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Sled Dog Slow Goals For 2020

Katie — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 19:00:25 +0000

As always, we have big goals and bigger dreams for our lives in Alaska. Life off grid is not an easy feat and every year what we want and need seems to change. Looking at how far we come and how far we have yet to go can overwhelm at times, and writing these yearly […]

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How We Have Running Water Off Grid

Katie — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:04:34 +0000

Do we live off grid? Yup. Do we have clean, drinkable, running water off grid, and on tap? Yup, got that too! I thought today I’d talk about how we cobbled together our water system to create clean tap water off grid. ⇓Check out this video detailing our system!⇓ And just in case you would […]

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Three Surprising Places To Find Cheap Homestead Goods

Katie — Sun, 14 May 2017 22:14:42 +0000

Homesteading is not cheap. From animal feed to fencing (Amazon) to the animals themselves, there are quite a few things a beginning homestead will need. When we first started out we made the mistake of purchasing everything from a big box store. We spend thousands of dollars before we realized we could buy things way […]

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5 Risks When Living Life By The Tides

Katie — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:26:27 +0000

One of the biggest challenges of where we live is our access. We live off-road, and how we get to our home changes by the season. During the fall freeze and spring break up, we are stuck on our property. During winter there is a 4 wheeler trail that, depending on the weather, can be […]

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9 Rules For Prioritizing On The Homestead

Katie — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:29:50 +0000

Let me tell you, when it comes to creating a daily To-Do list on the homestead, well…. Don’t. Personally, I’m a list maker. I make them for everything. Chores, books to read, groceries, ideas for blog posts. Even on down to things that made me happy that day. But when it comes to prioritizing on […]

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How To Hack A Chicken Killing Dog

Katie — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:36:40 +0000

Anyone who has chickens and dogs at the same time knows the anxiety that goes with introducing the two. Our dog, Link, killed 15 of our birds the first time he was ever trusted alone around them. Now he is left alone with them regularly and hasn’t touched one since. How did we manage […]

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Dealing With Isolation And Alaskan Winters

Katie — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:20:51 +0000

One thing about living off grid and off-road is the isolation factor. I never thought of this as a problem before. In fact, I considered it a benefit in our move! When we lived in town, our door was never answered if Kyle wasn’t home. Part of our moving this far was to get away […]

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Cooking On A Wood Stove

Katie — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:37:29 +0000

Before we moved to Alaska, I had cooked on a wood stove once, for practice. And it wasn’t even good practice either! Our wood stove in Washington was more decorative than for heating or cooking. Coming to Alaska was a huge change, as nearly everything we cook out here is done on the wood stove. […]

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Living The Off Grid Life As New Parents

Katie — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:22:45 +0000

As many of you know, Kyle and I found out I was pregnant before we gave up everything to move to Alaska. Starting a homestead from scratch while pregnant was not easy (post here). We didn’t want to try starting from scratch with a toddler, though. Luckily for us, our daughter Bellamy is what I […]

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