We continue preparing our building site for the cabin. Before we can start digging the foundation, we need to move a lot of material and supplies to make room for the camper van. Our new gazebo serves as a temporary…
After months of going back and forth with our ideas for an offgrid cabin and homestead, we settled on a sketch for an 18×24 foot postandbeam cabin. We are truly excited as we receive a set of cabin blueprints from…
Our test of a longer stay offgrid in the wilderness of North Vancouver Island had mixed results. We were able to establish a more permanent base in our motorhome but its age has started to show. The awning anchor points…
After we had levelled the ground for a gazebo pad, I stay alone in the wilderness. I continue building a trail down to the lake. We need to fill big holes in the ground soon. Once we starting building our…
We are back at our offgrid property in North Vancouver Island. After rethinking possible solutions to a problem, we decide to pivot the project and build a patio instead of a deck.
Spring has arrived at our #offgrid property in North Vancouver Island. This year, we plan a lot of projects. We start with building a #deck by the lake. Later on, we will put a #gazebo on it so we can…
We are moving our Wood-Mizer LT15 sawmill 500 kilometres to its permanent home – our off grid property in North Vancouver Island. First logs milled into beams and boards.
Going old school while surveying property lines with a compass. Bushwhacking through the thick rainforest of North Vancouver Island. Bringing in the big machine to clear the land for our future home.
The delivery, initial setup and first boards milled on our new Wood-Mizer LT15 portable sawmill! We waited eight months for this, in the end Wood-Mizer surprised us with a delivery one month earlier than projected. Woo-hoo! Just in time for…
In late Winter and early Spring 2022, we finally started getting all the technology that was on order, some since May 2021. Our off grid tech includes an Ecoflow Delta portable power station, a Starlink Internet dish and router, a…