Alberta: My Top Picks For Locations To Homestead

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  • @chinookpreparedness4949
    @chinookpreparedness4949 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    "THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE WOKENESS, THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE TYRANY" bro said the quiet part out loud!

    • @35kwils
      @35kwils 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is mental illness.

  • @tamrahawkes3170
    @tamrahawkes3170 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    As a life long resident of Grande Prairie area I can safely say we can grow anything!
    We have many fruit trees and berry bushes.
    We grow fantastic gardens as we have so much sunlight through the summer and fall.

    • @greghearn7428
      @greghearn7428 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, came here to say the same thing. Really skipped over some amazing land value.

    • @prairiemeadowhomestead
      @prairiemeadowhomestead 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also we have plenty of wild berries and animals to hunt in fall spring winter. Not to mention less pollution 😊😊😊​@greghearn7428

  • @darknappster7822
    @darknappster7822 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Listen to this guy! We live in peace region and it is horrible. Long summer nights, ample water, vast open areas of good arable land and not too crowded. And we want to keep it that way so stay further south please!🤣🤣🤣

    • @UnPluggingThePlayer
      @UnPluggingThePlayer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I hear when rhe Younger Dryas happens northern canada and siberia will be a good place... the cold will ease and it will become bearable.

    • @eileenp4388
      @eileenp4388 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I’m north of u, farming and ranching. Permafrost good grief, hilarious.

    • @eileenp4388
      @eileenp4388 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@deadwood2757 that’s what I thought and he has a course or something 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @galeparker1067
      @galeparker1067 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank u!! Sounds awful!! 😢😂😂❤

    • @prairiemeadowhomestead
      @prairiemeadowhomestead 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dude! Curtis! My ancestors have homesteaded here in the peace country since the 1800's and my great ×3Grandfather was in his 70s and decided to walk down the trail to see what's up down south. The peace country is NOT big ag and is not permafrost its just a little harder to grow somethings but we can and we do!!

  • @Unkn0wnGuy
    @Unkn0wnGuy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Great video. For all newcomers, please vote accordingly. Keep Alberta liberal and ndp free

  • @spacemanspiffy6596
    @spacemanspiffy6596 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Peace River baby!!! Which is actually under-rated for the reason of useable summer daylight hours. Im surprised were not loaded with pot growers.

    • @Promptmetheus-Arc
      @Promptmetheus-Arc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      well best reason to actully come this was is that if the world actually goes belly up once all the bridges over the river get cut off over time its actually really hard to get up to the region but we have fairly high grade iron sand north of peace river and good pine to smelt it japanese style so basics of civilizations can go on for a while

    • @dhilgersom
      @dhilgersom 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Promptmetheus-Arc My fear is the Globalists dams, we all know how unstable the land is. Taylor bridge.

    • @skylerdylan1005
      @skylerdylan1005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can Confirm. My work has taken me all over Alberta and Peace River is a really lovely place. Gods country.

  • @manwithbeers
    @manwithbeers 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I have 2 points to add that were missed on land in Alberta.
    It's important to understand that Southern Alberta (Calgary South) is completely covered by Surface Irrigation Systems. So all the Center Pivots you point out are actually pulling water from the irrigation canals in the summer and not wells. Especially the region South of Hwy 3 including the mentioned Dry areas in the East. These Canals were constructed in mid 1900's and created the Alberta Industrialized Farming Industry. The canals transport water from mountain snowpack runoff via the many reservoirs. Curtis still has a good point about large scale spraying, GMO and Economy of scale.
    The second point missed is that the region from Grand Prairie in the West, spreading East, and North of Edmonton, and onward through to Lloydminster is known to have decent moisture content, robust aquifers, and the richest soil conditions in North America. (Parkland) It does have shorter growing seasons, but a few notable TH-cam videos have shown that taking advantage of Solar Efficient Construction can make growing inside greenhouses economical, and even a simple hoop house can stretch the growing season nicely. Having good road infrastructure gives fast access to Edmonton as a target market for small scale or Organic Produce sales which is fairly high in demand. Larger acreages can take advantage of mixed woodland for animals such as cattle and goats perfectly. There is always wood available for heating.
    Otherwise a very good synopsis of Alberta as a homestead destination. Land prices are highest in the Red zones close to cities as well as anywhere within 30 Km of the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies which is Alberta's Oceanfront Equivalent. The smaller towns are still filled with decent, friendly and resilient people. They have been declining over the past 40 years like any small town in North America but I predict a bit of a revival for a lot of them. Land and home prices are up due to Immigration into the cities and movement of city folk into rural Country Residential areas.
    Pay attention to County land zoning if you are buying in Alberta. There are a lot of areas that have zoning that doesn't allow for keeping animals or for constructing multiple greenhouses. (Country Residential) anything less than 3 acres is a red flag for this issue and its growing, taking over otherwise really nice homesteading areas. Areas bordering many rivers are also being zoned for no livestock and minimal allowable agricultural land use due to very restrictive water preservation measures. (Not really a bad thing IMHO)

    • @kmilton1593
      @kmilton1593 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      excellent info. tyvm.

  • @philipdbird
    @philipdbird 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've read your book Curtis, and have been a long time follower! As a life-long Southern Alberta farm kid, I think there are few misconceptions I can clear up:
    1. Unlike the US, irrigation in Alberta comes from river diversion. We have a set of man-made lakes throughout the province, especially in the south that are reservoirs for irrigation, so the water does not come from an underground well or aquifer, but rather the watershed of a particular river, and run-off from the winter precipitation in the mountains. During dry years, it does mean restrictions in irrigation.
    2. This means that if you are looking for homesteading, many counties have acreage zoning that allows for a SUBSTANTIAL amount of access to the water, for example we get 2ft per acre before we are charged for greater consumption, past a flat fee.
    3. This also means that industrial agriculture isn't your enemy, but you can be looking to tie into existing water systems.
    4. SE Alberta in the BSK region has tremendous growing opportunities - Medicine Hat is a beautiful small city - hometown of Tamara Lich, and almost all Southern Albertans are very non-woke. Out here, the summers are hot and often dry, and we have the most sunshine in all of Canada - Redcliff is the greenhouse capital of Canada, and it is often like a Californian climate.
    5. If you are raising a family, you'll want to find a large enough town or small city that you can access decent public/Catholic schools. Catholic schools are publicly funded in AB, and often have higher standards for behavior and academics. Aim for a town with a good hockey program (Brooks, Strathmore, Taber, for example), as that is a good proxy for community support, like-minded people, and enough businesses to support a community.
    6. Most Albertans are freedom loving and thinking, and the mentality out here is very different than metro BC, Edmonton, and parts (not all) of Calgary and other urban centres.

  • @gkozak430
    @gkozak430 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    As a traveler and resident in Alberta for the last 12 years, anything along the foot hills of the rockies would be my go-to. People are generally in the same mindset and more capable than the average folk of living off the land

    • @manwithbeers
      @manwithbeers 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great area for Ranching. Not so much for growing or producing Solar energy due to the short sun exposure as the Sun dips behind the Rockies early in the shoulder seasons. Fast growing summer veggies isnt an issue for feeding your family but for commercial growing its going to be tough. Goats, Cattle and even Small Animals are all going to do well in the foot hills.
      I am with you. My favorite region for sure but I am biased having grown up on the Eastern Slopes.

  • @cheekysaver
    @cheekysaver 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    In Alberta you can get some info on wells in a area. It can give you a indication of well depth levels and if a well has ever been dug on a property you are looking at. If you don't have water... nothing else really matters.

    • @UnPluggingThePlayer
      @UnPluggingThePlayer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With all the herbicide/pesticide runoff, how clean is the well water?

  • @MichaelDewar
    @MichaelDewar 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I just picked up half an acre in Cardston town limits. Love seeing that Green Circle you put down there haha.

  • @Thehandysamaritan129
    @Thehandysamaritan129 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    FYI, you mentioned muskeg has permafrost, muskeg never freezes with the exception of the surface, some cases it never freezes when covered by snow. Consider those areas a big composter, the fermentation process creates the heat preventing the frost.

    • @kmilton1593
      @kmilton1593 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      that is correct: from arctic canada in the north, heading south: permafrost areas, discontinuous permafrost, then muskeg(no permafrost).

  • @vesc1389
    @vesc1389 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    A consideration for prairie provinces, well water quality is not suitable for irrigation and surface water is iffy from a quantity perspective. Check out Alberta well water quality reports available online. High pH (8.x), high bicarbonate, high sodium (>200), high TDS (>700, seen some >1600), and some with iron bacteria and/or sulphur bacteria. Average precip in AB is around 14 in. but check out Canada's drought monitor (online). It's been a dry time for a while. Another item which wasn't covered, hail alley, highest hail in Canada (potentially NA). Sylvan Lake area up through Red Deer in particular, but Calgary always gets nailed in the summer (enough to damage any exposed crops). Gets a bit more sporadic as you head north towards Edmonton, but still not immune. Comparing to other growing areas, on a small scale you're spending on irrigation (probably rain catchment systems with water treatment systems as backup) and crop protection (hail and severe temp "surprises"). On a large scale you are at the mercy of very volatile and inclement weather. As an example: frost free days near Calgary can swing from 115 from year to year. Another example: mid 20's (C) during the day and single digit lows overnight are a common environment (warm nights are highly unusual), so plant selection and local varieties are a must (I suppose this applies everywhere, but taking risks on this here is a true gamble!). Sidebar: RO water treatment isn't cheap and resulting water is so pure it is highly corrosive (all things plastic only!) Another sidebar: hail is bad enough that Olds is home to the weather modification air fleet sponsored by insurance companies (silver iodide dispersion), and home to the best weather radar system in the province 😁.

    • @sebastienloyer9471
      @sebastienloyer9471 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for the great information. From warspite on the 28

    • @RandomOliphant
      @RandomOliphant 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As a medium scale gardener north of Edmonton most of that is true but moderated by our Solar hours in the shoulder seasons. The smallest amount of prep can drastically change soil temps and frost free days. Cold frames and unheated greenhouses can push annuals 2 or 3 zones south. Our biggest challenge is water infrastucture since the frost line can creep down to 7' in years with little or no snow. I'm 6 weeks into growing corn this year and all that took was tarps and cold frames to bump up the soil temps.

    • @manwithbeers
      @manwithbeers 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your water concerns are spot on for the Alberta aquifers in general. There is going to be some costs and work to produce quality water. Most land I have been looking at in the SW is run with cisterns and trucked water. Collecting surface water is near impossible to get permitted unless it is a constructed irrigation system where you pay annual fees for it. That is a big red flag for a homesteader. Fortunately I am a water professional so building and maintaining a purification system to treat well water is less of a concern to me. I know many in my field that make a living doing rural small water systems in Alberta.

    • @vesc1389
      @vesc1389 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@manwithbeers i may need your help soon! We’ve found that many places we look at do not have treatment. Tell tale sign, water dispenser in the kitchen and jugs in the utility room or garage. Next level up, small RO system for drinking water at the kitchen faucet. We’ve refused to look at trucked water for cisterns. It’s quite common, specially with newer builds. Two issues, hauling water in winter and you are at the mercy of the dispensing facility. Last year people were temporarily cut off around Edmonton because they needed water for firefighting. Otherwise, it’s probably cheaper than most treatment and definitely cheaper than drilling a well! Think that’s the main reason for them, and in some places planning departments require them for new builds (no more drilling wells). Back to untreated wells…. We’ve seen what happens to plumbing within just a few years, incredible buildup of scale, and that’s just where the water leaves the system! Hate to think what’s going on in those pipes. What’s the best way to reach you if we need your help with water treatment? Thanks!

  • @jeanetteschulthe1andOnly
    @jeanetteschulthe1andOnly 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you for doing this, Curtis.

  • @pattonger
    @pattonger 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am 20 min south of athabasca. Just love it. Top of a valley with lots of trees and two ponds.

    • @friedaspyder8485
      @friedaspyder8485 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's nice through there. I often cut through to get off the busy highway.

  • @taiga.tomatoes
    @taiga.tomatoes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m born raised in Kelowna area. Moved to Grande Prairie area in 2001 and been there ever since. I bought 160 acres … I can tell you the bush ( even high ground bush) is where the mosquitoes hang out in an intensity you cannot fathom. First week of June is usually the peak. On the flat open prairie , mosquitoes aren’t as heavy.

    • @offgridcurtisstone
      @offgridcurtisstone  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I bet you miss the no bugs of southern BC.

    • @taiga.tomatoes
      @taiga.tomatoes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We don’t have any mosquitoes yet this year. It’s strange for sure.

  • @norastorvik4155
    @norastorvik4155 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Am currently 6km from Pigeon Lake and completely agree with you about your video! There are properties for sale every 10km at the moment

  • @kmilton1593
    @kmilton1593 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    (1) I am a small farmer (age 76) with irrigation in sw alberta: I have never once met or heard of any irrigation farm in southern alberta that "draws water from the aquifer". (2) You missed one hazard and that is airplanes spraying out a crop with "roundup". A friend had an acreage east of Pincher Creek beside hutterite land: the airplane (some call them crop duster planes) turned on the spray too fast entering over the hutterite land, and the spray killed all of the trees, bushes, and gardens on my friend's acreage. Also that spray can drift in a wind onto your adjacent property. Having to replant your vegetation and grow it to say 20 feet high can take decades.

  • @malinformationspreader
    @malinformationspreader 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    How come no love for Rocky Mountain House or Drayton Valley areas (Brazeau county etc)?

    • @wojohowitz5432
      @wojohowitz5432 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

    • @NordeggSonya
      @NordeggSonya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because we are a drug haven and oil don't forget all the trucks and equipment all over. And I think we're the hail capital of Canada. And rent here is the same as Calgary

    • @malinformationspreader
      @malinformationspreader 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@NordeggSonya ya but being a drug haven with lots of oil industry activity isn't unique to that area. If we just use Curtis's own basic criteria for assessing an area it checks all the boxes: its more than 50 miles from a major city, its got lots of trees, plenty of water with rivers and lakes, there isn't nearly as much big Ag as there is in the eastern half of the province, and it doesn't experience the chinooks.
      It makes no sense that he didn't highlight this area because it checks all his boxes. Clearly he's never been there - what other explanation could there be?

    • @NordeggSonya
      @NordeggSonya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@malinformationspreader We do get chinooks here! Major bigtime! But yeah we are isolated from the major cities. The hail is a problem unless (like me) you have everything under some kind of cover. Even when I guerilla grow my extra cannabis in the woods I make sure I have some kind of protection from the north west. Still expensive to live and eat here and maybe I don't want anyone to come here! I have three part time jobs and I'm having a hard go of it. Stay safe!

    • @nadinehope230
      @nadinehope230 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NordeggSonya Can't get away from the drugs any more. As far as the hail I concur. I'm in Sylvan Lake and it seems we can always see the storms coming but by time they get her (from the west) the hail is always minimal. Storms seem to putter out some what before Sylvan.

  • @cowboyssawmillandwoodlot6343
    @cowboyssawmillandwoodlot6343 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im glad you didn’t mention the Rocky area. Too busy here already. Thx

  • @kakwabushcraft4809
    @kakwabushcraft4809 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good day Curtis, love your channel! It’s funny how you mentioned Slave lake. I do have an off grid property by Lesser Slave lake. And have a home in the Peace River region. You are correct about the bugs! I have been looking for more land as my off grid property is only a recreational property with a cabin on 1860 Watt of solar with a 3000 Watt inverter ( will be expanding ), filtered rain catchment, and a small garden. But nice to be close to the body of water, fishing and good hunting. I do have a TH-cam channel called Kakwa Bushcraft that I have started. and working on spending more time creating this year. Taking people through the ups and downs of off grid living as you know there are a lot of trials and tribulations especially with the short grow season in this region for harvesting. Anyways if your ever in the Northern Alberta region look me up. I would love to take you Walleye fishing. Cheers! Keep the dream alive. And thank you for the encouragement!

  • @CanadaGunTube
    @CanadaGunTube 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    God Bless Alberta!

  • @jacquesgagnon9123
    @jacquesgagnon9123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Curtis i think you are totally wrong about slave lake , i have leaved here for 31 years and the area is the best kept secret of canada!

    • @citizen9403
      @citizen9403 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have also lived in Slave Lake for 30 years. He's not exactly wrong. There are lots of bugs. Not so much in the town, but once you leave town and you're by the lake, out camping or on an acreage there gets to be a lot because we are surrounded by so much stagnantwater from sloughs and muskeg. I wouldn't say it's the best kept secret. It is a nice town in the summer for sure. However, the crime rate is terrible in Slave Lake, especially over the last year or 2. Having said all that, I would very much rather live up here than in the south around the cities.

  • @damageinc.3695
    @damageinc.3695 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    High ground in trees in AB is typically colder with shorter grow season.

  • @sabrinap4794
    @sabrinap4794 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Our homestead is by Pigeon Lake and it's really great for growing food. Good soil and nice microclimate. Good folks all around as well!

    • @offgridcurtisstone
      @offgridcurtisstone  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pigeon Lake is a great area.

    • @sabrinap4794
      @sabrinap4794 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @offgridcurtisstone Really enjoyed your live with Takota btw.

  • @LarryMercredi-p8p
    @LarryMercredi-p8p 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im from northern alberta grew up on lake athabasca in the hamlet of FORT CHIPEWYAN most beautiful place to grow up if you love the isolation like i do

  • @dhansonranch
    @dhansonranch 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting perspective. Agreed on the pivot areas - given the problems with water supply now, it is certainly worth considering. Personally, not a province I would consider but to each their own. It depends what one wants I guess. Interesting to hear another person's take on it.

  • @glendalivingston6236
    @glendalivingston6236 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Curtis, you are generalizing about 'avoiding all areas with central pivots' because you will not have aquifer water. There is no aquifer water! The irrigation district takes from the canal system which is fed by the mountain water (Bow/Little Bow/St. Mary rivers). If you homestead in this area you will succeed only if you are connected to the irrigation system. The sunshine factor in this area is the phenomenal for growing large, productive gardens and for keeping honey bees. The 1-2 hour distance from Lethbridge or Calgary has its pros and cons. One must be very resourceful to homestead here but it is still rich with possibilities.

  • @randyvandenbroek7943
    @randyvandenbroek7943 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Southern Alberta center pivots are NOT from ground water around lethbridge, taber etc.

  • @nicholasbaker8158
    @nicholasbaker8158 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I hope you can do one of these for New Zealand... eventually!

  • @deadwood2757
    @deadwood2757 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That wooded area south of Edmonton with the golf.course highlighted is enoch first nation. Sections of the golf course were used as a target range backmin the day. Apparently still munitions remnants in the trees there.
    Good luck getting any of that land.
    This is a strang video

  • @foodsgoodfarm2429
    @foodsgoodfarm2429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    looking forward to your new brunswick video, don't you dare forget about us! haha

    • @25Soupy
      @25Soupy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      too bad prices have tripled in NB since covid.

    • @oilsands69
      @oilsands69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And triple the Tax!!! Just got out of that NB tax hole!! Lots of ppl there thinks the Tax Bs is the same everyware… when it’s not, we’ll brainwash on trusting what ever usless goverment vomits out!! Health ,education, infrastructure is all falling apart all over the place!!

    • @foodsgoodfarm2429
      @foodsgoodfarm2429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@25Soupy lots of new folks driving the prices up for sure! I'm very thankful that I bought my 13 acres in 2016 before it went crazy

  • @bradseward8342
    @bradseward8342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Banff - Jasper drive is exceptional!

    • @offgridcurtisstone
      @offgridcurtisstone  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Not for homesteading. Skiing and snowboarding, yes.

  • @stevek4654
    @stevek4654 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm in Alberta and looking for a homestead in the next few years. Thanks for your effort!

  • @full5rounds449
    @full5rounds449 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is essentially no aquifer irrigation in Alberta. It's all surface water reservoirs disteibuted by canals and pipes.

  • @jessesaindon7105
    @jessesaindon7105 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looking forward to seeing the NB/NS/PEI videos. I'm not moving from my current homestead, but curious to see your analysis.

  • @arliebattigbattig9726
    @arliebattigbattig9726 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've lived in Pease River Country for 68 out of my 74 years mostly in the country, and love it here. As far as I'm concerned best area in Alberta, but there are enough people here

  • @leewhelan1111
    @leewhelan1111 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    keep making these, I plan on watching them all at some point. You'll see the views later on Thx

  • @noahsabiston6980
    @noahsabiston6980 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for doing this, please do Manitoba next!! We have a great mix of prairies, forests, and lakes

  • @teresasuderman2199
    @teresasuderman2199 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Highriver is called that for a reason. Flooding is an issue there for sure

    • @charsback
      @charsback 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its called that cuz everybody's high...

  • @missiechako5917
    @missiechako5917 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Curtis how do we go about possibly listing our Farm in Kentucky for sale with you?

  • @UnPluggingThePlayer
    @UnPluggingThePlayer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    North is a great area if a persons body thermistat runs hot. Otherwise it's like living in a refrigerator. Similar to Saskatchewan - anywhere east of Swift Current.

  • @ceramichouse310
    @ceramichouse310 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi, new sub from Canadian Prepper. im in Saskatchewan. any top picks here ?

  • @pafiro
    @pafiro 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What's your opinion going west of Edmonton?

  • @longarmsupplies
    @longarmsupplies 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a lifelong Albertan. The only point I'd add to your points is to look at the crime rate in the area you're looking at. We're in a farming community, and yes, I get pretty ticked at the spray floating in the air. But we are being hit by drug ring thieves regularly and until our premier figures out a solution , we're screwed. Even if they get caught, they are out in days and back to steal what ever isn't nailed down. As a female, I'm afraid to help any stranger on the road now...a few years back, I would have stopped to help anyone who had a vehicle stopped on the side of the road.

  • @dlcarbonneau3750
    @dlcarbonneau3750 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great info on how to identify big ag. Thank you.

  • @mssavedin92
    @mssavedin92 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wonder what you think about Bonneyville?

  • @mio.giardino
    @mio.giardino 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good to know I’m in one of those zones where I’m looking. A big + for the southern ‘good’ zone is that there is a big Mormon population…less woke and if you need to you can escape to Montana.
    You were 100% correct in saying not to live between Banff and Calgary as it’s a very woke area with all the backpackers/camping etc and it’s not completely safe with the reserve. Too many strangers passing through for my liking.

    • @canadiangirl5159
      @canadiangirl5159 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Banff/Kananaskis voted NDP in the last provincial election. Definitely a woke infestation happening to Alberta. So, then maybe new homesteaders do need to move there.

  • @aw2589
    @aw2589 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blackflies, mosquitos, deer flies, and noseeums are all out in full force around the Muskokas. That's most places outside of cities in Canada in May and June.

  • @wildflower5511
    @wildflower5511 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Curtis, don’t forget to do the YUKON!!😉

    • @prairiemeadowhomestead
      @prairiemeadowhomestead 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What?? If he things the peace country is too far north? How does he think you could grow a garden???!!! Lol jk

  • @joshrudolph3669
    @joshrudolph3669 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live rural BC east of Usk middle of nowhere

  • @rochelleglam
    @rochelleglam 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you pls do vids on the Carolinas next?

  • @justicetrufaux6722
    @justicetrufaux6722 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Water valley?

  • @cathycurrie6305
    @cathycurrie6305 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You planted in Slave lake. Forest area. Yes. Flies etc. North of there. Peace River and Grand Prairie area is farm country summer has long daylight. Winter short days. I grew up there. Gardening is great in Summer. Better than Calgary with its high elevation and close to mountain cool air. Don’t rule out this area.

  • @mariem5990
    @mariem5990 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the great video

  • @OutstandingBrain123
    @OutstandingBrain123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you please do Minnesota , thank you.

  • @TheOfficialArthurMorgan
    @TheOfficialArthurMorgan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You know I really want a homestead someday. But I keep having this thought and I wonder what you think..... If SHTF At some point in the near future, And cash is no longer useful... How are homestead's going to pay taxes to the government on their land? I just keep thinking about this because Everyone Wants to have a Homestead and provide for themselves.And I am a hundred percent on board with it. I think it's great. But I also realize that there is the n w o that we have to be considered of. If cash is abolished and we only use crypto/digital currency, Then how will homesteaders be able to pay their taxes? The government will one hundred percent confiscate your homestead if You do not pay your taxes. It's unfortunate that we actually cannot truly own any land. We only get to rent

    • @NordeggSonya
      @NordeggSonya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it's serious like an EMP and SHTF I don't think we'll have enough government to tax anyone. It's my opinion that they will be very busy trying to control the city with all the people rioting. Taxes might not be a problem for a while. If it's a slow approach like taxing people out of their homes/properties then yeah.

    • @sterlingwuzinski5384
      @sterlingwuzinski5384 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve thought the same thing. Our property backs on to crown land if we need to disappear 😉

    • @NordeggSonya
      @NordeggSonya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sterlingwuzinski5384 Yeah I understand that too. I live in Alberta now but we had a cottage in the Haliburton Highlands. I think I'm going to stay in AB because I'm on the east side of the North Sask River and if I go to the west side of the river I can go to BC without seeing anyone. The only thng to fear would be the bears.

    • @sterlingwuzinski5384
      @sterlingwuzinski5384 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@NordeggSonya I’m not scared of bears compared to what’s coming.

    • @NordeggSonya
      @NordeggSonya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sterlingwuzinski5384 True

  • @bradseward8342
    @bradseward8342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well water is generally not great East of the QE#2 highway imo and experience

  • @John-Adams-Can
    @John-Adams-Can 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Deer flies are worst. They lock on your eyes and go to your back and bite the hell out of you. Nothing seems to stop them where mosquitoes at least can be controlled.

  • @canadiangirl5159
    @canadiangirl5159 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm on 40 acres in Central Alberta, not too far west of Red Deer. Parkland area. Still a good city to go shopping, but residents there do need to vet who they're voting for in their local municipal elections, or Red Deer might become like Edmonton, if people are not more vigilant. (Why are Conservatives living outside of Edmonton, cheer on that NDP city's hockey team, when that whole city voted against Alberta's own interests in the last provincial election? Such a betrayal. Go Florida). Both our daughters live on an acreage too. Our oldest and her family are near Sundre which gets a lot of rain and a beautiful view of the Rockies, and our other daughter's young family lives not far from us on a small acreage. They're raising beef, learning how to garden, and they just got chickens this spring. Our sons have goals of buying land some day too. (Send your kids to the larger cities for school, and they'll want to raise their own children as far away from large cities as possible) I get more rain near Red Deer than my parents who live on 80 acres an hour away near Bashaw. Definitely research the weather in the area of Alberta you want to move to. Southern Alberta is much hotter, but drier and very windy.

  • @joshbaer9438
    @joshbaer9438 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Peace river is the correct comment

  • @19nixon89
    @19nixon89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should do one of Saskatchewan

  • @solangeamos7172
    @solangeamos7172 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are you hiring this summer Curtis? Im in your area. Cheers!

  • @matthewpost3593
    @matthewpost3593 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could you do saskatchewan next please 🙏

  • @HomeSweetAbundance
    @HomeSweetAbundance 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm looking forward to Virginia

  • @MSchmitz-ce9fu
    @MSchmitz-ce9fu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saskatchewan

  • @randalmoroski1184
    @randalmoroski1184 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Curtis you DaMan’..!

  • @visionsdesign9023
    @visionsdesign9023 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Florida !!

  • @TerryPattison-xy3ce
    @TerryPattison-xy3ce 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is no permafrost in Alberta. What are you talking about

  • @galeparker1067
    @galeparker1067 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "No se-ums, Big bite-ems.....". 🤣🤣🤣 1950's description of those amazing little biting bugs...... 🤣🤣🤣😟😩🇨🇦

  • @rolandhallock9060
    @rolandhallock9060 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    barrhead area is good

  • @johnhassell6672
    @johnhassell6672 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ontario

  • @derekpam7149
    @derekpam7149 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🤣🤣🤣🤣 us born Albertans will never tell anyone from other provinces the BEST areas. My ancestors survived the Great Depression in an area we will never tell out of province kids. We love how out of province thinks south is only the best as they hate cold lol. Stay south it’s all good :)
    Oh no you said pigeon lake area? Oh boy your definitely BC kids lol

    • @CammiDred
      @CammiDred 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right😂😂😂 I was cackling about that

  • @MagpieMalone
    @MagpieMalone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cal-gree, not gary ❤

  • @kbather
    @kbather 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lac La "Bish" Curtis.. not Lac La "Beesh". Wouldn't want the locals looking at a person funny..

  • @my_channel_44
    @my_channel_44 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Albertabama

  • @sunscapegardens
    @sunscapegardens 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best kept secret…is the North!

  • @justicetrufaux6722
    @justicetrufaux6722 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wokotoks?!?

  • @markh441
    @markh441 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You wrote off the peace country, good, keep out! I live there so stay away please

  • @harmonicliving3507
    @harmonicliving3507 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Be cautious of vicinity to rez lands and ask the locals about drugs and crime. Meth is taking over the old towns and hamlets

  • @jamesdjesse
    @jamesdjesse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    are you serious? They can't even own a hunting rifle

    • @offgridcurtisstone
      @offgridcurtisstone  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where did you hear that?

    • @kacwa124
      @kacwa124 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@offgridcurtisstone Firearms ownership in Canada is under attack. Handguns can no longer be bought or sold. Hunting rifles are iffy. (Depends on the rifle)

    • @notalmostfamous9773
      @notalmostfamous9773 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's funny cuz I just bought a new rifle here today.

  • @MikaelEngstad-dq9zn
    @MikaelEngstad-dq9zn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look at all the squares and circles. Imagine the landscape that was there before we Europeans came crashing in and destroyed everything. What is wrong with us?

    • @richardpetker4337
      @richardpetker4337 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Everything destroyed? You wish you still lived in Europe? Not me!

    • @mikesmith-nj1ij
      @mikesmith-nj1ij 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's truly amazing how we feed so many people... And I've avoided so many famines due to the amount of food produced. Such ingenuity.

  • @eclipsebostonterrierscanad8412
    @eclipsebostonterrierscanad8412 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Saskatchewan born. Worked Alberta BC Sask Mb oilfields from 1996 to present .. Alberta has always been more expensive to live and buy property.

  • @DarylRenz
    @DarylRenz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Haha. Please. Tell me what you think woke is ,

    • @offgridcurtisstone
      @offgridcurtisstone  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Pronouns, masks, vaccines, ect.

    • @DarylRenz
      @DarylRenz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@offgridcurtisstone haha. Just look up , what does woke mean , On your phone please

    • @offgridcurtisstone
      @offgridcurtisstone  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's how I use the term.

    • @DarylRenz
      @DarylRenz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@offgridcurtisstone woke is a political slang adjective derived from African-American,Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination.Beginning in the 2010s ,it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice,sexism,and denial of LGBT rights,

  • @ONEFASTDAK2
    @ONEFASTDAK2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Head for Elk Point