Category Off Grid Build

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…