Another full year in the wilderness living my dream. There is no place I would rather be than in the wilderness, self reliant, thriving in an off grid log cabin and living close to nature. Spring arrived today, and in my mind, its the beginning of a new year and I reflect on the last 365 days spent building my homestead and creating a safe place for my family and me for times like this. The next 365 days will bring big changes for me and my family as we continue to learn how to and practice becoming more self reliant and put the lessons I have learned over the last three years to use. This year, food security and health are our focus, along with a few building projects that Ill be undertaking alone to make our homestead more self sufficient.
Stay healthy and be kind.
Thanks for watching! New videos every FRIDAY. Please subscribe.
To watch me build my next cabin — bigger and better than this one!..
To relax…
To virtually immerse yourself in nature…
To see how I live debt free, stress free and low cost…
To see how I build things alone…
To see how I cook with no electricity or gas…
To hear what steps I took to retire in my mid-forties so I could live my dream life…
To interact with the happiest and most helpful community of viewers on YouTube…
To become more self-reliant.
Finally, one video showing the entire build process from the cutting of the first tree to the laying of the last floor board — no food, no talking, no visitors, just carpentry, bushcraft, timber framing, blood, sweat and tears.
My end goal is to have an off grid, primitive wilderness homestead, where I can practice primitive technology, bushcraft and traditional skills in an effort to become as completely self reliant as possible in this day and age.
In late April, I cut the first balsam fir tree down on the property near Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Next, from June until August, I collected all of the building materials and fabricated the cabin using saddle notches in the corners. I cleared the land in August, laid down gravel for a pad and began erecting the off grid log cabin. By September, the walls were done and I started on the roof framing in October.
In November, I burned the roof boards with shou sugi ban, an ancient Japanese technique for preserving wood. Against convention, I installed the roof in board and batten fashion, using my roofing background to come up with techniques to keep the cabin watertight.
Next, I moved inside where I installed a Vermont Castings wood stove on top of a limestone flagstone floor, which extended from the doorway to the center of the cabin underneath the fireplace.
For the rest of the floor, I framed it using 2x4 and 2x6 red pine boards and then installed 2x6x10 boards, which I burned using the same shou sugi ban technique.
Now in December, I chinked the walls with moss and clay and have been spending a lot of time in the cabin, starting rustic furniture made with materials from the surrounding forest.
Autumn Sunset by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: audionautix.com/
To see what I’m up to during the rest of the week, please follow me on my other online channels;
My Self reliance, shawn james, winter camping, Bushcraft, Woodcraft, Survival, Primitive skills, Nature, Preparedness, Homesteading, Homestead, Self Reliance, Self Sufficiency, Living Off The Land, Off The Grid, Primitive Shelters, outdoors
Рыболовные снасти для России: www.e-katalog.ru/u/vkte6
Снасти для рыбалки Украина: ek.ua/u/ISdtG
Ка сделать снасти на щуку или сигнализатор поклёвки своими, поплавок из пера или пенопласта руками в домашних условиях? Я все вам расскажу в этом видео. Покажу все подробно и в деталях. Ловля рыбы или сама рыбалка станет интереснее для вас и хитрее с помощью этих рыболовных лайфхаков и самоделок.
Установил новый светодиодный свет (фару) на свой мотобуксировщик Бурлак М2. Это вещь ребята! Если вы гоняете на снегоходах или другой мототехнике в тёмное время суток, это точно ваша тема. Прошибает на несколько сотен метров, просто сумасшедший свет. Быстрая доставка из России. Я живу на крайнем севере, получил посылку за пять дней. Рекомендую!
Сбежав из тюрьмы в Джакарте, где он провёл в заключении долгих четырнадцать лет, разведчик Андрей возвращается на родину, чтобы найти причины провала своей опергруппы и наказать виновников гибели жены.