Why the SECOND off grid winter is the HARDEST

Hi everybody! We're back to catch you up again!!! Here is a weekly update on our life and projects, plus some discussion of off grid winter and why we think the second year is the hardest.
Enjoy!
--Over the next month I'm going to be adding videos that are not in real time, but I will make sure they are in chronological order on our various playlists. Look for PROJECTS for homesteading and diy, LITTLE HOUSE VLOGS for kid stuff and daily life, MOUNTAIN DREAM HOME for the house and shop build, and a playlist called STORY HOUR for conversations like this one.
Until then, sweet dreams, and good night from the Little House.
Enjoy!
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About the Fouch Family: We are Nick and Esther, and our three kids Milo, Stella, and Sadie. We have lived off the grid -- in the sense of not connected to the power grid -- for nearly four years on three acres of wooded land in Southwestern Idaho. Nick is a finish carpenter working on building his own business. Esther is a writer, the author of a recent memoir called "What Falls From the Sky," and a daughter of the homesteading teacher and activist Carla Emery, who wrote "The Encyclopedia of Country Living." Nick and Esther were both raised in Idaho, near where we live now, but we've also lived in Massachusetts, Utah, and California. Our kids are ages 10, 8 and 5.
Esther's book: amzn.to/2xd3V2r
Esther's mom's book: amzn.to/2woLudq