.I love chickens, I always have ever since raising my first batch of chicks as an FFA project in high school. So when Kyle and I moved off the grid, chickens were a must on my list, both for meat and eggs. However, raising chicks without electricity comes with quite a few challenges, so here is what’s working for me.
Author: Katie
Hi I'm Katie! My husband Kyle, daughter Bellamy, and I are currently working on living our off grid dream on 5.5 acres of raw land in Alaska. Follow us on our journey of starting a homestead from scratch!
Homestead Update
We’ve got so much done here around the homestead recently!
We’ve (nearly) finished up the studio entirely. It now has a floor, insulation, and wall coverings! We used snap-together laminate flooring between us and the insulation for a few reasons, the main one being that it was cheaper than putting up drywall. It was also prettier than plain drywall, and we didn’t even need to paint it after.
10 Life Lessons From Living Off Grid In Alaska
We’ve learned a lot about living off grid in Alaska so far. Here are some lessons we’ve learned here that can be applied to life anywhere!
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We Have A House!
We’ve spent the last few days building, building, building our tiny house!
I’m not sure how long we’ll manage to live in this tiny house, especially with a baby on the way! But we can add on as needed. For now, I’m excited to get out of the tent soon, even if I’ll still be sleeping on an air mattress.
Up, Up, Down, Up
Seems like life out here is just a roller coaster of ups and downs each day.
Ronan got into the porcupine for the third time, so after the dogs treed it we shot it with our .22 and I butchered and cooked it for the dogs (porcupines have no season and no bag limit here). Ronan and Link were very happy to have it for dinner.
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