I LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDS WELCOME TO IDAHO I AM BORN AND RAISED HERE 61 YEARS YOU ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF FAMILY IDAHO NEEDS I HOPE SOME DAY TO MEET YOU BE SAFE
Blessings to you all! I‘m a new subscriber living in North Texas as I continue my pilgrim journey on to my eternal Heavenly home. I am so very happy for your family to be living such a wonderful life. It will involve much hard work and possibly some hardships, but I know that your Heavenly Father will supply all of your needs and the strength to meet the challenges. May the good Lord greatly bless and keep you and your beautiful family. Thank you for your 14 years of sacrificial service as a police officer. 🇺🇸🙏
I'm speechless don't know what to say ! Assuming you are doing all that without anybody coming there and telling you you cannot do this or that make me dream about it.
Congratulations! So beautiful... In 4 weeks my Husband and I will be moving to our new home that sits on a whopping 1.11 acre but it is heaven. Right now we live in a subdivision on a Cul de Sac. We are empty nesters in a 3 story home and cannot wait for the peace and quiet (and no stairs..lol) No close neighbors. Stay safe and well...
Another great video from you folks. A great piece of property for your family! 20 acres! WOW. We have 9 acres just to the west of you in Eastern Washington, We live just about a mile inside of Washington state. We are both retired and enjoying our little slice of heaven to us! 7 of our acres was planted in mixed grass hay, and although we have no farm animals, we have kept it that way. We donate the hay to a local charity just to the north east of us just over the border. He has been cutting, bailing and hauling the hay away for several years. He is actually doing a favor doing a favor for us, as he is removing a fire hazard from our property. He has averaged getting up to (14) 6' round bales at each cutting. Keep up the good work.
Sooooo Jealous! You guys are living my dream as I sit here in an office in NYC. Smart to teach your children yourselves. Public schools just indoctrinate and dont really teach, especially here in NY. You have true freedom as God meant us to have. Humans pile on top of each other in cities to make money, but the real wealth is out in nature just living and appreciating Gods gifts. I hope you all stay happy and healthy, and live life to its fullest. Perhaps a skylight in the big barn to gaze through at night!
@clpoelker Follow us too! We want to show people that you can unplug no matter where you come from! My husband works an 8-5 office job and I keep our wheels turning at home....AND we bought our 5 acres up in the mountain for next to nothing. You can do it too!!! Madsen Homestead Co.
Pack up cross the George Washington bridge head west on 80. Get to Omaha, head north to Norfolk Nebraska and take 275 north or west. That's where you find peace of mind... Valentine's Nebraska area up to sturgis south Dakota...
I'm WAY BEHIND on watching everyone's TH-cam channels since moving off grid and having little service. Just wanted to say congrats on a EVERYTHING y'all have been doing! The sacrifices are going to pay off big time! Super happy for yall!
Much respect!! I’m originally from the USA, but trying to convince my wife to go off grid and move to Morocco. She has family there and we currently have land with olive and date trees. I know it will be out of her comfort zone since she grew up in France. Hopefully I can sell the dream over the next couple of years. I’m tired of corporate and want to be free.
Absolutely! As most of our 13 children have moved out of the house, we plan on selling and moving to Canada. My birth was Alberta, working for the petroleum industry. The wife teaches Public School, yet after several close encounter's with shootings, is ready to retire. Best of luck with Morocco! I understand the Politics are a little shady, but they couldn't any worse than the White House?
Blessed & wise family !😻 Best life for children we raised our 4 children in the mountains . Love the freedom stick!! 👍🏻 Best wishes & prayers to you all! 🙏🏼❤️🇨🇦
I come from a family who were sharecroppers and then later on farmers going back generations. Farming is in my blood and I can tell you that you guys have purchased a very good and beautiful piece of land that you will be able to do with whatever you want too on it. The life of a farming and country living is not easy and has its days but in the end when you look back at all you have achieved it sure is worth it and your children will gain an education and living off the land and being self-sub stainable that can not be taught in any classroom. Happy country and farming living to all of you. 😃 Welcome to the farming and country living community.
You guys made a great choice to move to this beautiful place. Your family will enjoy this place as they grow up. Again beautiful place and the right choice.
The land that y'all own is premium. Those springs are as clear and clean as the waters I came across in the mountains of Maine. You're living the dream man, happy for y'all.
As I as thinking about what you are accomplishing , I thought of the year I needed to put a new roof on my house. I bought all the shingles, carried them up the ladder , laid them on the ridge, set and nailed the first couple rows, then got my kids up on the roof to help. I had instructed them about how to nail, start a new run make sure to stagger joints, and then started carrying them as my so laid them down and my daughter nailed them with an air nail gun. I showed them how to do flashing around the chimney, put the new flange around vent pipes and lay out the valleys. In the end , they now had an experience none of their other friends gad ever encountered and had knowledge of shingling a roof. We all had the pride of accomplishment as a family working to make home better. God Bless you and your family.
Seriously, who “thumbs down” this beautiful video?! You have a lovely family & lovely property. I just got some rabbits & learning about them from your previous videos. Have a blessed day!
The people that hate seeing independent people are themselves slaves to the world system. The globalists insist that everyone lives in rabbit cages in the cities so they can control every aspect of their lives. Food, energy, finances, thoughts... everything under the control of the puppet masters. That is why there are thumbs down. Glad to see they have a gun to protect their family and their way of life.
My husband was born and raised in Bonners. He still have many uncles, aunts, and cousins there. We love to come visit. Beautiful country. Looking forward to watching you build your home.
Hello from Whittier, California. The childhood home of President Richard M. Nixon. I have enjoyed watching your build. Beautiful country. Best of luck on your journey.
I love this family so much! It’s such a clean & fun and the photography is breathtaking! I will grantee that you will be addicted to watching this… seriously!!!
Your property is a piece of heaven on earth! Sooo happy for y’all. Can’t wait to follow all your new adventures. Many blessings on y’all & your homestead! Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Nice land Lots of potential for all kinds of stuff. Later on definitely damming up the stream Great small lake for fish! Tons of fire wood. Can't wait for the Next Video!! God Bless!!!!
I fell in love with Idaho while visiting a good friend who lives in Grangeville. I was an avid outdoorsmen ever since being introduced to hunting and fishing and a very early age here in Central Oregon. I would die to be young again and living in Idaho, : Gods country. Wish you and your family all the best
i am so jealous, such a beautiful place along with a beautiful family i can enjoy and watch transition from uninhabited land to a real homestead with all the benefits. the stream/creek really got me going and you stated pond. the second i saw it, dig it out, widen it if possible and fill it with trout. well that was my thoughts anyway. bless you all
In less than two years, we are skipping out of California for a more Liberty friendly state, not gonna say where just yet though. We will be watching and learning from your experiences! Much respect for you living out your dreams...
@@jebfallen Not everyone in California lives that culture. When people pull their heads out of their asses and see that there is a large part of California that do not agree with any Culture you may negatively describe, perhaps you may change your tune about those escaping this shit-hole. We don't live thinking that people shitting on sidewalks, dumping syringes in gutters or having safe injection sites is the answer. We also believe that taxation is theft, collecting rain water is not something the state can legislate legally, and we believe that Democracy should never be a word used to describe our Country! We are guaranteed a Republican form of Government under our Constitution, therefore any word siding with Democrats should be deemed unconstitutional. Can you get a halfway descent answer as to what state of mind I have? And as to what I think of California?
@@DesertOasis2023 ~ More power to you! Just subscribed, based on your response. You might also want to check out The Hollar Homestead channel if you haven't already. They did the same thing. Took their four kids and left CA in the dust...and lived in an RV while traveling the country looking for a place to call home. Now that they've found it, it's great watching them stretch out.
@@TXNLaurenMcN Been subbed to The Hollar for almost a year now! I think they are doing great... And thanks for your sub, I would love to sub to yours if you have a channel?
@@DesertOasis2023 ~ I'm more of a watcher than content-maker. The only videos I have on YT are from over ten years ago, mostly showing a friend how to cut her bangs. Prime stuff, that! LOL Thanks for the thoughts, though. ~ I love watching how innovative Ben Hollar is and how they operate as a family. I'm glad you're subscribed.
Thank you for the tour of your beautiful property that has a stream and eventually a pond. I could see all the down trees from a few shots and that will be great wood for the winter. I want to do something like you are doing for myself and 2 of my kids and 3 other families. We each have our own house, tiny house and a community center for bigger get-togethers and garden for all of us to share. I am looking forward to more of your video's of your journey ahead. I also can not wait for the fall video's of above and the scenic part from below, that place will be amazing in all of its beautiful colors. Until your next video ~peace!
You talk about awesome! I only wish my wife and I had done this when we were young. Beautiful country. May God richly bless you!! We will keep you in our prayers.
Gorgeous acreage, tons of wild edibles out there for dehydrating and grinding up to use as a seasonings, garnish, teas, and even medicinal uses if time ever permits.
Man.. good for you guys. My fam moved out to Boise when we got out of the military. We’re only there for 10 months and decided KY had better land options. Now we’re outside of Lexington with 6 beautiful pasture acres and will be farming within 3 years. Idaho is one of America’s best kept secrets though. Congrats
I was blessed to be placed in North Idaho in 1969 in Sandpoint where I grew up at age 13.. I later worked for the forest service and cut and cleared many of the trails in the Cabinet mtn range there to the east.. you should have seen N.Idaho before it expanded. now I am 64 and we live a mile behind the Entering Idaho sign in Post Falls in your other video. you are on a great adventure and pray God keeps you in blessings.. when you put in the stream pond make sure you put in a ram pump and water wheel for extra power generation. a water filtration system also with solar for any other emergencies with a cistern. keep looking up
Living in the UK you have more chance of being struck by lightening than being allowed permission to live off grid or a sustainable life. The system can't lose slaves
Yep, in the UK you are enslaved because it's a Kingdom and according to the Kingdom you are subdue to the Kingdom. If I was you I would move to Asia asap.
Australia is the same, although everyone seems to believe it is a free country, it's far from it. Our government do everything in they're power to prevent us from gaining freedom, like you said, they can't loose slaves. & With everything currently going on in the world right now, it's very clear things are about to get a whole lot worse.
@@Ashley-lt2rc I know especially in Victoria!! The only good thing you have over us is a massive land mass and a low population. More of a chance of not being found if living off grid "illegally"
The land alone was worth the move. I saw the girls play the piano in different video, they are good. One if my grand children plays, she's good at it also. Love your place
You have a beautiful homestead. I watch and subscribe to many channels and I must say you have the most beautiful of all. I love watching your family’s new beginnings in Idaho. So far, it has been entertaining and exciting. I look forward to each video!!
Going back to your beginning, And I love your family values, morals and the simple , Beautiful way that you want to live your lives♥️ And... Thinking about your children's future and setting them up for a beautiful life... Well Done ♥️🙏♥️🙏
I like everything i see great plan!! the year round stream is really nice. the living space in the barn will be used for a lot of different useful things. thanks for sharing
Beautiful family, Amazing property, keep in mind there's alot of minerals in our northern Idaho, such as gold! In the future get a miners gold pan & search around that Creek for possible gold, be a great family hobby next summer, envious of your off grid life adventure!! All the best to you all, look forward to seeing more!! Idaho land of the free👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🌲🌲
Wow, what a gorgeous property you have chosen! Has everything...the mountains...they are spiritual to me... my fav is the Grand Tetons...I wanted to move to Montana before I met my now husband...he said no to the cold...but I so love them! I can only imagine sitting out in the morning drinking coffee with that scene! Happy Mother's Day Melissa! You both are fabulous parents to those gorgeous kids! They will always have lots of exercise there! Thanks for sharing your life and dream property with us!
On my journey as well, building a true log cabin with 11" tall 6" thick dove tail notched logs. I shopped around a lot of the "kit" companies and figured they were getting the logs somewhere... so found out on my own a sawmill in TN that supplies logs cut with enough dove tails for 4 corners on a 9' wall. I basically ended up getting a lot of the "upgrades" that the kit company was selling for their base log price. It pays to shop around! Been saving up and paying cash as I go. Doing most of the work myself on weekends and after work. Cleared the lot with a chainsaw and stump grinder myself. Started about 5 yrs ago on the land, 2.5yrs on the cabin so far. I have electrical ready for inspection and plumbing will be done soon. Now I would NEVER suggest doing this if you don't have good resources for information... I have a brother and a father that can answer just about any building question I have. I have only needed to contract out my foundation, roof and hvac so far... all the rest was done by me, including setting every log. I watch your videos for motivation as one day, I'd like my wife and I to move ID, WY or MT to do another cabin build. GOOD LUCK!
First, Happy Mother's Day ❤ Melissa!! Thank you 😊 for taking us along while you explore your beautiful property especially for the most part for the family's first time . I love your idea of building a pond so you can do your own fishing adding to the possibility of hunting for your own food! I can see now why you picked that spot for the house and your garden is perfect. It looks like 👍 things are progressing right along. I look forward to seeing the building of your tiny home inside the pole pole barn. Jeremy I hope you do a little something special for Melissa since she is doing such a wonderful job raising 💖 those beautiful children ❤!!!!
even before seeing your shirt I thought "that looks like a local boy". Sure 'nuff. Beautiful property. Aloha from Ryan in Boise area (originally Kailua).
I’ve seen of the grid hydroelectric set ups involving creeks no bigger than yours with water wheels that are only about a foot in diameter. If that creek is year-round, it might be worth your time to build a small wheel house to harness hydroelectric power. I’ll try to find the exact video I saw it in for you.
Great idea but could result in some downstream issues and biological threats. I think solar would be enough for them, especially with the federal tax credit and the depreciation schedule
YOUR CHOSEN SPOT TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE IS VERY NICE, A MOSTLY FLAT AREA FROM THE VIDEO, CLOSE GARDEN IS SMART !!! GET THAT GARDEN AREA COMPOSTING AND BUILDING UP THE SOIL IN MULTIPLE WAYS !!!! YOU'LL BE THANKFUL YOU DID. GET EVERYONE UP TO USING FIREARMS COMFORTABLY AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT... NOT EASY. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL. JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON. BUILD FAST. BUILD SMART. DON'T DRAG YOUR FEET. ACCEPT HELP.
Love your story! Great place, great parents, phenomenal family project of life. In this kind of society we are living, that’s the best you could have done. Congratulations from Spain and my very best wishes!!
The garbage is not necessarily from camping. Back when the throwaway society started, people had a dump site in an out of the way place on their property.
That's true where their were small towns located near by a dump site, but generally they'd just wagon it down the road a half mile from town. But more often on isolated homesteads and ranches they burned it first in a burn barrel or even an earthen dig in the ground and kept adding to it, they didn't want it attracting rats and skunks etc. However prospectors, and miners were nortorius for discarding everything with in a hundred yards of an area they were working and living. There doesn't appear to have been any little town type settlements close enough to them, and none of the items seemed to be charred as if burned and having come from a long gone possible close by homestead at one time. I could be wrong but my hunch is it came from prosecutors. There very well could be a dig sight somewhere around that knoll, and a hundred and fifty years ago that little spring could have even been a creek that was being panned and worked, with the main feed having been diverted away from the property years ago. I've done a lot of exploring and going through old town dumpsites from the 1800's aswell as old mining camp dumpsites. You can take those old rusty cans and brush a little hydrochloric acid on them and rinse them off with a hose and some of the colors and wording will pop right out at ya. And make for nice shelf decor. Having worked in the waste industry years ago I was fascinated with old dump sites and pursued exploring them as a hobby but it certainly doesn't make me an archeological expert by any means. Hopefully they get a chance to dig into the trash and investigate it more thoroughly sometime and can keep us posted. Have a good day my friend.
I know this was a while ago but welcome to Idaho! You're very smart people coming here to raise you family... don't let anyone convince you differently!
I just Love Idaho!! I moved from So Cal and would never leave here! Just found your YT today and so excited! You have a great place to build a life. Nice family to watch the progress!
IF you are also willing to share your source of income, that would be great too. It helps in understanding the financial reality of what it takes to obtain and sustain a place like yours.
Mama, I know what you felt as you sold your home to begin your new adventure. Happy for your new beginning. It takes moxee...surrounded by nature...pioneers....
MAN WITH WOMAN? HUSBAND AND WIFE? UM...... WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THAT? OH YES THE ONE WHO CREATED MANKIND HE CERTAINLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING! THATS RIGHT, THAT IS WHY HE IS GOD! Thank you for sharing, You have a beautiful family and are blessed. 💙💜❤️
May God bless this beautiful family full of life and hard work! I really admire a united family!! Wow!!! Keep the good work and love for each other!!! ❤😃🌹😍🙏💖💖
This is incredible. Your children are so blessed to have parents who work to provide them with this natural, free, beautiful life.
I agree
Glad to see someone from Hawaii, and his family, living off the land. ALOHA AND MAHALO. From another person from Hawaii, living in Virginia.
I LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDS WELCOME TO IDAHO I AM BORN AND RAISED HERE 61 YEARS YOU ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF FAMILY IDAHO NEEDS I HOPE SOME DAY TO MEET YOU BE SAFE
At a time like this with unprecedented crisis in the cities...you've made the right move to be in the country. Wonderful video. Godbless you all.
Absolutely agree!
Blessings to you all! I‘m a new subscriber living in North Texas as I continue my pilgrim journey on to my eternal Heavenly home. I am so very happy for your family to be living such a wonderful life. It will involve much hard work and possibly some hardships, but I know that your Heavenly Father will supply all of your needs and the strength to meet the challenges. May the good Lord greatly bless and keep you and your beautiful family. Thank you for your 14 years of sacrificial service as a police officer. 🇺🇸🙏
I am from India. This video reminded me of my dad’s village. Everything was natural and beautiful. Love it
I'm speechless don't know what to say ! Assuming you are doing all that without anybody coming there and telling you you cannot do this or that make me dream about it.
Congratulations! So beautiful... In 4 weeks my Husband and I will be moving to our new home that sits on a whopping 1.11 acre but it is heaven. Right now we live in a subdivision on a Cul de Sac. We are empty nesters in a 3 story home and cannot wait for the peace and quiet (and no stairs..lol) No close neighbors. Stay safe and well...
I'm so jealous but I am so very happy you have this land.
Another great video from you folks. A great piece of property for your family! 20 acres! WOW.
We have 9 acres just to the west of you in Eastern Washington, We live just about a mile inside of Washington state. We are both retired and enjoying our little slice of heaven to us! 7 of our acres was planted in mixed grass hay, and although we have no farm animals, we have kept it that way. We donate the hay to a local charity just to the north east of us just over the border. He has been cutting, bailing and hauling the hay away for several years. He is actually doing a favor doing a favor for us, as he is removing a fire hazard from our property. He has averaged getting up to (14) 6' round bales at each cutting. Keep up the good work.
Sooooo Jealous! You guys are living my dream as I sit here in an office in NYC. Smart to teach your children yourselves. Public schools just indoctrinate and dont really teach, especially here in NY.
You have true freedom as God meant us to have. Humans pile on top of each other in cities to make money, but the real wealth is out in nature just living and appreciating Gods gifts.
I hope you all stay happy and healthy, and live life to its fullest. Perhaps a skylight in the big barn to gaze through at night!
I hope you get out of there!
@clpoelker Follow us too! We want to show people that you can unplug no matter where you come from! My husband works an 8-5 office job and I keep our wheels turning at home....AND we bought our 5 acres up in the mountain for next to nothing. You can do it too!!! Madsen Homestead Co.
Pack up cross the George Washington bridge head west on 80. Get to Omaha, head north to Norfolk Nebraska and take 275 north or west. That's where you find peace of mind... Valentine's Nebraska area up to sturgis south Dakota...
Ditto. You are correct!
Same NYC living sucks. I'm working towards it tho.
I'm WAY BEHIND on watching everyone's TH-cam channels since moving off grid and having little service. Just wanted to say congrats on a EVERYTHING y'all have been doing! The sacrifices are going to pay off big time! Super happy for yall!
Much respect!! I’m originally from the USA, but trying to convince my wife to go off grid and move to Morocco. She has family there and we currently have land with olive and date trees. I know it will be out of her comfort zone since she grew up in France.
Hopefully I can sell the dream over the next couple of years. I’m tired of corporate and want to be free.
Absolutely! As most of our 13 children have moved out of the house, we plan on selling and moving to Canada. My birth was Alberta, working for the petroleum industry. The wife teaches Public School, yet after several close encounter's with shootings, is ready to retire. Best of luck with Morocco! I understand the Politics are a little shady, but they couldn't any worse than the White House?
FAMILY THIS MAN LOVES YOUR VIDEOS I AM 82 years old from Connecticut
Blessed & wise family !😻
Best life for children we raised our 4 children in the mountains .
Love the freedom stick!! 👍🏻
Best wishes & prayers to you all! 🙏🏼❤️🇨🇦
How about their education? How you tackle that? Please enlighten us
I come from a family who were sharecroppers and then later on farmers going back generations. Farming is in my blood and I can tell you that you guys have purchased a very good and beautiful piece of land that you will be able to do with whatever you want too on it. The life of a farming and country living is not easy and has its days but in the end when you look back at all you have achieved it sure is worth it and your children will gain an education and living off the land and being self-sub stainable that can not be taught in any classroom. Happy country and farming living to all of you. 😃 Welcome to the farming and country living community.
This was a nice break from your usual project updates. What a beautiful way to start your children's lives. Happy Mother's Day Melissa ❤
You guys made a great choice to move to this beautiful place. Your family will enjoy this place as they grow up. Again beautiful place and the right choice.
The land that y'all own is premium. Those springs are as clear and clean as the waters I came across in the mountains of Maine. You're living the dream man, happy for y'all.
As I as thinking about what you are accomplishing , I thought of the year I needed to put a new roof on my house. I bought all the shingles, carried them up the ladder , laid them on the ridge, set and nailed the first couple rows, then got my kids up on the roof to help. I had instructed them about how to nail, start a new run make sure to stagger joints, and then started carrying them as my so laid them down and my daughter nailed them with an air nail gun. I showed them how to do flashing around the chimney, put the new flange around vent pipes and lay out the valleys. In the end , they now had an experience none of their other friends gad ever encountered and had knowledge of shingling a roof. We all had the pride of accomplishment as a family working to make home better. God Bless you and your family.
Seriously, who “thumbs down” this beautiful video?! You have a lovely family & lovely property. I just got some rabbits & learning about them from your previous videos. Have a blessed day!
Sad people that put thumbs down.But there just green eyed monsters Jealous Jealous Jealous.Amazing Family Building a wonderful life for there family.
People who are living in the cities right now with all this nonsense going on hahaha
Antifa, of course. They loathe independence and happiness.
The people that hate seeing independent people are themselves slaves to the world system. The globalists insist that everyone lives in rabbit cages in the cities so they can control every aspect of their lives. Food, energy, finances, thoughts... everything under the control of the puppet masters. That is why there are thumbs down. Glad to see they have a gun to protect their family and their way of life.
R Christinck - indeed! It’s going to get worse before it gets better. After that, The Lord returns. Have a blessed day!
Your journey is incredible. You have an amazing family. Thank you for sharing your property to us and the world. God bless you all.
Heaven, just Heaven. You are all so blessed.
My husband was born and raised in Bonners. He still have many uncles, aunts, and cousins there. We love to come visit. Beautiful country. Looking forward to watching you build your home.
Thanks for the tour! You had me at “northern Idaho”...
I think it’s great that the two of you are on the same page. Your a rich man.
I am in Salmon ID. Would love to relocate further north. You are very blessed indeed ! Keep that gun handy , always .
Hello from Whittier, California. The childhood home of President Richard M. Nixon. I have enjoyed watching your build. Beautiful country. Best of luck on your journey.
The view is phenomenal! What a blessing to live like that! Niveah you are beautiful!
This is awesome, you American Patriots are truly blessed.
Wow! What a beautiful property! You guys are living the dream. Best of luck on your homesteading endeavors!
I love this family so much! It’s such a clean & fun and the photography is breathtaking! I will grantee that you will be addicted to watching this… seriously!!!
Wow. This is where I always wanted to be, but life had other plans.... God bless you both and your beautiful children.
Glad you are taking time to enjoy your surroundings. And sharing it with us.
Home sweet idahome ❤️ (Coeur d alene grown resident here)
natural beauty ... hard to beat that view of the mountain ...
Your property is a piece of heaven on earth! Sooo happy for y’all. Can’t wait to follow all your new adventures. Many blessings on y’all & your homestead! Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It’s very pretty up north
Beautiful piece of property,good luck with your build,will be following you to watch progress
You guys got your self's a beautiful piece of Idaho, congrats and god bless.
sweet. brings tears to my eyes. you guys are blessed !!!
Nice land Lots of potential for all kinds of stuff. Later on definitely damming up the stream Great small lake for fish! Tons of fire wood. Can't wait for the Next Video!! God Bless!!!!
I fell in love with Idaho while visiting a good friend who lives in Grangeville. I was an avid outdoorsmen ever since being introduced to hunting and fishing and a very early age here in Central Oregon. I would die to be young again and living in Idaho, : Gods country. Wish you and your family all the best
really happy to see you guys took the plunge into off grid self sustained living...hoping I can do this one day as well. subscribed.
Your going to be so happy here and now you could do with six horses!!!!!!! Happy Mothers Day. Pam and Paul x
I’m in love with your home land. I wish you all the luck. Happy Mother’s Day.
One of very few videos I watch at normal speed so I don't miss a second of this beautiful tour
i am so jealous, such a beautiful place along with a beautiful family i can enjoy and watch transition from uninhabited land to a real homestead with all the benefits. the stream/creek really got me going and you stated pond. the second i saw it, dig it out, widen it if possible and fill it with trout. well that was my thoughts anyway. bless you all
Having access to water on your property is a Huge Huge Bonus! It is very beautiful!
In less than two years, we are skipping out of California for a more Liberty friendly state, not gonna say where just yet though. We will be watching and learning from your experiences! Much respect for you living out your dreams...
Will you leave the filthy California culture behind or bring it with you and destroy this state too ?
@@jebfallen Not everyone in California lives that culture. When people pull their heads out of their asses and see that there is a large part of California that do not agree with any Culture you may negatively describe, perhaps you may change your tune about those escaping this shit-hole.
We don't live thinking that people shitting on sidewalks, dumping syringes in gutters or having safe injection sites is the answer. We also believe that taxation is theft, collecting rain water is not something the state can legislate legally, and we believe that Democracy should never be a word used to describe our Country!
We are guaranteed a Republican form of Government under our Constitution, therefore any word siding with Democrats should be deemed unconstitutional.
Can you get a halfway descent answer as to what state of mind I have? And as to what I think of California?
@@DesertOasis2023 ~ More power to you! Just subscribed, based on your response. You might also want to check out The Hollar Homestead channel if you haven't already. They did the same thing. Took their four kids and left CA in the dust...and lived in an RV while traveling the country looking for a place to call home. Now that they've found it, it's great watching them stretch out.
@@TXNLaurenMcN Been subbed to The Hollar for almost a year now! I think they are doing great... And thanks for your sub, I would love to sub to yours if you have a channel?
@@DesertOasis2023 ~ I'm more of a watcher than content-maker. The only videos I have on YT are from over ten years ago, mostly showing a friend how to cut her bangs. Prime stuff, that! LOL Thanks for the thoughts, though. ~ I love watching how innovative Ben Hollar is and how they operate as a family. I'm glad you're subscribed.
Congrats to your beautiful family that’s your true treasure!
Thank you for the tour of your beautiful property that has a stream and eventually a pond. I could see all the down trees from a few shots and that will be great wood for the winter. I want to do something like you are doing for myself and 2 of my kids and 3 other families. We each have our own house, tiny house and a community center for bigger get-togethers and garden for all of us to share. I am looking forward to more of your video's of your journey ahead. I also can not wait for the fall video's of above and the scenic part from below, that place will be amazing in all of its beautiful colors. Until your next video ~peace!
You talk about awesome! I only wish my wife and I had done this when we were young. Beautiful country. May God richly bless you!! We will keep you in our prayers.
Gorgeous acreage, tons of wild edibles out there for dehydrating and grinding up to use as a seasonings, garnish, teas, and even medicinal uses if time ever permits.
Tons? You must live in a different dimension.
Man.. good for you guys. My fam moved out to Boise when we got out of the military. We’re only there for 10 months and decided KY had better land options. Now we’re outside of Lexington with 6 beautiful pasture acres and will be farming within 3 years. Idaho is one of America’s best kept secrets though. Congrats
Now we see why Northern Idaho is such a popular destination for homesteaders. Seems like everyone moving there!! IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!
I was blessed to be placed in North Idaho in 1969 in Sandpoint where I grew up at age 13.. I later worked for the forest service and cut and cleared many of the trails in the Cabinet mtn range there to the east.. you should have seen N.Idaho before it expanded. now I am 64 and we live a mile behind the Entering Idaho sign in Post Falls in your other video. you are on a great adventure and pray God keeps you in blessings.. when you put in the stream pond make sure you put in a ram pump and water wheel for extra power generation. a water filtration system also with solar for any other emergencies with a cistern. keep looking up
Living in the UK you have more chance of being struck by lightening than being allowed permission to live off grid or a sustainable life. The system can't lose slaves
Yep, in the UK you are enslaved because it's a Kingdom and according to the Kingdom you are subdue to the Kingdom. If I was you I would move to Asia asap.
@@teceffect9826 is that where you are?
@r2d23678 all the brain dead 🐑 sheep🐑 will be led to the slaughter house (lost their freedoms and rights) not even realize it.
Australia is the same, although everyone seems to believe it is a free country, it's far from it. Our government do everything in they're power to prevent us from gaining freedom, like you said, they can't loose slaves. & With everything currently going on in the world right now, it's very clear things are about to get a whole lot worse.
@@Ashley-lt2rc I know especially in Victoria!! The only good thing you have over us is a massive land mass and a low population. More of a chance of not being found if living off grid "illegally"
The land alone was worth the move. I saw the girls play the piano in different video, they are good. One if my grand children plays, she's good at it also. Love your place
You have a beautiful homestead. I watch and subscribe to many channels and I must say you have the most beautiful of all. I love watching your family’s new beginnings in Idaho. So far, it has been entertaining and exciting. I look forward to each video!!
Thank you, really appreciate that!
Going back to your beginning, And I love your family values, morals and the simple , Beautiful way that you want to live your lives♥️ And... Thinking about your children's future and setting them up for a beautiful life... Well Done ♥️🙏♥️🙏
I like everything i see great plan!! the year round stream is really nice. the living space in the barn will be used for a lot of different useful things. thanks for sharing
YES a pond that would look wonderful and so useful for you homestead.
Now the fun begins . The Tiny Home in a Pole Barn concept is awesome .
God continue to bless you and keep you safe. You are a precious family!!
I got goosebumps. Best wishes n God Bless
That land is simply breathtaking! God is Good!- Kristy in Missouri 😊
Beautiful family, Amazing property, keep in mind there's alot of minerals in our northern Idaho, such as gold! In the future get a miners gold pan & search around that Creek for possible gold, be a great family hobby next summer, envious of your off grid life adventure!! All the best to you all, look forward to seeing more!! Idaho land of the free👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🌲🌲
I can tell you a mini sluice, a pan and a classifier wont cost much but will work to check parts of that stream for gold.
Wow, what a gorgeous property you have chosen! Has everything...the mountains...they are spiritual to me... my fav is the Grand Tetons...I wanted to move to Montana before I met my now husband...he said no to the cold...but I so love them! I can only imagine sitting out in the morning drinking coffee with that scene! Happy Mother's Day Melissa! You both are fabulous parents to those gorgeous kids! They will always have lots of exercise there! Thanks for sharing your life and dream property with us!
Beautiful place! God bless ya'll. This looks like bigfoot country to me though, so keep your eyes open out there.
Yes, yes it is
The view of the mountains from the property is amazing!
just shared with my sister, she wants to go off grid in Kenya, amazing really serene beautiful place
That's good to hear being a Kenyan also.I live in Nairobi and plan to move to the country.
Amazing Property & Beautiful View!!!
Love, Light, Peace & Gratitude.
On my journey as well, building a true log cabin with 11" tall 6" thick
dove tail notched logs. I shopped around a lot of the "kit" companies
and figured they were getting the logs somewhere... so found out on my
own a sawmill in TN that supplies logs cut with enough dove tails for 4
corners on a 9' wall. I basically ended up getting a lot of the
"upgrades" that the kit company was selling for their base log price. It
pays to shop around! Been saving up and paying cash as I go. Doing most
of the work myself on weekends and after work. Cleared the lot with a
chainsaw and stump grinder myself. Started about 5 yrs ago on the land,
2.5yrs on the cabin so far. I have electrical ready for inspection and
plumbing will be done soon. Now I would NEVER suggest doing this if you
don't have good resources for information... I have a brother and a
father that can answer just about any building question I have. I have
only needed to contract out my foundation, roof and hvac so far... all
the rest was done by me, including setting every log. I watch your
videos for motivation as one day, I'd like my wife and I to move ID, WY
or MT to do another cabin build. GOOD LUCK!
First, Happy Mother's Day ❤ Melissa!! Thank you 😊 for taking us along while you explore your beautiful property especially for the most part for the family's first time . I love your idea of building a pond so you can do your own fishing adding to the possibility of hunting for your own food! I can see now why you picked that spot for the house and your garden is perfect. It looks like 👍 things are progressing right along. I look forward to seeing the building of your tiny home inside the pole pole barn. Jeremy I hope you do a little something special for Melissa since she is doing such a wonderful job raising 💖 those beautiful children ❤!!!!
Looks like it will be lots of fun. Beautiful property.
You are definitly living the dream! What a good life, God bless!
even before seeing your shirt I thought "that looks like a local boy". Sure 'nuff. Beautiful property. Aloha from Ryan in Boise area (originally Kailua).
Beautiful land you are blessed to live like this ,hard work pays off.
I’ve seen of the grid hydroelectric set ups involving creeks no bigger than yours with water wheels that are only about a foot in diameter. If that creek is year-round, it might be worth your time to build a small wheel house to harness hydroelectric power.
I’ll try to find the exact video I saw it in for you.
Great idea but could result in some downstream issues and biological threats. I think solar would be enough for them, especially with the federal tax credit and the depreciation schedule
Love the view. You are so blessed to have this land. You deserve it. Happy Mother's day.
YOUR CHOSEN SPOT TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE IS VERY NICE, A MOSTLY FLAT AREA FROM THE VIDEO, CLOSE GARDEN IS SMART !!!
GET THAT GARDEN AREA COMPOSTING AND BUILDING UP THE SOIL IN MULTIPLE WAYS !!!! YOU'LL BE THANKFUL YOU DID.
GET EVERYONE UP TO USING FIREARMS COMFORTABLY AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT... NOT EASY.
BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL. JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON. BUILD FAST. BUILD SMART. DON'T DRAG YOUR FEET. ACCEPT HELP.
Jesus is coming! Better build your house before he gets here!!! Lol. WTF?
Love your story! Great place, great parents, phenomenal family project of life. In this kind of society we are living, that’s the best you could have done. Congratulations from Spain and my very best wishes!!
The garbage is not necessarily from camping. Back when the throwaway society started, people had a dump site in an out of the way place on their property.
That's true where their were small towns located near by a dump site, but generally they'd just wagon it down the road a half mile from town. But more often on isolated homesteads and ranches they burned it first in a burn barrel or even an earthen dig in the ground and kept adding to it, they didn't want it attracting rats and skunks etc. However prospectors, and miners were nortorius for discarding everything with in a hundred yards of an area they were working and living. There doesn't appear to have been any little town type settlements close enough to them, and none of the items seemed to be charred as if burned and having come from a long gone possible close by homestead at one time. I could be wrong but my hunch is it came from prosecutors. There very well could be a dig sight somewhere around that knoll, and a hundred and fifty years ago that little spring could have even been a creek that was being panned and worked, with the main feed having been diverted away from the property years ago. I've done a lot of exploring and going through old town dumpsites from the 1800's aswell as old mining camp dumpsites. You can take those old rusty cans and brush a little hydrochloric acid on them and rinse them off with a hose and some of the colors and wording will pop right out at ya. And make for nice shelf decor. Having worked in the waste industry years ago I was fascinated with old dump sites and pursued exploring them as a hobby but it certainly doesn't make me an archeological expert by any means. Hopefully they get a chance to dig into the trash and investigate it more thoroughly sometime and can keep us posted. Have a good day my friend.
I know this was a while ago but welcome to Idaho! You're very smart people coming here to raise you family... don't let anyone convince you differently!
That view alone would almost have sold me!
I just Love Idaho!! I moved from So Cal and would never leave here! Just found your YT today and so excited! You have a great place to build a life. Nice family to watch the progress!
Thank you, welcome ❤
What’s wrong with people from California ?
In the future would you be willing to share costs of your property and builds. It's always interesting to see the financial side of building off grid.
IF you are also willing to share your source of income, that would be great too. It helps in understanding the financial reality of what it takes to obtain and sustain a place like yours.
@@bhshakari
as a TH-cam viewer, are YOU willing to share your income revenue with the world?
@@brianhanrahan7561 I'm sure it's one of two things or maybe both. Hard Work an Inheritance. Either way they are blessed to be a way from the city.
D10 DozerMan Idaho still allows homesteading. Essentially free, and tax exempt.
Land is very expensive here, I live in post falls idaho.
This is AWESOMENESS. PURE AWESOMENESS. Great video, great land, great family!
Great property, water is life .just think 4 more years and you can get "old guys rule " t-shirt 🤣
you won't regret raising your kids in the mountains raised 3 kids and lived in the mountains of central Idaho for 22 yrs still every day is magic
The property is beautiful.. the wildlife and you’re blessed with having a strong well as well as spring water..how far is your nearest town of size?
Enjoy watching your family and your building. Refreshing
Just watch for trespassers you might see us with our class-c. From Weiser, Idaho.
Originally from Weiser too! Now Boise for 40 years.
Mama, I know what you felt as you sold your home to begin your new adventure. Happy for your new beginning. It takes moxee...surrounded by nature...pioneers....
MAN WITH WOMAN? HUSBAND AND WIFE? UM...... WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THAT? OH YES THE ONE WHO CREATED MANKIND HE CERTAINLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING! THATS RIGHT, THAT IS WHY HE IS GOD!
Thank you for sharing, You have a beautiful family and are blessed.
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May God bless this beautiful family full of life and hard work! I really admire a united family!! Wow!!! Keep the good work and love for each other!!! ❤😃🌹😍🙏💖💖
Looks amazing
Thanks Dutch
@@GoodSimpleLiving 😎
Agreed!
Really like being able to see the whole property! You have sure found a gem of a property! Praise God!
Get a medal detector out there! You could find the gun from that holster.