a great end to a wonderful day-- by the way I turned 66 today --- I love your videos
@@jennylankford2078 any particular kind? I would think Listerine?
The geese were there when you mentioned you're brother. That was as a sign. Great video.
Tracy Bourgoine I was thinking the exact same thing!!! 🧡👍🏽🧡
Muimto bom parabéns
Dave and Brooke, that outhouse is awesome! Nice job and camp is looking quite comfy. Bar the mosquitos, it's heaven on earth!
Sorry for your loss....you guys did a great job out there...I feel like I'm right there with you.....good post...I always learn something in each vid.. God bless and be careful out there.
Camping tip for washing up in a lake: bring along a bar of Ivory bath soap. it floats so you won't lose it. Not as popular these days so many people don't know this.
It's pure, best soap for acne. Hard to find.
Camped on Lake George in NY for about 1971 thru 1998. Never in that time would we put soap in the lake. Totally against the regulations. We bought sun showers at A sports store. We could 2 of us take a hot shower and rinse with a5 gal shower. I have Two of them in my emergency kit for use in hurricanes. While we were camping on LG. A local town shut down their water treatment plant for modifications. They tested the Lake water for bacteria and purity and fed the Bolton Landing NY town needs without treatment. The Lake water was purer than the water from the water treatment plant. Everyone obeyed the “nothing disposed into the Lake”. Regulations. Still clean today.
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@@josephburkhalter5105 I agree if it was a water supply lake or a campground. That little bit of soap would have about zero effect on water quality in most lakes. Certainly not much more harm than washing up without soap or swimming and much less than the effect of wildlife. Water quality was my profession for many years. I don't advocate ignoring posted regulations.
@@dananelson1743 any dollar store has it.
>Sigh< Yep just taking it all in........ love these videos! Thank you both.
Outhouse Pro Tip: Add two screened windows for cross ventilation. This is an absolute savior in the heat and to get rid of the smell.
I went to a memorial lately and the elders who performed the ceremony encouraged us to know the deceased did not want us to grieve for long, but to move on. 💜
marian frances a very important thing to remember they are happy an want our growth an happiness too.
Hi Brooke & Dave....very entertaining & informative video!....Both of you are people that you would luv to hang out with!....May God Bless & Take Care!
Enthusiasm and motivation go a long way!You guys look so happy!! Pretty neat!
Sometimes I can even smell the smells. Thank you. And many blessings!
Love watching you guys do all that you do, great job with outhouse, cheers Michelle from Western Australia 🇦🇺⛺️🔥🧻😀
Chili dogs are the ultimate camp out food and can be used for breakfast lunch and dinner...But only when camping! LOL
And a air vent pipe coming from the back helps with the smell
Yes, my Forestry friends here in the UP suggest painting the pipe above the roof (approx. 4 ft) black. This heats up from the sun and acts as a heat pump, the air rises and vents the vault.
Yea it is Friday and I get some Brook and Dave!! I really am falling in love with your UP property!!!
Invest in a fogger. They aren't to expensive and worth every penny. The out house tutorial was great. Stay Wonderful.
yes they use to work good, until they banned them here in Canada, i still have mine but you cant buy the product to fill it, in the old days we use to drill an tap the muffler on the lawn mower and hook a copper tube to it and to a small tank, cant remember what we put in the tank back then, but you cant buy it any more, and like any thing else, only worked when no wind
I agree, I just bought my dad one for Father’s Day and it’s amazing!
Thanks for a great video. Dave with his white legs in his under pants....cracked me up! Stay safe yall.
Enternal rest on your brother and may he rest in peace. God bless
Loved the heron wind chime,.
Good times in the woods! Sawdust is perfect to neutralize odors from the outhouse, just a thin layer everytime you go "dodo". Just a tip! That wind chime is so cool, I think he is happy to be out again!
You and yours have been in my heart and thoughts a lot! So happy to see you back! I always love that wind chime! Woohoo! Happy Fathers Day to Dave! I've told you before but getting to spend time with y'all via all this is so helpful to me and a blessing! Thank you ❤️
Thank you so much!!
Beautiful day. And I am sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. No worries he's watching over you. Great build for the outhouse and have an awesome time. Like I say beautiful spot.
Dave is digging his way to Australia ❤️ where I live. How exciting getting a cabin on your own hand . Can't wait to see the adventure. Xxx ❤️💙
Banjo, I’m in Adelaide 👍🏻🇦🇺
YOU BOTH ARE AWESOME...BRAD AND I LOVE WATCHING YOU TWO INTERACT AND IT IS ALWAYS REFRESHING TO SEE HOW WELL YOU WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN...HAHAHAHAHHA BEING IN YOUR UNDERWARE IS MORE THAN WHAT BRAD WOULD HAVE BEEN IN...
My family used to buy the pix coils when we went to the drive in movies when I was a kid. They did not work that well and we still got a lot of insect bites. If you don't perspire heavily like I do then you can try Avon Skin So Soft. You can use it in diluted form on the dog too. Mix 50-50 with water. Another method is Walmart sells oil lanterns in the camping department and citronella oil in the garden department. It helps light up the outside areas and the citronella works against mosquitoes. As for Deer Fly they come in and attack in squadron strength. You could try a mist device to try and control them. If you can find citronella plants in your region you can container grow them. Up north they would die from the cold winters unless you have a greenhouse to keep them warm during winter. Stay healthy and stay safe and keep living your dreams.
Lived in the UP 1975-1979 at KISawyer AFB. The UP is my favorite place! It’s my happy place. I have video on my phone of the waves coming in. Avon skin so soft is what we used for mosquitoes. They weren’t that bad though back then. It also rarely got above 80F in the summer. Maybe because we were so close to Lake Superior. We lived on fish. Trout and salmon. Thanks for bringing me back up there with you. I live in Texas right now so I need the break!
Buzzzzz buzzzz buzzzzz....... 😫
Styrofoam outhouse seat means a warm seat in winter time. 😊
Have a safe blessed night. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I love how hands on you are! You're not going to stand around waiting for someone to tell you what to do, you just find it on your own, and figure it out, on your own. Girl Power!!
Love watching you. Great example of how independent we women can be. Sorry for your loss and I understand. Lost my brother this past November exact same way just before Thanksgiving. Big hugs and keep those videos coming. 🙂
sorry!!!!
Congratulations on the 100,000+ subs !
Lovely to see you back after such a heartbreak situation. I didn't leave a message before because i didn't know what else to say after every bodies comments. Stay cool.
Phil Gyles For sure, makes so many of us happy to see your smiles.
Thanks for all your tips and inspiration! You make me want to do all the things outside!! Here is a tip for you. You use lemons and limes allot, which I love!!!! If you roll them really hard on a cutting board before you cut them. You will get way more juice! Hope it helps! I went to Alaska in 1995 to visit my cousin in sterling. It was so beautiful. The midnight sun! The Lord has sure made a beautiful world!! Blessings to you and your family. I'm a mom of 7 and grandma of 16! Thank you so much!🥰😇
Gonna remember this. Didn't know building an outhouse bear fruit to such rewards. The best of all worlds, sittin' in the shade, on the beach, having your wife bring you the best of the best garbage beers, w. lime. Luv u guys, your wholeness, realness, and tabascy.
hahaahh thanks
Hello red, Im so sorry about your brother I pray for Gods comfort on you.
We live in a remote spot and find good old fashioned incense sticks, jos sticks etc keep muzzles away.
Libellula Washington hello
Haha, Outhouse tech, I like it! A clear roof for plenty of sunlight, placing some type of non-absorbent panel to ward off urine, and built well enough so you won't fall into your own soup? Cool man.
I’m glad you and Dave are addicted to filming. Because I’m addicted to watching. Bless you guys.
Wondered when y’all would get into solar generators. I use a Jackery 500 in the truck. Nice to have silent power
I know how it feels to lose a brother my heart goes out to you as well as my prayers. Watching you both work so hard at what you both love doing is awesome just one question where's Da wolf?
I watched dave's outhouse tutorial and I really want to thank him for that. I know of 4 different places that I will build new out houses for right now. Can't wait to get started.
The required court layout for a game is two stakes fastened securely in the ground 40 feet apart. The stakes should be of iron or soft steel one inch in diameter protruding 15 inches from the ground, each leaning approximately 3 inches (
12-deg. from vertical) toward the opposite stake.
Enjoyed watching! Love the rocking chairs!
3 things u can use to cut down on the smell in an outhouse. Camp fire ash, sawdust and lime
4 things. the 3 you mentioned and a vent out the top
Where has our girl Maisie Daisie been lately? I've missed her in the last couple of videos. Please bring her with you next time..
One of the best things to do to keep your outhouse from stinking is to put a lid on the seat and vent it from the hole through the roof with a chimney. It pulls the methane out through the top.
What a grate couple God bless and yes we will see our loved ones again some day and good people like you all can't wait. Girl gone😁😁😁🤗🤗🤗
You're gonna need that out house after drinking that kind of beer lol
Still thinking about you with passing of your brother . Been there with older brother and younger sister. Talk to him and know he hears you.
We live down state & are counting down until we can get out of the city when our 5 th graduates in 5 yrs. I’m living vicariously through you until then. Love your videos & our deepest condolences. Many blessings ❤️
thank you!
Watching you and your hubby say your prayers proves good things come to those who believe
Girl in the wood “stump b gone llc.
I love y'all more than fresh honey!!! 😊💕
I like your Attitude w/o all the Click Bait, others use. 👍🏼
*Thermocells work well, YT shows how to do your own Refills. **Amazon sells 1 gal essential oils
w/Garlic used in handheld pump sprayers. That lasts up to 2-4 weeks to eliminate; Fleas, Ticks & Mosquitoes
So sorry for your loss, so glad you have the comfort of the Lord. Always enjoy your videos. Outhouse on our farm blew over this spring, we don’t live there but it did come in handy. May try your plans, like the clear roof! Be blessed, your property is beautiful but the bugs are awful! Can’t wait for the rest of the build.
Sorry for your loss, I’ve lost two of my brothers with in an hour of each other with in 50 meters of each other. I know your pain. I didn’t get to say good bye.
Its hard
I would like to know how large of acreage you bought and how much lake access you have ?
Another outhouse tip, make or buy one of the three wick candles that are typically in the small buckets and keep it lit in your outhouse, it will keep it warmer than you could imagine when it's cold and it helps with keeping the bugs away.
I'm yelling, "Brookie! way to go!" on that stump!
When you spent the day building an out house, do you feel pooped out? Sorry...
ROTFL LOL 🤣🤣🤣
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Who christened the out house first?
Very funny!😂😂😂✌🏻️
"Better out than in."
The official distance between the stakes is 40 feet for horse shoes
40 feet and 5 degrees lean in to each other played for 20 yrs
Thank you for praying before your meals. So necessary and forgotten by many.
Anytime you dig in the woods, it helps to have a brush axe with a curved blade to cut roots. Saves your good axe and the curved blade finds the roots better.
I love that you are giving thanks to Jesus.
I'd rather dig through rocks than deal with tree roots.
Did you know their honking is to encourage one another as they fly?!!! Cool wind chimes! Way to go girl!! You are so blessed to have a place like that to be. I do envy you except for the mosquitos!!! Wise tips for the out house, thanks.
I absolutely love how *stoked* you get over the simple things in life!
Yeah, you know, like an outhouse and the proper build & use thereof!
I grew up with outhouses at summer camps *(one was a three holer) and what you said rang so true!
My only additions would be:
(1) build in two framed & multi-layered screened air flow spaces - one about a foot above the bottom of the door & one up near the top of the back wall and
(2) keep a pail of ashes in there and add a scoop after each dump.
Once we did that to ours, it was more comfortable for those longer visits in the heat of summer and the odor was reduced even more. Some of the units never had to be relocated because breakdown occurred better & quicker.
nice
Building an outhouse ? Been there, done it and used it. Question is why am I laying on my butt watching you all sweat
Jeff Amos hello
Hey while you're digging check for gold you down deep a enough
The last time I was in the UP,,we found gold in the hard sand lumps and all the time in Garnet /red sands there .
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Love you kids! You need a digging bar, spud bar. Definitely get a propane fired bug fogger. They work!
Those rotten stump chunks, let em dry a couple of days then through one on the campfire at dusk for a smudge fire. Keeps the skeeters at bay.
Good to see you both busy and doing what you do best. Hugs and good vibes sent your way.
KEEP A BAG OF LIME KEEPS SMELL DOWN AND BREAKS DOWN ALL OF THE STOOL
CHARLES Keehl I remember dad always put lime in our outhouse an renewed it occasionally too. We used ours for years, so long ago.
Thank Brooke! You and Dave are doing a great job! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for all your outhouse advice!! 😁
You are having fun! I love being in the woods....
Sorry for the loss of your brother. Tough times ahead, but you are in my prayers. Thank you for all you do.
You and Dave are so well rounded! Makes my heart sing!
We finally found our piece of property too. Just spent the weekend out there, our first camp overnight, with the bugs, the rain and the dirt. It was heaven. You are so right about an outhouse being a unique building. We’ve never built one so I stopped last week at a builder Amish mans place of business and ordered one, on skids so we can move it as needed. We had to buy metal fire rings because our property has not one rock on it. Lol. Can’t find one anywhere. I’m not big on bug spray or chemicals so I’ve learned over the years that mosquitoes hate flying over ground that you sprinkle granulated garlic on. I buy it in a big pound container at the restaurant food store. Coming home today was bittersweet but that hot shower was the best thing in life! Enjoy.
hahaha yep. i brought in all the rocks at our place... unless you go to Superior, there's no rocks in sight!
Girl in the Woods I just watched Dave’s video. I’ve already bought the clear plastic roofing and it’s loaded on the trailer to go to the builder tomorrow. I bought a whole “case” of it for my rabbit hutch, the outhouse and a sheet or two in the chicken coop. I guess I need to go rock picking. 🤗
It’s good to hard work and get done and have to relax know you did great job Awesome you two👍👍
Thank you for sharing with us.
What a joy and a blessing your videos came across as recommended😇. Hugs around your heart for the loss of your brother.
I want to thank you for these videos because in some small way I'm able to see and experience
Horseshoes was a big thing growing up. My parents played it all the time. Brings back some good childhood memories. Thx for sharing your journey