Breaking Ground - Clearing land for our big summer project

After a slow start to our short Alaskan summer, we are finally starting our next big build. We hired a neighbor to clear ground to make way for a multiple use building.
This will house our firewood, be shelter for our side by side, cover for the sawmill, and also utilize the roof for our solar panels as well as create a solar kiln to dry and store the lumber we mill.
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[@mikeduda3173]

Excellent!! So glad you could pay a neighbor instead of a rental coming. That's homesteading at its finest

[@BrakesBake]

What a team! Love how you are supporting the neighbours by hiring them instead. Koodos to your neighbours for helping you out as well.

[@shiammi907]

❤Love how you're wanting to keep alive the naturally found Alaska native edible and medicinal plants❤

[@bonneymoseley1159]

Things are looking great! It's going to look so good, I can just see the grass neatly grown and cut, with a rock sidewalk to greenhouse, outhouse and car parking area, and your flowers along each side Lori!!! The blue berries and raspberries all in their own little patches.

[@StephanieH9]

New subscriber! You both have made so much progress in just a year...a reliable tractor will be a game changer.

[@sallymcdonald502]

Babies get used to noise, so chain saw would have been ok, as long as she not too close of course. Love what you are doing and all the thought that goes into your different projects.

[@madeleinetempest]

Awesome work you two, looking forward to seeing the new building!

[@suseyq4559]

Great maneuver with the berry bush! You guys are rocking it! Congratulations!

[@nittygritty9418]

I loved the way it looked after all the debris was cleared out. Gives you a ton of room :)

[@robertbartmann8470]

Nice work on the clearing. You've got an awesome neighbor. Good luck with the building projects!

[@nanscott3362]

Lots of hard work but you guys have done a wonderful job, looks really nice.

[@debbiemiller7342]

Great work both of you! Awesome to pay your neighbor instead. Looking forward to the progress! I hope your plants all survive the move.

[@willamettehops]

WooHoo! Glad you guys are working on a wood shed! Gonna be a game changer.

[@stevehowe1792]

Lot of progress in a short amount of time with that dozer.

[@mariezafonte6473]

Hi, my niece bought ear protector head phones to protect her little one. Then you can make as much noise as you need too. I hope the raspberries and other plants survive. Why not overwinter them in the pots in your greenhouse. Then plant them where you want them to stay. Your neighbor did a wonderful job of clearing the land.Love the arial views.

[@ABSOLUTEALASKAFAMILY]

Your doing great. It’s hard work isn’t it. I know you’re enjoying our beautiful weather.

[@victoriamaaske7420]

Cool project today. Good thinking. I thot that tree would never fall. Ha.

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Great job cutting trees down Cody

[@sgrvtl7183]

Good progress! happy you have a neighbor who is helping with the excavating. Good Luck with the build!

[@janetgifford743]

Looking great ! All your hard work is showing more and more. Living the dream!! God bless!!

[@detour7790]

Team work makes the dream work.

[@marymoran719]

I have caught up on all your videos. Look everyday for a new one!

[@grizzlyacreshomestead]

Nice work guys, wish I could be that far ahead but as is usual for everybody, funding can be a drag. But I am getting there, one weekend at a time and be living here (30ish miles north of you)this coming winter. My channel documents any progress and hiccups I encounter

[@bernadettesingh6148]

Awesome video. You achieved your target by clearing the area in a week, with the help of your kind neighbour. Looking forward to the next stage. Take care. Love and hugs to Rowan. 🇦🇺 fan.

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Great video Cody and Lori

[@timothyalanogrady]

Nice job guys . And it's almost a plus to have good neighbors that can help

[@jasondavis1816]

Great job hang in there love the beautiful warm land up there it’s over a 100down her in Louisiana be safe guys

[@Richofallthings]

Nice pallet trick

[@maryhall6584]

Great work, getting the wood shed and saw mill building will be extremely helpful for you and save wear and tear on the saw and other equipment. Great job. Hope your garden is looking good. Can you post some stills on the community tab ?

[@Fuzion587]

You guys are doing a great job. Any word about the well company coming back to get some water flowing?

[@gailbrault9251]

Great idea to hire your neighbor's equipment😊.

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks, looking good. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@user-in4sg2ho9z]

Great video! Great job! ❤

[@charlenegrady8781]

Great job guys. Looking forward to following your build. Take care✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️

[@victoriarachuj489]

You should try to get a wood chipper and all the branches and small stuff you can turn into mulch for the garden or muddy ground

[@MitchellsInAlaska]

Wow that’s opening up some ground.

[@babsoneverything3060]

Woo Hoo!! So exciting!! Happy for you guys!! :)

[@estellaknox9285]

Awesome clear opening bring lots of sunshine ☀ looks so good

[@user-gx1kq8zr7b]

love your website. we ordered hats and caps. Exactly what we wanted!

[@user-ve5gm1ky7u]

That looks so nice.

[@ceramicdiva]

Great job

[@sandrarobertson3139]

It’s starting to look really nice

[@myraholmes651]

Looks great,hope all goes well!!

[@sarahschlosser1203]

Love see the two of you working together. You are an awesome team. Are you going to work on the road to be able to get the truck in to drill the well?

[@remotelifealaska]

We had the end of the driveway widened also so they can get in now.

[@patriciamontague6035]

Great job 😀hi from Colorado Springs 😀

[@veronicavanderver7270]

Awsome

[@monahardy978]

Nice job u guys looks great. Should cut down on bugs a bit too. Ine can have hope!!❤

[@carolyngregory9354]

Great video.

[@maryhall6584]

On those birch trees that had the rot could you make slabs and seal to make tables. The grain looks beautiful

[@brandonpacheywiredforlife]

Looking good you too! Be safe!

[@PaulineAdcock-py7uy]

Good job, guys! 💜

[@user-sz1sc7ni6v]

Looking very nice!!

[@marymoran719]

Love your videos. Is this a-frame a temporary home. Will you be making a bigger home as your family grows

[@CoolUsername570]

❤

[@dennysemcqueen9549]

Are you going to build a shop to store all your things laying around? Greetings from Australia.

[@dorotalenartowska1891]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nortiousmaximus940]

love the project idea, l do have one question though, how come you guys are not looking to expand your living space, now that you are two and a half, as soon as she starts becoming mobile you'll be wishing for more space

[@craigaustin4362]

Are you ever going to get your well done this year?

[@tammyedmunds668]

Love you guys. Hope all is well with you guys! I thought you guys were going to build your own home? The cabin your in was suppose to be a guest cabin. Well Bless you all ❤️🇨🇦

[@angelakushner9887]

hi, you need to put some bricks or heavy rock on float.

[@sf55514]

WHY?

[@metamud8686]

Solar kiln?

[@remotelifealaska]

This will be a room to dry green lumber using the heat of the sun. Essentially a room with clear walls and roof and a fan for airflow. Compared to just letting the lumber air dry in covered storage this will cut our dry time down from a couple years to a month or so. This should also help prevent warping and cracking. For more information on it check out Oregon State Solar Kiln.

[@harlanmclain1719]

You need to have some one show you how to drop trees or its all ways going to be a fight if u have to do it the way ur going about it or one is going to end up on top of you good luck & god bless

[@remotelifealaska]

Cody has cut hundreds of trees with little issue. The 3 troublesome trees in this video were leaning away from where he wanted to drop them so they needed some coaxing to go the intended direction.

[@HHeirloomIA]

Do not let your parents watch the tree cutting part of these vids😣 What about adding some weight to that pallet?

[@jimmycpm]

Why don't you try to finish your home inside?

[@grizzlyacreshomestead]

Everybody has different priorities ad with the super short summers we get here in alaska... save the inside jobs for the long, cold and dark winters

[@user-nf8xe2eq3u]

I thought that would happen last winter.

[@linhaton4957]

Looks like they are making do, but it can’t be easy especially with a baby. I would have a tough time in the winter with the lack of windows and sunlight. The clutter inside would bother me too. They go without and make due to follow their dreams. True pioneers. I’m rooting for them.

[@Revelation22-13]

Jeremiah 20:11 King James Version 11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.Gods blessings over you .

[@SandraCrockett]

Wow! What a change in the land. The clearing is going great!