I’m a 59 year old gentleman who has been living partially off grid for the past 10 years. I bought an out of the way piece of property and installed my fifth wheel trailer on the property. I have had electricity ran into the property but no running water and no septic system. I use a composting toilet and truck in my water. I have been loving this lifestyle for a decade and have managed to keep my expenses to 600.00 a month…. Groceries included. I grow most of my own food in my garden and have taught myself how to preserve and store food. I live very basic and I know it’s not for everyone but I have found peace and happiness in my life. The pioneer spirit is still alive and well…. Even here in Canada
Ya very similar circumstance here though I live in Alaska. We got our house built this year but its just a shell, so we are excited to start on the inside as finances allow for it during the winter.......takes time and sometimes more then you anticipate, but we keep chuggin along
I've lived a similar lifestyle, though not in Alaska, and having just turned 70 I offer a caution: no matter how strong you are in your 50s and early 60s, you WILL find your strength waning as you hit 70 (I'm speaking specifically about women), so you may want to think about beginning now to implement some systems that will help you as you age in place. Rainwater cisterns are a good thing, both if you hope to expand your gardens, and during winter when storms may make it more challenging to drive for water. You could even put a smaller rain water cistern inside your house where it would not freeze in winter. That can be as simple as using plastic (food grade) barrels with lids. Or a couple of IBC totes in the basement. I hauled water in jerry cans for a long time, too, both to water plants and for bathing and drinking, but could not do it now. Joints do deteriorate, and women do not have the muscle mass that men do; no matter how fit we try to stay, we're built differently. Thinking ahead is a good thing: It can take a long while to put solutions that work for you personally in place, both because of finances and because of the ingenuity that is sometimes required.
I also wanted to add I am on the very young side. I have no gray no wrinkles. I look just like the picture in the handle that was not taken long ago so it has nothing to do with that. It’s just the inside of the body does what it wants and it doesn’t matter how strong your mind is.
I think part of my comment got taken out here, but what I was saying earlier is that I moved here at 57 not living quite as hard as she is but similar, and all that lifting wood and lifting water now I have to have surgery on my shoulder never before in my life did I have anything. Also, several other health things have occurred as well. I’m now 62. I 100 % agree with the comment above and it is true that women do have different bodies than men. Originally men were meant to do these things and when women do them and I’m not being sexist we are just built differently and we do take a huge toll on our body living like this. Again what I was saying earlier is that people don’t like to hear what I’m saying and if they don’t like your comment, they will not like it or read it and that’s fine, but I am speaking the truth because I live in a very rural environment in Oregon and nobody is here to help me at all with anything. I do everything alone and go through each emergency alone and, it is very difficult on the body. He is right when you turn about 70 you need to start making some changes before that time. I think these are just kind and honest comments not meant to offend anyone.
I'm 55, I started doing this. I need those Jerry cans to move it back and forth but i store more in larger containers in the house. I fell on the ice back in March dealing with our Cistern. My knee still hasn't recovered fully...
Nice to see you hear. I live alone in a log cabin I built in the 1980s, however, I'm not as remote as you. I live in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate NY. Therefore, I'm fifteen minutes from a small town and grow and preserve most of my food so trips to town are minimal. I use solar generators for lights and use an old Wheel Horse tractor with a snow blower attachment to plow my long driveway. I tore down an old house and utilized the lumber to build an off-grid cabin to rent to Airbnb for income. I made a sauna for bathing in the winter and a rain barrel catchment for the outdoor shower in the summer. Thanks for letting me share. People often don't believe a woman in her late 60's can live like we do, but it's nice to know another woman is out there living like myself. It's a great life! Thumbs up to you lady!
I'm 59 year old female who has been living off-grid for close to 30 yrs. Now. I'm disabled but still cut my own firewood. I just start early in the year so it's not so hard as fire burning season comes closer. I haul in water like you but do collect everything possible. I filter it with my burkey tho. I pray you stay active and content ! Life is to short to live miserably !❤
I’m moving off grid next year. I’ll be 65. I’m not worried about being older. I’ll move slower and I’ll be isolated which is what I want. I’ve been living on a small homestead I created over the last 6 years; dogs, chickens and gardens ❤ I can’t wait to go completely off grid 🎉 It’s never to late to live out our dreams!
My husband and I lived off grid on a banana farm on the East Coast of South Africa, during the 1970s. We had no electricity and used a gas stove and refrigerator. It was usually too hot to use gas lamps, which give off a lot of heat, so we used candles and oil lamps. In winter, when it got dark fairly early, I often cooked with a flashlight tucked under my arm, to augment the light from the oil lamps. Thankfully, we did have a telephone line installed. For hot water, we had a small slow combustion wood stove in an outbuilding attached to the kitchen. This was very useful for slow cooking stews or pot roasts, etc. in my cast iron pots. We had indoor plumbing with a septic tank. We obtained beautiful, soft water from a spring, which was fairly close to the house. We pumped water from there to a tank on the house roof. We had a small tv which used a car battery. My husband made a plug which he put onto the outside of our farm UV. We parked the vehicle close to the window and had a cable from the tv to the UV. I was very happy with our lifestyle and felt blessed to be living in such a beautiful part of the world. We were not unique in living this way. At least half the farmers lived that way. Being young, with a young child, I think it was actually very healthy. I would not have had it any other way.
last year my heater started not working at the beginning of winter. It would come on sometimes once or twice a day and heat the house to 60 in the morning breifly and the fireplace takes three loads to warm the living room ran a coupl small propane camping heaters in the bedroom refilling the small tanks from a 5 gallon tank And they don’t last that long when you refilled them or have to get up to shut them off when in bed because they run out of fuel and I had four others to refill and have ready to change out. Without the fireplace going ,out in the living room It was 50° when it was about 20 degrees outside. I ran one 4 foot baseboard in the master bedroom bathroom. Only had to refill the 5 gal propane tank twice, so it took about 15 gallons of propane and the electric bill was about 200 and normally I would have a $200 gas bill too , Probably went through two pick up truck beds, full of wood. It was an experience just wanted to see if I could do it and got the heater repaired in March , I saved almost enough doing all that, to get my heater fixed rebuilt
Im nearing 65 and live a lot like you though I'm not in a remote area anymore, just a few km out of town in Saskatchewan Canada.Ive no running water, i haul water from a local well i pay to use as well...i have a composting toilet too. I wash dishes in pans as well with water i heat on my wood stove. I cook and heat with wood I've sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys , 3 dogs , 5 cats (no mice) lol and I'm raising and homeschooling my 3 great grandchildren on my own. Theyre ages 9,7,&5 . I also wear skirts with longjohns or leggings underneath. I believe everything i do to live like this is worth it as well. I prefer the simpler life even with the extra work. I know exactly how much work you have to do and am pleased to find another woman willing to live this way...
In my 50’s I moved to a mountain in TN. I’m a Long Islander and it took getting used to. Alaska had always been a dream. I applaud your determination and bravery. I felt I too old to go completely off the grid. . I am living more self sufficiently with my cat, dogs and chickens. I am alone but rarely lonely. Time of reflection, peace, tranquility in an upside down world. New sub.
@ ive been cutting my own wood, hauling my own water, building my own tiny house. No man here! One male dog, 3 male goats, 1 male pig. Thats it! Dad said if I want something done right id better do it myself.
I am 74. I received a diagnosis of osteoporosis and started a proven resistance training program to increase bone density rather than the medication with the blessing of my MD. I started very small, but challenged myself over time. I now am deadlifting 110 pounds, overhead press 55 pounds and 60 pound farmer carry with squats. Two times a week was all it took. My grip strength has greatly improved. Sarcopenia is the age-related progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. You can reverse it. But I understand it is not for everyone if you have other conditions. I never thought I would be able to do this but it worked. Slow and steady improvements.
@@whiteraven69 It is called the Liftmor study. There are many videos on how to do it. Search for BEST WORKOUT FOR REVERSING OSTEOPOROSIS for a good one. "Weight Lifting Exercises for Osteoporosis - How to Lift Weights Safely for Stronger Bones" is also good. "Adapting Weight Lifting Exercises for Osteoporosis for the Home" is also from her. I cannot do the squat due to my shoulder injury, that is why I do the farmer carry while squatting. My shoulder doesn't like to go back that far! I also jump. I started with heel stomps and then have been able to increase the size of my "hops." Jump roping without the rope or jumping off the final step when going down stairs. I am lucky to have "silver sneakers" with my insurance so I can go to the YMCA in my town for free! They have very light barbells to start with in the group class area. Please just start small and light and build up gradually! An added benefit is it improved my balance due to strengthening my legs. As your legs get stronger, you can hop more. I am so blessed to have a MD that is open to alternative natural ways of staying healthy!
@@whiteraven69 I wrote back, but my comment was deleted. Maybe because I mentioned some youtube videos for you to watch. The original study examined the "Liftmor" method and you can read about it on PubMed by the National Institutes of Health. There are good videos showing the exercises on TH-cam. Sorry I can't give you the links.
@@whiteraven69 I have tried 3 times to let you know the study and it is removed every time. The liftmor study was a published study and there are good videos on youtube showing the exercises. I hope you get this.
I used to get a mouse or two in my house. Then my daughter acquired 2 mama cats and soon there were 6 kittens. I have not seen or heard a mouse since then. I feed them morning and evening but might have to give away most of them. And they are all outside cats. Love your video.
Amen about the mice. As a young girl I lived with only cold running water, no indoor plumbing, and had heat from a small stove in which we burned coal, had a wringer washer, and hung laundry out to dry. My hat is off to you, except for the smell of clothes from the line, I can’t help myself from loving the comforts I now enjoy. At 87 I still enjoy friends coming over to visit. You are gifted in lots of ways, and I enjoy your videos.
When Society Collapses you can keep living like you do . Most people will not make it -too lazy . 73 year old male living alone with wood heat (44 years ) and lucky to have town water & sewer . Worked hard all my life and retired at 51 to care for my aging parents ( 6-7 years ) . Inherited there estate ( my brother passed in 2015 and they gave me 100% ) . Was attacked by my niece to get the property . Did all the work and buried my Dad 9 weeks after my mom died ( he did not want to live after she passed - was 96 ) . Dad was in ICU and DR said we are not doing anything for him ( they do not want you if you can not contribute to society ) pulled his oxygen and they called me 2 hours later that he had passed . He had nothing wrong-just old . Put the estate into Gold & Silver and am set for life . Be Safe
U been great for taking care of your parents and because of that God will bless u with health and long age . U are the great example how we should take care of our parents. God bless u beyond your expectations ❤.
@@PRMLA777 They told me to put my parents into assisted living 4 years before they passed . No I said I will take of them in the privacy of there own home where they were happy . They took care of me when I was young now it was my turn to care for them - no assisted living . Was told that will bring me to Heaven . Maybe I did something right in my life .
I live like this too. Much respect. I'm 55. I wear spikes on my boots to keep from slipping on the ice. Otherwise, we're pretty similar. I'm in mountains of Colorado. I do have the convenience of pulling water from our Cistern but still have to haul water from a source to our Cistern and when we lose power, it's hands on only. I did get solar back up power generators this year... EcoFlow Delta 2 with panels. Amazon $499, highly recommend for emergency backup.
I’ve seen places that had iceboxes built through the wall to the outside. In winter time it was the freezer accessible from inside. In the warmer months, they placed an insulated box over the outside and it was used as a cooler. My brother used a 55 gallon drum buried in the ground up to the top. It had a milk crate upside down in the bottom to stack other milk crates on top of, the lid was insulated. It pretty much stayed the same temperature year around. Permafrost areas can be used as freezers, non-permafrost areas are great for refrigerated temperatures.
I was raised in the country in Arkansas, and like you live now...the one thing I am sooooooo grateful for now in this season of my life is running water, I hate heating water to wash ANYTHING! especially using a wringer washer, of course the good thing about the wringer washer is you can agitate the clothes as long as you need to...but toting water for washing and rinsing clothes is such a chore.....people laugh at me now when I love washing clothes, and hanging them out.....I always say, hey all you do is put them in a machine and let it do the work....heating large pots of water is hard.....no indoor plumbing is necessary for me....I can do without a lot, but I do enjoy running water.....
Off grid near the susitna river, no water, no trash pickup, no wood burning, no large propane tanks. Instead what I have done is to spend my cash on a large solar electric generation system before the inflation kicked in. Living in a 40' shipping container heated by the PV system's batteries charging and discharging. Chores: clearing the snow off the panels up to 5 times a day, fetching water, shovelling snow, monitoring the batteries charge levels and weather forecasts, and adjusting my power usage accordingly. I came here for this lifestyle 3 years ago. Now age 69 and lovin it.
Living in Texas, living off grid, I haul water like you and empty a compost toilet. I heat water too. Friends don't understand why I love this life but I do!!
There is something fun about it like camping and seeing if you can do it and make it work each day with the challenges instead of being stuck on the couch watching TV all day eating pizza rolls
Soon as I saw the knife and pistol you were wearing, and the "Bigfoot" I subbed and notified and liked. My oldest ugliest boy just got stationed up there. He likes it. He's on base and getting used to everything. I gave him one of my 44 mag pistols and a few rifles, and we send them stuff too. Me and my wife of 37 years. Homesteaded. It is nothing once you get used to it. It's all in your head. Except the heat issue. Seemed like I was either cutting wood or splitting wood on a regular basis. We have photos somewhere, where the split wood pile is higher than the house. And we used it all that winter. Getting up at all hours of the night to refuel it, was a pain too. Love your grit. We never burned paper like you though. We kept it in old dog food bags for kindling. I'll go back and watch your other video's . I know of an easy fix to your water problem #3 ways actually. Ill watch your other videos first before I comment. Peace.
Yes mate - I'm from Australia. Very different climate etc, but wouldn't take much to get a small house tank mounted high enough and a tap inside. I did it here. There must be insulation or something to keep it from freezing in winter. It also wouldn't take much to have a sink installed somewhere with with the pipe going under the ground to keep it from freezing. I'd be interested to hear your 3 ways to do it.
@Browneye2566 Agree ..told one bloke, she'd, lined with insulation, put inside, on underground heating concrete...you can use solar, sun shines in winter, store electricity in battery...insulate piping from shed to house...ie put water pipe inside a slightly bigger pipe....pipe into the 2 pipes foam insulation.....same with sink water waste...drain into a pit from the home and in summer, gravity feed water out of pit to ground as grey water..
Have you considered installing a rainwater catchment system? It's pretty simple to build one. We collect water off the roof of the 8x16 minibarn into two rain barrels with spigots plumbed in, then haul the water in buckets to the house where we have three large storage drums. The main drum supplies the house (old rv) via a 12v automatic pump. Of course, if you don't have plumbing and don't want it, then the rain barrels with spigots are all you need ;) The issue would be freezing: we have to drain ours and leave the plugs out during the coldest months.
You have never mislead me.This is your life on your homestead and you do things the way you want .I am amazed the way you are transforming in to beautiful homestead❤
Modern refrigerators have a "defrost cycle" which introduces heat to the coils to keep them free of frost, but it also makes then more costly to run. If you can find a fridge made in the 1950's or 60's that is not self-defrosting, you'll find that they are much cheaper to run and since they're built so well, they never need servicing.
I watch from the UK. Your life is about as different from mine as its possible to get. And I LOVE watching your vlogs. Its so interesting to me and I've never once felt misled. (I will never understand the people who have to pick apart everything you say - like there is only one way to do anything) You keep doing you! Hope the storm isn't too bad.
I totally agree! I get people telling me we aren’t remote, but I tell them it’s all relative and to what you compare it too. For the UK we here in the Scottish highlands are classed remote.
Wonderful video. Love seeing the real lifestyle you lead everyday. I understand the mice. I live in the bug capitol of the world, Costa Rica. We never leave anything out on the counters. Our house geckos help a lot with flies and mosquitos, but they don't seem to like the ants. They bite. So I put salt in the drawers and it helps to keep roaches and such away. Moth balls help too. But like you said, we choose to live like we do. Us with bugs, wild animals and monkies that steal my earrings. Had a croc in our pool and a leopard outside my window. You live in the far north of the US and I live in the tropics, but dealing with nature is the same. But we love every minute of it. Thanks for another great one.
I'm 68. And I've been living off-grid alone for 7 years now. And watching you clean with the spray bottles made me smile. I have one with a little bit of bleach in it to sanitize and another with vinegar in it to clean. I live in the mountains of northern Washington State. I'm fortunate to have a spring and cistern 150 ft from my house. When you have to haul water, you learn very quickly how to recycle water so as not to waste it. You go, girl...!
I lived in Alaska since the early 70s. And the power would go out for days, so we were relied on the woodstove too. We grew gardens, Hunted, fished, canned, etc. Nikiski was even smaller back then. Ohh boy Horrible rusty water too!! Also I grew up in a log home that we built too, but I never felt misled. But some people can be soo petty!! lol In my humble opinions I think you represent Alaska cabin life-style very well. Love your podcast always..hugs to all ❤️🙌
3:42 My sense of humor! Love it. I'm 75, live alone on a homestead in Texas and for those who would glamorize this lifestyly, although I would live no other way, any glamour is that which I bring to the party. That's because anything & everything that gets done around here is done by ME.
Having had a snow plow business in Colorado…let me give you this tidbit, never ever put a snowplow on your transportation vehicle, a snowplow absolutely destroys a vehicle, it’s better to have a vehicle you only use on your property, and a shop to park it in to maintain and keep operating.
My Northern NY family uses a side-by-side with a blade for plowing the lake effect snows there. Good call. I haven't met anyone there who uses their "daily driver" for this task.
You are a very brave Lady and energetic too it’s nice to see that these days I’m 59 and the same way pretty much I’m retiring soon and going to be living at my off grid cabin you can’t be lazy living off grid lol thanks for the advice on your videos 😀👍
I live off grid as well and have for seven years now. I find that the off grid lifestyle has a certain rhythm to it and you either love it or hate it and leave it. You definitely have a certain practicality that is necessary for off grid remote living. Love the channel!❤
I absolutely love your channel! I call myself living a remote lifestyle because I don’t interact with anyone in my neighborhood. I’m remote from them… 😂 People can be so competitive it’s crazy.
I'm turning 70 next year. I found since I turned 69 a huge difference in my abilities. I used to do all sorts of yard work and physical work. I just no longer can do it. Plus I also have some health issues. It's amazing you think you're going to be able to do it forever though
Hi Alone! I enjoyed this video so much! I, too, live in a log house in a forest, and mice are a seasonal nuisance. I have a “trap line” I check every day, and am always satisfied when I catch one! They are welcome to live outside, but please leave my abode to me! I am not off grid, but, according to my family, I live remotely! I love it, and wouldn’t have it any other way…..so I can appreciate what you are saying! Enjoy!! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻 0:15
There’s an old saying about if you love your work, you never really work at all. Being able to live your life the way you chose is monumental and I’m so glad for you that it’s working well for you.
I grew up in Alaska and we had a dry cabin as well. We had a spring though so we packed all our water. In the winter we had to chop through the ice to get to the water. I love that lifestyle. I'm 72 now and can't live that way anymore. Wish I could!
10:08 Amen to that, sister. This is precisely why I'm moving back to the woods of northern Michigan after 30 years in Florida. Now that I've retired from a job where I worked on my feet for all that time, I've gotten so lazy that it's affected my health. Preparing for this last hurricane and simply loading a rental van by myself has proved to me how weak I've gotten and it's just not acceptable. I've always been the strong one; now I've got splints on my fingers (typing is...clumsy). We cannot let ourselves get complacent or we will die, painfully and slowly. It's as simple as that. I *will* be strong again. I will not have this. Thanks so much for the inspiration. Glad I found this channel! Liked, subbed and all the rest.❤
Have you ever thought about an event that would cause loss of energy/electricity? 2 billion people on this planet do not have electricity, but if a catastrophe happened, their lives would not change at all. I was out of power for a few days because of some construction but I am a bushcrafter/camper so I had all my lamps and lights, batteries etc; and I didn't miss out on anything. Kudo's to you for your choices. Like you said yourself, each to his own, we choose how we want to live and if that makes you happy, that's all that matters. Much love from Croatia!
Great video. I really enjoyed the voice over style while we watched you doing things. It is really great to see things happening while you talk. Very interesting. Thank you.
75 years otherly-abled ol' North Idaho Gal here. I live in the woods in my ancient 8'x24' mostly off grid camper, 'Till-He'. No working water, gas lines in her...electric is two extension cords from nearby pump house. Thankfully, I can fill my 2 1/2 gallon water jugs by hose from there, too. The last two Summers have been my gutting, renovating the kitchen, bathroom areas to make them work better for my needs. The bedroom area I made the underbed area into storage and added additional shelving to cabinets. I am very blessed...Abba Father God is good! Thank you for this video, I can relate to so much of how you manage. It is about choosing to live this way. I do, mostly, to have peace, live as peacefully as I am able, no dramas. God bless you, Gal! 😊
Strangely I live in north central Phoenix and I live a surprisingly similar life. I pee in a 5 gal bucket and each day dump it in my yard for the plants. I have a Japanese style garden so a lot of plants. I like the bucket thing because I don't have to clean the toilet as much, shorter walk at night, less water flushing. But it is just plain a good feeling when something is simpler. Makes no logical sense. I don't run the heat in winter, doesn't get that cold. Hot water off in summer. Saves very little money, just feels better to me to be in tune with the seasons. I get mice and roof rats in my house in fall because I leave all the doors open to cool the house at night. And I did have to put away dishes and food because of these critters. Had to lock cabinets because they could open the unlatched doors. I only get a couple each year, but kind of a little adventure doing battle with them. All food shopping via walking and I choose a store 2.5 miles away although many closer. Walk is good for me. On and on. Point is a person doesn't have to move into the bush to live a simple life.
Thank you so much for this nice video. I just found you while scrolling through. I was born in Anchorage many, many years ago. But we moved when I was just very small. But I have a very soft spot for Alaska. When I can, I am going to binge watch your videos. Thank you, and love from our home in Central Oklahoma to yours .
This video just popped up for me. I had just read your comment when I saw the big guy going across the screen. I laughed so hard! I had just thought you were maybe making a funny comment about an actual person.
Nothing glamorous about mice in the kitchen or pantry! Living remote or even semi remote does involve some work to maintain one's chosen lifestyle. Having the beautiful scenery and wildlife is quite plus that can make all the hard work worth it. Woof!
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL..JUST FOUND YOU..... I aM a 70 ish person...I lived like you for years..however as I age....it gets increasingly harder the older I get... SOOO...YES... IT IS ROMANTIC....yet...it's A LOT OF HARD HARD WORK!!!! PLEASE consider that there's always good and bad.... I'm to the point that if I have to live w/out I CAN !!!!!! I AGREE W/ YOU....... ❤❤❤❤❤❤
With all due respect, I think you should plan for a less stressful future. Thank God you are a strong, and healthy lady, but we are aging and as much as we would like, we go down the “senior/elderly” road. I was thinking on maybe working on some more helpful things. I’ve seen it on other Channels of Alaskan people that I follow. They all work on adjusting their lifestyle for their older years. I admire you very much! May God keep you healthy and safe! God bless you!
I really appreciate your showing the basics of remote living like waste disposal and daily maintinence. The diligence required to keep up this lifestyle is a sharp contrast to most of our lives. We have become slaves to fast, easy, convient, superficial living. Our spirits suffer the loss of meaningful activities.
First time seeing your video.i would.lov this way.i grew up living this way in North Carolina. Being alone is wonderful.i am a only child.i am now 71.one son that is 50.he is married. But I have talked about this for years.hope to see more videos. Hugs to you and your dog.he is beautiful.
😘😘😘😘 My mistake was that I watched ur videos thru my personal situation. Meaning, bcuz I hv so many limiting health issues, I would say "why would anyone choose to live that way with all of the modern conveniences we hv?" When the truth is, I NEED those conveniences and would literally die without them bcuz I cannot lift my body most days, nor can I bend over to wash my left foot. 🤦🏾♀️🙏🏾 You do not hv these issues so you can live how you would like and so once I stopped making my situation and limitations yours, if this makes any sense at all, I am able to fully invest in watching your life unfold and evolve and understand your happiness. I always want you to win lovely lady. 🥰🥰👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️😘
Yup. I lived in Hatcher’s Pass in my 30s, before urban sprawl really came close to the area. It was beautiful, but constant work. One of the worst nights was waking up at 2am to the barrel stove puffing smoke into the cabin, because of creosote buildup blocking the stove pipe. I had to climb up the icy 10/12 pitch roof in the dark, which was scary AF, carrying a steel chain to put down the pipe and clear the blockage. I did manage to inch back down without breaking my neck, cleaned up the mess around the stove and conked out from exhaustion. My clothes, myself and the dogs reeked of smoke for a week, as did the rest of the cabin, but that’s par for the course. There are quite a few ways to injure oneself or die out there, and I have a chainsaw scar, a couple of burns, and hybrid wolf bite scars to remind me. One particular thing I vowed never to have again was a generator with a pull start, lol. Good luck out there, and be safe, chickie.😎
Amen about the mice. As a young men I lived with only cold running water, n a small stove in which we burned coal, I still enjoy friends coming over to visit. You are gifted in lots of ways, and I enjoy your videos.
I admire your hard work & diligence! It's no one's business if you choose a good hard work lifestyle! ☺ Thanks for sharing it with us. God bless you!!!
Great summary of off grid life. Id only drink water or make tea from it, if it was boiled 1st since filtering is not possible, though there are drip filters. Have you seen the bucket with water mouse trap where they go up the little stairs and try to cross a spinning shaft where there is a bait in the middle. Something like the lunberjack log rollers, the mouse doesnt balance on that roll and kerplunk. So it can catch lot more too.
Hi neighbor, we live about 150 miles north of you. Alaskan winter #43 and loving it. Gee, that's a long road to have to pay somebody to plow. Logistics are so important up here, y'know, living by the seasons and planning all the activities that are done to survive well in this big sometimes brutal land. Wishing you all the best in this chapter in your life. ✌️
Thanks so much for sharing. I always wanted to live this way. When i first got married that was the plan. Sadly, i was duped and it didn't work out that way. He never really wanted that type of life.
Alone I love your lifestyle! Imas on grid as I can be but I’m finding your mindset of frugality and survival as is my own. I’ve been learning to be more frugal out of necessity but even if it wasn’t I would still do it. It actually very liberating to find that I don’t need as much as I used to think I did and don’t need to always be running here and there to be entertained or to find contentment. The quiet life is so very peaceful. Thank you for sharing! I’ve enjoyed that!
I love your life style,,we are considered off grid,,we haven't had electricity for 30 years,we been off grid for 30 years,,we haul our water I cook on a wood burning stove,,my driveway is a half mile its 42 miles to the main road...
It is nice to see you, we have a cottage in Canada where we only get a few weeks at a year. Seeing you do all that brings me joy is like fixing a cuppa and sitting next to the wood stove. Thank you for sharing. Take care.
I dont live rural, but we live at the end of a road with apple orchards on 2 sides with a creek very close . We get skunks raccoons,rat and of course mice. Did all the traps and poisons but what really has worked is a combination of pepper mint oil and cinnomon oil mixed with water. My husband puts it in a gallon sprayer and spray the base of house outside and all baseboards and doorways in the house and garage. He even sprays the engine of the car as he found chewing on some wires. Work really good and every room smells wonderful. By the way love your posts
Hey Alone! I love your videos and have learned a lot watching you. It’s neat to see what it takes to live in remote Alaska. I also love how you take on big projects, such as your bathroom remodel, and just do such a great job! 😊💕
I am for want of nothing, yet I am frugal to the extreme. I also conserve energy (partly because I partially make my own) and I do not heat my house in Winter . . . I heat my bedroom only & I built a small rocket mass heater for that. I run it a few hours before I retire for the evening, and it keeps my bedroom cozy all night long, all the while letting me sleep without any concerns about a fire burning. You & I travel the same paths with different scenery. I subscribed without hesitation much like I did with Doug & Stacy Colbert's channel about 13 years ago. Im one of their moderators.
You are living the Alaskan rural cabin lifestyle and doing quite well for yourself! Love seeing Footie Man in your videos! You are so awesome to take such a big chance on a tough daily routine being so far away and surviving the brutal Alaskan winters. There will always be criticism from the nitpickers of the internet, and as far as most people are concerned, you are more remote than they will ever be. Keep up the awesome content! You are an inspiration to watch! I’ve been watching since you began this adventure and enjoy your journey.
What a wonderful channel you have. Thx for sharing your everyday wisdom. It’s harder and harder to come by as modern conveniences lull us into laziness.
Don’t say that people will get upset with that comment lol I’m dealing with that now at 62 women go through menopause bone loss and everything it does start happening no matter how pretty or how young you look. It doesn’t matter life makes its own decision.
I live in a similar neck of the woods as her, shes about 1.5 hours from me. Most of us that move out in areas like this do it expecting to die doing it. She’s probably got the attitude that she will do it while she can and address the issue if it comes up that she can’t. Lots of the older people doing this lifestyle are in their 80’s and 90’s and stay until a family member comes and hauls them away or they die doing it. That is my husband’s and mines plan. Unless I get hauled off …this is my old folk home.
@@livingintheforest3963Arthritis and bursitis kicked in at 53 for me and my strength has probably halved because I can't gain muscle if my joints won't bend. Coping ok though.
Hello to you and your dog. Unlike many of your viewers, I am fully on grid living in a warm and cosy (but quite old, built 17th century) home in Horsham, West Sussex, south England. I admire your work ethic and way of life. I’m sure it keeps you strong and healthy in mind and body. I am fascinated by the challenges you face and how clever you are at working it all out. I’ve just made some bread and a pound cake and I wish I could send you some. When you have to work so hard for everything, it must be good to receive the product of someone else’s work. I did read some of the other comments and was struck by the lady saying it is harder to do the physical things post 70. Good to think ahead for that and get systems in place. For a good chunk of my working life I was something of a process engineer (actually, I was an industrial chemist but worked on production lines) and I enjoy getting things to work better. It sounds as if you’re already thinking about the water situation, and there are some good comments here from Australians - who know a thing or two about water - on that topic. I have subscribed and look forward to learning more about Alaska - beautiful and terrifying at the same time - and your life. Thank you for this video.
The stresses of this lifestyle are displaced and forgotten in the same moment by everything positive and harmonious that the freedom close to nature gives back. Thanks for the nice video and greetings from Sweden🇸🇪 and living close to nature. 
Birch is not the best wood if you are going to use it for heating your house. It’s great for cooking when you want fast and hot, but it burns too quickly for a longer lasting, steady heat.
I love Alaska and the people who live there. You are an inspirational woman and I admire your pluck. Do you ever feel isolated or lonely. Love from Scotland.
I'm loving the lifestyle reminded me of my grandmothers home. No water no bathroom. We loved it. Maybe one day I'll join the club n get back to living.
I’m in mouse shock. After 4 years in my old remote-ish cabin I think the mice are gone. I think I plugged all the holes at long last. It’s been 3 weeks with no sign of them anywhere. Just plug away with the steel wool and eventually the last hole will get filled….hoping I didn’t speak too soon.
Well done, you’ve managed to turn back the hands of time, living deliberately and simplistically, you’ve forced your own hand to work to live and live to work. Romantics distill life to its most basic form…
I really enjoyed your video! Beautiful and rewarding life you are living! Mice problems? A CAT! And they make such loving pets! I've never had mice with my cats! Hang in there girl! Will watch more of your videos! PROMISE!
When you cut your own firewood you get warmed up more than twice way more than twice you forever moving firewood I burnt firewood for years also I sold firewood for years I used to sell over 400 quarts every winter and that's cutting and splitting all year round first you cut it then you load it then you unload it then you split it then you stack it then you move it into your house a lot more than twice anyway firewood is a lot of work but it is nice comfortable heat I miss it a lot since I've stopped burning it but it's so hard to get around here now it's not really worth it I can heat my house with electric heat cheaper than I can heat my house with wood heat and weigh less work but being that you have your own wood on your property by taking out the trees that you don't want and gradually thinning out the trees keeping the trees you do want would be way cheaper😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Good morning! I am a first time viewer. The way that you are living is simple and seems to be stress free. This is the life I dreamed of for myself. Keep on living your best life. I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.
151 VIDEOS don't seem like that long ago you were in single digits, I've enjoyed every one of them, so glad to see your channel is still growing, your hard work is showing. Happy Halloween from Colorado
Great video. I so enjoy this lifestyle as well. I’m 68 and hubby is 73 and we just bought 70 acres off the beaten path…more than we are now. It’s hard work, this lifestyle, but so worth it. Thank you for sharing 🌷🇨🇦
I’m a 59 year old gentleman who has been living partially off grid for the past 10 years. I bought an out of the way piece of property and installed my fifth wheel trailer on the property. I have had electricity ran into the property but no running water and no septic system. I use a composting toilet and truck in my water. I have been loving this lifestyle for a decade and have managed to keep my expenses to 600.00 a month…. Groceries included. I grow most of my own food in my garden and have taught myself how to preserve and store food. I live very basic and I know it’s not for everyone but I have found peace and happiness in my life. The pioneer spirit is still alive and well…. Even here in Canada
Good for you, great lifestyle!
Ya very similar circumstance here though I live in Alaska. We got our house built this year but its just a shell, so we are excited to start on the inside as finances allow for it during the winter.......takes time and sometimes more then you anticipate, but we keep chuggin along
This is a dream I have. So proud of your endeavor. You’re doing great.
Food doesn't grow on trees. Humans are carnivores.
@@rawmilkmikethen why do we have flat teeth?
I've lived a similar lifestyle, though not in Alaska, and having just turned 70 I offer a caution: no matter how strong you are in your 50s and early 60s, you WILL find your strength waning as you hit 70 (I'm speaking specifically about women), so you may want to think about beginning now to implement some systems that will help you as you age in place. Rainwater cisterns are a good thing, both if you hope to expand your gardens, and during winter when storms may make it more challenging to drive for water. You could even put a smaller rain water cistern inside your house where it would not freeze in winter. That can be as simple as using plastic (food grade) barrels with lids. Or a couple of IBC totes in the basement. I hauled water in jerry cans for a long time, too, both to water plants and for bathing and drinking, but could not do it now. Joints do deteriorate, and women do not have the muscle mass that men do; no matter how fit we try to stay, we're built differently. Thinking ahead is a good thing: It can take a long while to put solutions that work for you personally in place, both because of finances and because of the ingenuity that is sometimes required.
I also wanted to add I am on the very young side. I have no gray no wrinkles. I look just like the picture in the handle that was not taken long ago so it has nothing to do with that. It’s just the inside of the body does what it wants and it doesn’t matter how strong your mind is.
I think part of my comment got taken out here, but what I was saying earlier is that I moved here at 57 not living quite as hard as she is but similar, and all that lifting wood and lifting water now I have to have surgery on my shoulder never before in my life did I have anything. Also, several other health things have occurred as well. I’m now 62. I 100 % agree with the comment above and it is true that women do have different bodies than men. Originally men were meant to do these things and when women do them and I’m not being sexist we are just built differently and we do take a huge toll on our body living like this. Again what I was saying earlier is that people don’t like to hear what I’m saying and if they don’t like your comment, they will not like it or read it and that’s fine, but I am speaking the truth because I live in a very rural environment in Oregon and nobody is here to help me at all with anything. I do everything alone and go through each emergency alone and, it is very difficult on the body. He is right when you turn about 70 you need to start making some changes before that time. I think these are just kind and honest comments not meant to offend anyone.
You are absolutely right. I’m so much weaker now at 70 than I was in my 50’s and 60’s.
I'm 55, I started doing this. I need those Jerry cans to move it back and forth but i store more in larger containers in the house. I fell on the ice back in March dealing with our Cistern. My knee still hasn't recovered fully...
Very true!! On the outside I look hardy for my age however shockingly limited strength and energy. We must be smart and prepared
Nice to see you hear. I live alone in a log cabin I built in the 1980s, however, I'm not as remote as you. I live in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate NY. Therefore, I'm fifteen minutes from a small town and grow and preserve most of my food so trips to town are minimal. I use solar generators for lights and use an old Wheel Horse tractor with a snow blower attachment to plow my long driveway. I tore down an old house and utilized the lumber to build an off-grid cabin to rent to Airbnb for income. I made a sauna for bathing in the winter and a rain barrel catchment for the outdoor shower in the summer. Thanks for letting me share. People often don't believe a woman in her late 60's can live like we do, but it's nice to know another woman is out there living like myself. It's a great life! Thumbs up to you lady!
I'm 59 year old female who has been living off-grid for close to 30 yrs. Now. I'm disabled but still cut my own firewood. I just start early in the year so it's not so hard as fire burning season comes closer. I haul in water like you but do collect everything possible. I filter it with my burkey tho. I pray you stay active and content ! Life is to short to live miserably !❤
@@ziggypeace9933 Amen 🙏🏿 I agree
I’m moving off grid next year. I’ll be 65. I’m not worried about being older. I’ll move slower and I’ll be isolated which is what I want. I’ve been living on a small homestead I created over the last 6 years; dogs, chickens and gardens ❤ I can’t wait to go completely off grid 🎉 It’s never to late to live out our dreams!
My husband and I lived off grid on a banana farm on the East Coast of South Africa, during the 1970s.
We had no electricity and used a gas stove and refrigerator. It was usually too hot to use gas lamps, which give off a lot of heat, so we used candles and oil lamps. In winter, when it got dark fairly early, I often cooked with a flashlight tucked under my arm, to augment the light from the oil lamps.
Thankfully, we did have a telephone line installed.
For hot water, we had a small slow combustion wood stove in an outbuilding attached to the kitchen. This was very useful for slow cooking stews or pot roasts, etc. in my cast iron pots.
We had indoor plumbing with a septic tank. We obtained beautiful, soft water from a spring, which was fairly close to the house. We pumped water from there to a tank on the house roof.
We had a small tv which used a car battery. My husband made a plug which he put onto the outside of our farm UV. We parked the vehicle close to the window and had a cable from the tv to the UV.
I was very happy with our lifestyle and felt blessed to be living in such a beautiful part of the world.
We were not unique in living this way. At least half the farmers lived that way. Being young, with a young child, I think it was actually very healthy.
I would not have had it any other way.
last year my heater started not working at the beginning of winter. It would come on sometimes once or twice a day and heat the house to 60 in the morning breifly and the fireplace takes three loads to warm the living room ran a coupl small propane camping heaters in the bedroom refilling the small tanks from a 5 gallon tank And they don’t last that long when you refilled them or have to get up to shut them off when in bed because they run out of fuel and I had four others to refill and have ready to change out. Without the fireplace going ,out in the living room It was 50° when it was about 20 degrees outside. I ran one 4 foot baseboard in the master bedroom bathroom. Only had to refill the 5 gal propane tank twice, so it took about 15 gallons of propane and the electric bill was about 200 and normally I would have a $200 gas bill too , Probably went through two pick up truck beds, full of wood. It was an experience just wanted to see if I could do it and got the heater repaired in March , I saved almost enough doing all that, to get my heater fixed rebuilt
Im nearing 65 and live a lot like you though I'm not in a remote area anymore, just a few km out of town in Saskatchewan Canada.Ive no running water, i haul water from a local well i pay to use as well...i have a composting toilet too. I wash dishes in pans as well with water i heat on my wood stove. I cook and heat with wood I've sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys , 3 dogs , 5 cats (no mice) lol and I'm raising and homeschooling my 3 great grandchildren on my own. Theyre ages 9,7,&5 . I also wear skirts with longjohns or leggings underneath. I believe everything i do to live like this is worth it as well. I prefer the simpler life even with the extra work. I know exactly how much work you have to do and am pleased to find another woman willing to live this way...
In my 50’s I moved to a mountain in TN. I’m a Long Islander and it took getting used to. Alaska had always been a dream. I applaud your determination and bravery. I felt I too old to go completely off the grid. . I am living more self sufficiently with my cat, dogs and chickens. I am alone but rarely lonely. Time of reflection, peace, tranquility in an upside down world. New sub.
I moved here from the Midwest over 40 years ago. I just love E TN
Ive been off grid in washington about 20 years now. I will be 66 soon. Farming, fishing and I wont do it any other way. Life is good!
A man does all the work for you I bet.
@ ive been cutting my own wood, hauling my own water, building my own tiny house. No man here! One male dog, 3 male goats, 1 male pig. Thats it! Dad said if I want something done right id better do it myself.
In Washington also.. Live off grid here too.. About where are you?..we are N.East
@ nw… Oakville
@@leeinwis nope!
I am 74. I received a diagnosis of osteoporosis and started a proven resistance training program to increase bone density rather than the medication with the blessing of my MD. I started very small, but challenged myself over time. I now am deadlifting 110 pounds, overhead press 55 pounds and 60 pound farmer carry with squats. Two times a week was all it took. My grip strength has greatly improved. Sarcopenia is the age-related progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. You can reverse it. But I understand it is not for everyone if you have other conditions. I never thought I would be able to do this but it worked. Slow and steady improvements.
What was the proven resistance training program , May I ask?
@@whiteraven69 It is called the Liftmor study. There are many videos on how to do it. Search for BEST WORKOUT FOR REVERSING OSTEOPOROSIS for a good one. "Weight Lifting Exercises for Osteoporosis - How to Lift Weights Safely for Stronger Bones" is also good. "Adapting Weight Lifting Exercises for Osteoporosis for the Home" is also from her. I cannot do the squat due to my shoulder injury, that is why I do the farmer carry while squatting. My shoulder doesn't like to go back that far! I also jump. I started with heel stomps and then have been able to increase the size of my "hops." Jump roping without the rope or jumping off the final step when going down stairs. I am lucky to have "silver sneakers" with my insurance so I can go to the YMCA in my town for free! They have very light barbells to start with in the group class area. Please just start small and light and build up gradually! An added benefit is it improved my balance due to strengthening my legs. As your legs get stronger, you can hop more. I am so blessed to have a MD that is open to alternative natural ways of staying healthy!
@@whiteraven69 I wrote back, but my comment was deleted. Maybe because I mentioned some youtube videos for you to watch. The original study examined the "Liftmor" method and you can read about it on PubMed by the National Institutes of Health. There are good videos showing the exercises on TH-cam. Sorry I can't give you the links.
Liftmore
@@whiteraven69 I have tried 3 times to let you know the study and it is removed every time. The liftmor study was a published study and there are good videos on youtube showing the exercises. I hope you get this.
Maybe a couple cats in the house will keep the mice at bay. Regardless your life is simple and that's just fine. Keeps it less complicated.
I used to get a mouse or two in my house. Then my daughter acquired 2 mama cats and soon there were 6 kittens. I have not seen or heard a mouse since then. I feed them morning and evening but might have to give away most of them. And they are all outside cats. Love your video.
I thought this but the b#ggers keep bring them in as presents for me.
I was gonna suggest that!!
@janetkoball44 Hope you get them spayed or neutered before you give them away.
What about snow ?
Use as a grey water.
Amen about the mice. As a young girl I lived with only cold running water, no indoor plumbing, and had heat from a small stove in which we burned coal, had a wringer washer, and hung laundry out to dry. My hat is off to you, except for the smell of clothes from the line, I can’t help myself from loving the comforts I now enjoy. At 87 I still enjoy friends coming over to visit. You are gifted in lots of ways, and I enjoy your videos.
When Society Collapses you can keep living like you do . Most people will not make it -too lazy .
73 year old male living alone with wood heat (44 years ) and lucky to have town water & sewer . Worked hard all my life and retired at 51 to care for my aging parents ( 6-7 years ) . Inherited there estate ( my brother passed in 2015 and they gave me 100% ) . Was attacked by my niece to get the property .
Did all the work and buried my Dad 9 weeks after my mom died ( he did not want to live after she passed - was 96 ) . Dad was in ICU and DR said we are not doing anything for him ( they do not want you if you can not contribute to society ) pulled his oxygen and they called me 2 hours later that he had passed . He had nothing wrong-just old .
Put the estate into Gold & Silver and am set for life .
Be Safe
That’s very sad regarding your Father...I’m sorry....I’ve had a similar experience 😢
@@VintagePrincess27 I am a hermit and have no family but have good health and enjoy living . Prayer has helped me - it works !
😂😂😂You're too nice. I don't think laziness kills them? If the internet is down, death is everywhere 😅
U been great for taking care of your parents and because of that God will bless u with health and long age . U are the great example how we should take care of our parents. God bless u beyond your expectations ❤.
@@PRMLA777 They told me to put my parents into assisted living 4 years before they passed . No I said I will take of them in the privacy of there own home where they were happy . They took care of me when I was young now it was my turn to care for them - no assisted living .
Was told that will bring me to Heaven . Maybe I did something right in my life .
I live like this too. Much respect. I'm 55. I wear spikes on my boots to keep from slipping on the ice. Otherwise, we're pretty similar. I'm in mountains of Colorado. I do have the convenience of pulling water from our Cistern but still have to haul water from a source to our Cistern and when we lose power, it's hands on only. I did get solar back up power generators this year... EcoFlow Delta 2 with panels. Amazon $499, highly recommend for emergency backup.
I’ve seen places that had iceboxes built through the wall to the outside. In winter time it was the freezer accessible from inside. In the warmer months, they placed an insulated box over the outside and it was used as a cooler. My brother used a 55 gallon drum buried in the ground up to the top. It had a milk crate upside down in the bottom to stack other milk crates on top of, the lid was insulated. It pretty much stayed the same temperature year around. Permafrost areas can be used as freezers, non-permafrost areas are great for refrigerated temperatures.
I was raised in the country in Arkansas, and like you live now...the one thing I am sooooooo grateful for now in this season of my life is running water, I hate heating water to wash ANYTHING! especially using a wringer washer, of course the good thing about the wringer washer is you can agitate the clothes as long as you need to...but toting water for washing and rinsing clothes is such a chore.....people laugh at me now when I love washing clothes, and hanging them out.....I always say, hey all you do is put them in a machine and let it do the work....heating large pots of water is hard.....no indoor plumbing is necessary for me....I can do without a lot, but I do enjoy running water.....
Cleaned my oven glass with ash and was amazed. Bless you and I wish you good health.
Your ice chest thinking is right up my Allley!! No need for an electric fridge!
Off grid near the susitna river, no water, no trash pickup, no wood burning, no large propane tanks. Instead what I have done is to spend my cash on a large solar electric generation system before the inflation kicked in. Living in a 40' shipping container heated by the PV system's batteries charging and discharging. Chores: clearing the snow off the panels up to 5 times a day, fetching water, shovelling snow, monitoring the batteries charge levels and weather forecasts, and adjusting my power usage accordingly. I came here for this lifestyle 3 years ago. Now age 69 and lovin it.
Living in Texas, living off grid, I haul water like you and empty a compost toilet. I heat water too. Friends don't understand why I love this life but I do!!
There is something fun about it like camping and seeing if you can do it and make it work each day with the challenges instead of being stuck on the couch watching TV all day eating pizza rolls
Soon as I saw the knife and pistol you were wearing, and the "Bigfoot" I subbed and notified and liked. My oldest ugliest boy just got stationed up there. He likes it. He's on base and getting used to everything. I gave him one of my 44 mag pistols and a few rifles, and we send them stuff too. Me and my wife of 37 years. Homesteaded. It is nothing once you get used to it. It's all in your head. Except the heat issue. Seemed like I was either cutting wood or splitting wood on a regular basis. We have photos somewhere, where the split wood pile is higher than the house. And we used it all that winter. Getting up at all hours of the night to refuel it, was a pain too. Love your grit. We never burned paper like you though. We kept it in old dog food bags for kindling. I'll go back and watch your other video's . I know of an easy fix to your water problem #3 ways actually. Ill watch your other videos first before I comment. Peace.
Yes mate - I'm from Australia. Very different climate etc, but wouldn't take much to get a small house tank mounted high enough and a tap inside. I did it here. There must be insulation or something to keep it from freezing in winter. It also wouldn't take much to have a sink installed somewhere with with the pipe going under the ground to keep it from freezing. I'd be interested to hear your 3 ways to do it.
@@Browneye2566 I'M OZ TOO, GAVE THE SAME INFO RE WATER TO ANOTHER UTUBER ISOLATED RE WATER....WE KNOW A OUT WATER...LOL
@Browneye2566 Agree ..told one bloke, she'd, lined with insulation, put inside, on underground heating concrete...you can use solar, sun shines in winter, store electricity in battery...insulate piping from shed to house...ie put water pipe inside a slightly bigger pipe....pipe into the 2 pipes foam insulation.....same with sink water waste...drain into a pit from the home and in summer, gravity feed water out of pit to ground as grey water..
A masonry heater seems like a worthy investment in this scenario. You use much less wood and only have to fire it twice a day.
Have you considered installing a rainwater catchment system? It's pretty simple to build one. We collect water off the roof of the 8x16 minibarn into two rain barrels with spigots plumbed in, then haul the water in buckets to the house where we have three large storage drums. The main drum supplies the house (old rv) via a 12v automatic pump. Of course, if you don't have plumbing and don't want it, then the rain barrels with spigots are all you need ;) The issue would be freezing: we have to drain ours and leave the plugs out during the coldest months.
You have never mislead me.This is your life on your homestead and you do things the way you want .I am amazed the way you are transforming in to beautiful homestead❤
I think I would add a cat to the cabin. Introduce the cat to the mice, and let them know his name is Rambo.
I have a huge black boy, I call him Brother RT - Brother Rat Terminator 😂❤
😂🤣👍
I was thinking that, but then she would have to feed a cat all year to do a job for a month or so in the spring.
When the Sasquatch walked across the screen I decided to subscribe!! You must be a fun lady!
When was that?
I thought it was hilarious 😊
@3:40
Same here, from Florida.
I think that's what prompted me to subscribe as well! It also distracted from imagining outhouse aromas.
Modern refrigerators have a "defrost cycle" which introduces heat to the coils to keep them free of frost, but it also makes then more costly to run. If you can find a fridge made in the 1950's or 60's that is not self-defrosting, you'll find that they are much cheaper to run and since they're built so well, they never need servicing.
I watch from the UK. Your life is about as different from mine as its possible to get. And I LOVE watching your vlogs. Its so interesting to me and I've never once felt misled. (I will never understand the people who have to pick apart everything you say - like there is only one way to do anything) You keep doing you! Hope the storm isn't too bad.
I totally agree! I get people telling me we aren’t remote, but I tell them it’s all relative and to what you compare it too. For the UK we here in the Scottish highlands are classed remote.
😂@@thehighlandlife2023
Wonderful video. Love seeing the real lifestyle you lead everyday. I understand the mice. I live in the bug capitol of the world, Costa Rica. We never leave anything out on the counters.
Our house geckos help a lot with flies and mosquitos, but they don't seem to like the ants. They bite. So I put salt in the drawers and it helps to keep roaches and such away. Moth balls help too.
But like you said, we choose to live like we do. Us with bugs, wild animals and monkies that steal my earrings. Had a croc in our pool and a leopard outside my window.
You live in the far north of the US and I live in the tropics, but dealing with nature is the same. But we love every minute of it.
Thanks for another great one.
I'm 68. And I've been living off-grid alone for 7 years now. And watching you clean with the spray bottles made me smile. I have one with a little bit of bleach in it to sanitize and another with vinegar in it to clean. I live in the mountains of northern Washington State. I'm fortunate to have a spring and cistern 150 ft from my house. When you have to haul water, you learn very quickly how to recycle water so as not to waste it.
You go, girl...!
Excellent :) never felt mislead, thank you for sharing 😊
Same! Never felt misled. Love seeing your journey
I find you and your life just fascinating. Thank you for showing us how you accomplish daily chores.🙂
This was really interesting and I have much respect for you.
I lived in Alaska since the early 70s. And the power would go out for days, so we were relied on the woodstove too. We grew gardens, Hunted, fished, canned, etc. Nikiski was even smaller back then. Ohh boy Horrible rusty water too!! Also I grew up in a log home that we built too, but I never felt misled. But some people can be soo petty!! lol In my humble opinions I think you represent Alaska cabin life-style very well. Love your podcast always..hugs to all ❤️🙌
3:42 My sense of humor! Love it.
I'm 75, live alone on a homestead in Texas and for those who would glamorize this lifestyly, although I would live no other way, any glamour is that which I bring to the party. That's because anything & everything that gets done around here is done by ME.
Congratulations on all your efforts.
Im 64 and am currently readjusting my life to live similar.
Having had a snow plow business in Colorado…let me give you this tidbit, never ever put a snowplow on your transportation vehicle, a snowplow absolutely destroys a vehicle, it’s better to have a vehicle you only use on your property, and a shop to park it in to maintain and keep operating.
My Northern NY family uses a side-by-side with a blade for plowing the lake effect snows there. Good call. I haven't met anyone there who uses their "daily driver" for this task.
You are a very brave Lady and energetic too it’s nice to see that these days I’m 59 and the same way pretty much I’m retiring soon and going to be living at my off grid cabin you can’t be lazy living off grid lol thanks for the advice on your videos 😀👍
I live off grid as well and have for seven years now. I find that the off grid lifestyle has a certain rhythm to it and you either love it or hate it and leave it.
You definitely have a certain practicality that is necessary for off grid remote living. Love the channel!❤
I absolutely love your channel! I call myself living a remote lifestyle because I don’t interact with anyone in my neighborhood. I’m remote from them… 😂 People can be so competitive it’s crazy.
I just saw your channel and subscribed but I am a 70 yr old lady and couldn’t do what you are now doing so do prepare for 70 take care
I'm turning 70 next year. I found since I turned 69 a huge difference in my abilities. I used to do all sorts of yard work and physical work. I just no longer can do it. Plus I also have some health issues. It's amazing you think you're going to be able to do it forever though
@@BeaArk1977 I agree with you
If she doesn't have a good financial plan when she gets older that will be trouble
Hi Alone! I enjoyed this video so much! I, too, live in a log house in a forest, and mice are a seasonal nuisance. I have a “trap line” I check every day, and am always satisfied when I catch one! They are welcome to live outside, but please leave my abode to me! I am not off grid, but, according to my family, I live remotely! I love it, and wouldn’t have it any other way…..so I can appreciate what you are saying! Enjoy!! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻 0:15
I just love following your amazing life in Alaska !!! Thank you so much for sharing.
There’s an old saying about if you love your work, you never really work at all. Being able to live your life the way you chose is monumental and I’m so glad for you that it’s working well for you.
I grew up in Alaska and we had a dry cabin as well. We had a spring though so we packed all our water. In the winter we had to chop through the ice to get to the water. I love that lifestyle. I'm 72 now and can't live that way anymore. Wish I could!
@@smwon1 Maybe some day
10:08 Amen to that, sister.
This is precisely why I'm moving back to the woods of northern Michigan after 30 years in Florida. Now that I've retired from a job where I worked on my feet for all that time, I've gotten so lazy that it's affected my health. Preparing for this last hurricane and simply loading a rental van by myself has proved to me how weak I've gotten and it's just not acceptable. I've always been the strong one; now I've got splints on my fingers (typing is...clumsy). We cannot let ourselves get complacent or we will die, painfully and slowly. It's as simple as that.
I *will* be strong again. I will not have this. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Glad I found this channel! Liked, subbed and all the rest.❤
Have you ever thought about an event that would cause loss of energy/electricity? 2 billion people on this planet do not have electricity, but if a catastrophe happened, their lives would not change at all. I was out of power for a few days because of some construction but I am a bushcrafter/camper so I had all my lamps and lights, batteries etc; and I didn't miss out on anything. Kudo's to you for your choices. Like you said yourself, each to his own, we choose how we want to live and if that makes you happy, that's all that matters. Much love from Croatia!
Great video. I really enjoyed the voice over style while we watched you doing things. It is really great to see things happening while you talk. Very interesting. Thank you.
75 years otherly-abled ol' North Idaho Gal here. I live in the woods in my ancient 8'x24' mostly off grid camper, 'Till-He'.
No working water, gas lines in her...electric is two extension cords from nearby pump house. Thankfully, I can fill my 2 1/2 gallon water jugs by hose from there, too.
The last two Summers have been my gutting, renovating the kitchen, bathroom areas to make them work better for my needs. The bedroom area I made the underbed area into storage and added additional shelving to cabinets.
I am very blessed...Abba Father God is good!
Thank you for this video, I can relate to so much of how you manage. It is about choosing to live this way. I do, mostly, to have peace, live as peacefully as I am able, no dramas.
God bless you, Gal! 😊
Abba the singing group is your God ?
@leeinwis...Actually, in the Bible, God is at times called 'Abba' which translates to 'Daddy'/Father 🤗
@@leeinwis
Abba Father. God. In the Bible. 🙏🏻❤🙏🏻
Strangely I live in north central Phoenix and I live a surprisingly similar life. I pee in a 5 gal bucket and each day dump it in my yard for the plants. I have a Japanese style garden so a lot of plants. I like the bucket thing because I don't have to clean the toilet as much, shorter walk at night, less water flushing. But it is just plain a good feeling when something is simpler. Makes no logical sense.
I don't run the heat in winter, doesn't get that cold. Hot water off in summer. Saves very little money, just feels better to me to be in tune with the seasons.
I get mice and roof rats in my house in fall because I leave all the doors open to cool the house at night. And I did have to put away dishes and food because of these critters. Had to lock cabinets because they could open the unlatched doors. I only get a couple each year, but kind of a little adventure doing battle with them.
All food shopping via walking and I choose a store 2.5 miles away although many closer. Walk is good for me.
On and on. Point is a person doesn't have to move into the bush to live a simple life.
every year I go through about six mouse traps they steal them so I got a BB gun and one mouse trap, I wonder where all the mouse traps are
Thank you so much for this nice video. I just found you while scrolling through. I was born in Anchorage many, many years ago. But we moved when I was just very small. But I have a very soft spot for Alaska. When I can, I am going to binge watch your videos. Thank you, and love from our home in Central Oklahoma to yours .
I don't think the mice are a problem, I just saw Sasquatch stride on by! 😉
This video just popped up for me. I had just read your comment when I saw the big guy going across the screen. I laughed so hard! I had just thought you were maybe making a funny comment about an actual person.
Nothing glamorous about mice in the kitchen or pantry! Living remote or even semi remote does involve some work to maintain one's chosen lifestyle. Having the beautiful scenery and wildlife is quite plus that can make all the hard work worth it. Woof!
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL..JUST FOUND YOU.....
I aM a 70 ish person...I lived like you for years..however as I age....it gets increasingly harder the older I get...
SOOO...YES... IT IS ROMANTIC....yet...it's A LOT OF HARD HARD WORK!!!!
PLEASE consider that there's always good and bad....
I'm to the point that if I have to live w/out
I CAN !!!!!!
I AGREE W/ YOU.......
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With all due respect, I think you should plan for a less stressful future.
Thank God you are a strong, and healthy lady, but we are aging and as much as we would like, we go down the “senior/elderly” road.
I was thinking on maybe working on some more helpful things.
I’ve seen it on other Channels of Alaskan people that I follow.
They all work on adjusting their lifestyle for their older years.
I admire you very much!
May God keep you healthy and safe!
God bless you!
I really appreciate your showing the basics of remote living like waste disposal and daily maintinence. The diligence required to keep up this lifestyle is a sharp contrast to most of our lives. We have become slaves to fast, easy, convient, superficial living. Our spirits suffer the loss of meaningful activities.
First time seeing your video.i would.lov this way.i grew up living this way in North Carolina. Being alone is wonderful.i am a only child.i am now 71.one son that is 50.he is married.
But I have talked about this for years.hope to see more videos. Hugs to you and your dog.he is beautiful.
Finally someone that talks as fast as me.
Its perfect! It’s the one channel I don’t have to play at 2Xs the speed. She gets all my watching minutes. 😂
😘😘😘😘
My mistake was that I watched ur videos thru my personal situation. Meaning, bcuz I hv so many limiting health issues, I would say "why would anyone choose to live that way with all of the modern conveniences we hv?"
When the truth is, I NEED those conveniences and would literally die without them bcuz I cannot lift my body most days, nor can I bend over to wash my left foot. 🤦🏾♀️🙏🏾
You do not hv these issues so you can live how you would like and so once I stopped making my situation and limitations yours, if this makes any sense at all, I am able to fully invest in watching your life unfold and evolve and understand your happiness.
I always want you to win lovely lady. 🥰🥰👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️😘
When you got to preparing your bowls for washing the dishes, I was reminded of TH-cam videos of old villagers lifestyles in Slavic countries..
Yup. I lived in Hatcher’s Pass in my 30s, before urban sprawl really came close to the area. It was beautiful, but constant work. One of the worst nights was waking up at 2am to the barrel stove puffing smoke into the cabin, because of creosote buildup blocking the stove pipe. I had to climb up the icy 10/12 pitch roof in the dark, which was scary AF, carrying a steel chain to put down the pipe and clear the blockage. I did manage to inch back down without breaking my neck, cleaned up the mess around the stove and conked out from exhaustion. My clothes, myself and the dogs reeked of smoke for a week, as did the rest of the cabin, but that’s par for the course. There are quite a few ways to injure oneself or die out there, and I have a chainsaw scar, a couple of burns, and hybrid wolf bite scars to remind me. One particular thing I vowed never to have again was a generator with a pull start, lol. Good luck out there, and be safe, chickie.😎
Amen about the mice. As a young men I lived with only cold running water, n a small stove in which we burned coal, I still enjoy friends coming over to visit. You are gifted in lots of ways, and I enjoy your videos.
I admire your hard work & diligence! It's no one's business if you choose a good hard work lifestyle! ☺ Thanks for sharing it with us. God bless you!!!
Great summary of off grid life. Id only drink water or make tea from it, if it was boiled 1st since filtering is not possible, though there are drip filters. Have you seen the bucket with water mouse trap where they go up the little stairs and try to cross a spinning shaft where there is a bait in the middle. Something like the lunberjack log rollers, the mouse doesnt balance on that roll and kerplunk. So it can catch lot more too.
Never felt mislead at all. I enjoy watching you do projects on the cabin. I know you work hard every day. I hope you have a Great week
Hi neighbor, we live about 150 miles north of you. Alaskan winter #43 and loving it. Gee, that's a long road to have to pay somebody to plow. Logistics are so important up here, y'know, living by the seasons and planning all the activities that are done to survive well in this big sometimes brutal land. Wishing you all the best in this chapter in your life. ✌️
Amazing video as always Alone. Hope all is well with you out that way.
Thanks so much for sharing. I always wanted to live this way. When i first got married that was the plan. Sadly, i was duped and it didn't work out that way. He never really wanted that type of life.
Alone I love your lifestyle! Imas on grid as I can be but I’m finding your mindset of frugality and survival as is my own. I’ve been learning to be more frugal out of necessity but even if it wasn’t I would still do it. It actually very liberating to find that I don’t need as much as I used to think I did and don’t need to always be running here and there to be entertained or to find contentment. The quiet life is so very peaceful. Thank you for sharing! I’ve enjoyed that!
I love your life style,,we are considered off grid,,we haven't had electricity for 30 years,we been off grid for 30 years,,we haul our water I cook on a wood burning stove,,my driveway is a half mile its 42 miles to the main road...
It is nice to see you, we have a cottage in Canada where we only get a few weeks at a year. Seeing you do all that brings me joy is like fixing a cuppa and sitting next to the wood stove. Thank you for sharing. Take care.
I dont live rural, but we live at the end of a road with apple orchards on 2 sides with a creek very close
. We get skunks raccoons,rat and of course mice. Did all the traps and poisons but what really has worked is a combination of pepper mint oil and cinnomon oil mixed with water. My husband puts it in a gallon sprayer and spray the base of house outside and all baseboards and doorways in the house and garage. He even sprays the engine of the car as he found chewing on some wires.
Work really good and every room smells wonderful.
By the way love your posts
Hey Alone! I love your videos and have learned a lot watching you. It’s neat to see what it takes to live in remote Alaska. I also love how you take on big projects, such as your bathroom remodel, and just do such a great job! 😊💕
I am for want of nothing, yet I am frugal to the extreme.
I also conserve energy (partly because I partially make my own) and I do not heat my house in Winter . . . I heat my bedroom only & I built a small rocket mass heater for that.
I run it a few hours before I retire for the evening, and it keeps my bedroom cozy all night long, all the while letting me sleep without any concerns about a fire burning.
You & I travel the same paths with different scenery.
I subscribed without hesitation much like I did with Doug & Stacy Colbert's channel about 13 years ago. Im one of their moderators.
You are living the Alaskan rural cabin lifestyle and doing quite well for yourself! Love seeing Footie Man in your videos!
You are so awesome to take such a big chance on a tough daily routine being so far away and surviving the brutal Alaskan winters.
There will always be criticism from the nitpickers of the internet, and as far as most people are concerned, you are more remote than they will ever be.
Keep up the awesome content! You are an inspiration to watch!
I’ve been watching since you began this adventure and enjoy your journey.
What a wonderful channel you have. Thx for sharing your everyday wisdom. It’s harder and harder to come by as modern conveniences lull us into laziness.
Have you thought about how you will be able to manage the daily chores when you get older? Thanks for another great video!
Don’t say that people will get upset with that comment lol I’m dealing with that now at 62 women go through menopause bone loss and everything it does start happening no matter how pretty or how young you look. It doesn’t matter life makes its own decision.
I live in a similar neck of the woods as her, shes about 1.5 hours from me. Most of us that move out in areas like this do it expecting to die doing it. She’s probably got the attitude that she will do it while she can and address the issue if it comes up that she can’t. Lots of the older people doing this lifestyle are in their 80’s and 90’s and stay until a family member comes and hauls them away or they die doing it. That is my husband’s and mines plan. Unless I get hauled off …this is my old folk home.
@@livingintheforest3963Arthritis and bursitis kicked in at 53 for me and my strength has probably halved because I can't gain muscle if my joints won't bend. Coping ok though.
Hello to you and your dog. Unlike many of your viewers, I am fully on grid living in a warm and cosy (but quite old, built 17th century) home in Horsham, West Sussex, south England. I admire your work ethic and way of life. I’m sure it keeps you strong and healthy in mind and body. I am fascinated by the challenges you face and how clever you are at working it all out. I’ve just made some bread and a pound cake and I wish I could send you some. When you have to work so hard for everything, it must be good to receive the product of someone else’s work. I did read some of the other comments and was struck by the lady saying it is harder to do the physical things post 70. Good to think ahead for that and get systems in place. For a good chunk of my working life I was something of a process engineer (actually, I was an industrial chemist but worked on production lines) and I enjoy getting things to work better. It sounds as if you’re already thinking about the water situation, and there are some good comments here from Australians - who know a thing or two about water - on that topic. I have subscribed and look forward to learning more about Alaska - beautiful and terrifying at the same time - and your life. Thank you for this video.
Wow now that’s a real woman, they do exist 😂
Well done!! I'm 76 and you are living my dream. Best fortune to you going forward.
Omg 😱 at 3:43 into the video my heart just dropped when I saw The Sasquatch thinking it was a bear 🐻😭
The stresses of this lifestyle are displaced and forgotten in the same moment by everything positive and harmonious that the freedom close to nature gives back. Thanks for the nice video and greetings from Sweden🇸🇪 and living close to nature.

I never felt misled, just envious❤️
I love this! You should do more day in the life's. This was very interesting. Ty Alone. Please be safe.
That's it, you got to keep on moving. You're doing a great job. God bless
You live wonderfully in the most beautiful place
Not gonna lie. You Got me with that Sasquatch!! lol
LOVE D BIG FOOT!! GREAT HUMOR!!!
Awesome lifestyle. Thanks so much for allowing us to share it with you. Looking forward to more videos. 👍🇰🇾🌺
People like you can easily run top worlds companies...but you are even more clever than that....Huge Love from East Europe❤
Birch is not the best wood if you are going to use it for heating your house. It’s great for cooking when you want fast and hot, but it burns too quickly for a longer lasting, steady heat.
I love Alaska and the people who live there. You are an inspirational woman and I admire your pluck. Do you ever feel isolated or lonely. Love from Scotland.
I'm loving the lifestyle reminded me of my grandmothers home. No water no bathroom. We loved it. Maybe one day I'll join the club n get back to living.
I’m in mouse shock. After 4 years in my old remote-ish cabin I think the mice are gone. I think I plugged all the holes at long last. It’s been 3 weeks with no sign of them anywhere. Just plug away with the steel wool and eventually the last hole will get filled….hoping I didn’t speak too soon.
It stops carpenter bees too
Thank you! I just found your channel and am happy I did. It is snowing right now. I am watching videos, drinking my coffee, and enjoying your channel.
Well done, you’ve managed to turn back the hands of time, living deliberately and simplistically, you’ve forced your own hand to work to live and live to work. Romantics distill life to its most basic form…
I really enjoyed your video! Beautiful and rewarding life you are living! Mice problems? A CAT! And they make such loving pets! I've never had mice with my cats! Hang in there girl! Will watch more of your videos! PROMISE!
When you cut your own firewood you get warmed up more than twice way more than twice you forever moving firewood I burnt firewood for years also I sold firewood for years I used to sell over 400 quarts every winter and that's cutting and splitting all year round first you cut it then you load it then you unload it then you split it then you stack it then you move it into your house a lot more than twice anyway firewood is a lot of work but it is nice comfortable heat I miss it a lot since I've stopped burning it but it's so hard to get around here now it's not really worth it I can heat my house with electric heat cheaper than I can heat my house with wood heat and weigh less work but being that you have your own wood on your property by taking out the trees that you don't want and gradually thinning out the trees keeping the trees you do want would be way cheaper😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Good morning! I am a first time viewer. The way that you are living is simple and seems to be stress free. This is the life I dreamed of for myself. Keep on living your best life. I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.
151 VIDEOS don't seem like that long ago you were in single digits, I've enjoyed every one of them, so glad to see your channel is still growing, your hard work is showing. Happy Halloween from Colorado
I love these kind of videos that ralk about your daily life. Wish we had more cooking videos! ❤😊
You have snow and I swam in my pool today and got into.my jacuzzi. That's how I like to live my life
Good luck with that when suddenly there's no electricity, you'll be toast.
Great video. I so enjoy this lifestyle as well. I’m 68 and hubby is 73 and we just bought 70 acres off the beaten path…more than we are now. It’s hard work, this lifestyle, but so worth it. Thank you for sharing 🌷🇨🇦