Category: Homesteading

What About Crime When Living Off The Grid?

by KatieHomesteading / Off Grid And Off Road3 Comments on What About Crime When Living Off The Grid?

If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you saw the post in June about our new ATV being stolen. It was a rough time because it was stolen while we were at a family friend’s funeral, and our Blue truck had broke down on the beach that trip home. I was honestly amazed that someone would come that far off the road system to steal from people. A crime (or 5) of opportunity, I suppose.

We absolutely lucked out though, as one of our neighbors spotted our ATV being driven the next day, along with another stolen ATV. Police were called, and the person admitted to hot-wiring the machines. Court is ongoing, so I won’t say much more. But now we’re a little more conscious of our safety and security out here. Continue reading “What About Crime When Living Off The Grid?”

Being Bear Aware In Bear Country

by KatieHomesteading / Wild Alaska1 Comment on Being Bear Aware In Bear Country

Even though we live in bear country, I’ve never really been worried about the bears out here. Heck, I’m actually more worried about moose usually. They tend to be more ornery and less afraid of humans or dogs than the bears are. Before this week I’d seen two bears the whole time we’d been out here. And bear sign just a handful of times. I know they are out there, but they’ve generally avoided our place. Continue reading “Being Bear Aware In Bear Country”

How To Keep Mosquitoes From Biting Your Dog

by KatieDogs / Homesteading / Wild AlaskaLeave a Comment on How To Keep Mosquitoes From Biting Your Dog

Let’s talk about summer and Alaska’s mosquitoes.

Summer is the one season I don’t enjoy having an outhouse. You’d think it would be winter, but you can make a winter outhouse comfortable (blue board as a seat, for one). There’s no being comfortable in an outhouse swarming with mosquitoes and getting bit on a bare butt. This is also the season where our dogs spend the most time inside. Yes, they often sleep inside year round. But we have huskies, and they enjoy hanging out and playing in the snow. Sometimes they won’t come inside because the wood stove makes the cabin too hot for them! Continue reading “How To Keep Mosquitoes From Biting Your Dog”

A Greenhouse And A Garden

by KatieBuilding / Garden / HomesteadingLeave a Comment on A Greenhouse And A Garden

We’ve been keeping ourselves busy with this gorgeous sunny weather we’ve been having here. From cutting in the driveway to where the new cabin will go and picking our building spot, to building a greenhouse and prepping the garden space. We’ve even been having hotdogs and smores over the fire as we slowly burn our slash pile in our new fire pit! Continue reading “A Greenhouse And A Garden”