First Snow of the Year, Northern Wisconsin Homestead. OFF GRID November 2023

We received our first snowfall this year. Fired up the woodstove and staying cozy in our log cabin. Taking care of the chickens in the snow - feeling a little rusty at it but it will come back! We cut and split more firewood for next season too. Thanks so much for watching!~Shane and Lindsey Krumrie

[@w.s.2102]

I'm almost 50 years old, fought in a war, been married and divorced, and what you have right there is everything you need in life..... cool cabin and cool spot

[@feliciapillow5860]

Well said. They're living the best life.😊

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you so much for the nice comment! We sure do appreciate this place and the simple life. Have a good day!

[@daveneumann8106]

We have a small cottage on a small lake in northern Wisconsin. It's our refuge from this crazy world. A phone call from Northern Wisconsin to God is a local call.

[@timhamers4378]

We also live in northern WI and I agree. I really liking your statement

[@KrumriesCabin]

That's awesome to hear, a small cottage on a lake in northern Wisconsin sounds amazing. Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching our video and hope you have a great day!

[@KrumriesCabin]

Wow, hearing so many from northern WI, how wonderful!! I like the statement as well! Hope you have a good day.

[@jeffwrench9994]

That Jackyl song was great. Chainsaw music

[@KrumriesCabin]

Can't believe anyone else knew that Jackyl song, Awesome... Thanks for commenting. Have a good day!

[@smarth23]

Winter is here , so nice All ove and respect from Saudi Arab Wish you all propserity in your life

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you so much! Hope you have a great day, take care.

[@brucewitcpalek5120]

I envy your life style !😊✌🏼😎🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@KrumriesCabin]

Appreciate the comment! Thanks for watching! Have a good day and take care.

[@genefowler948]

You are welcome so good to see people working a homestead . Be safe .

[@KrumriesCabin]

I know what you mean, I love seeing people working a homestead too!! Have a great day!

[@lb6110]

when the handle starts to come loose on your splitting maul, stand it in water and soak it, the handle will expand....also, some of your smaller blocks of firewood, don't split them, leave them whole, they'll burn longer in your wood stove without you needing to fill it as often, especially before going to bed! Enjoying your beautiful little homestead. God Bless, stay Safe and all the best from northwestern BC Canada❤

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thanks for your suggestions... it's always nice when the woodstove lasts a little longer through the night. It's a rough adjustment getting into the routine of stoking the woodstove in the middle of the night again! Thanks for your kind words. Have a great night and thanks for watching!

[@upnorth2581]

I own a property in Northern Wisconsin (Oneida Co) with plans to homestead eventually. Seeing this beautiful set up is really motivating me to get the ball rolling!

[@KrumriesCabin]

Awesome to hear from another homesteader in Northern Wisconsin! We wish you the best of luck on your journey, homesteading in here is so wonderful, we feel very lucky... And happy to hear you got some motivation out of this video - thanks for watching! Have a good day.

[@steveschmoe7290]

It's nice to see you splitting by hand. I do the same. It's much more enjoyable than having a noisy, stinky machine in my face. I'm surprised that you're going through a maul handle so often though. Mine must be a beast. It's gone through about 20 cords of oak and ash. Even though the area just below the head is worn away by 30%, it still has never cracked or loosened. Anyway, great video.

[@KrumriesCabin]

We totally agree with that - hand splitting is the way to go. Free exercise and a nice time to let the mind wander! Thanks for the nice comment. Have a great day.

[@feliciapillow5860]

Yay! Team Krumries. Snow already. You guys prepared well. Take good care.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Yay! Snow already! We suddenly got very cold temps and then snow, I felt a little rusty with the chicken coop stuff - of course it quickly came back. Taking care of them in the winter is just so different than in the summer. Thanks for commenting and watching - have a great day!

[@LorraineDennison1960]

If you cross stack your wood on each end, your woodpile will be much more stable and won't fall down across your front door.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Good suggestion! Thanks for watching, have a good day!

[@JuanOrtiz-wj4rc]

You guys are the real thing thanks for this nice video i hope to have a place just like you all

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you for the nice comment! We really appreciate it. Have a good day.

[@rahmatbabaiii5579]

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[@KrumriesCabin]

Thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment! Have a good day!

[@tinalabelle2536]

I grew up in Lake Tomahawk.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Nice! That looks like a really great place... not too far from us. Way up in the forest! I've never been there yet though. Thanks for sharing and thank you for watching.

[@jerrystout3032]

Outstanding Craftsman ship 👍👍!!!

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you!

[@ronstrohman672]

Glad I found your video, I use to watch you guys, when your video was named something else . I thought you guys were done. Glad to see you guys. Watching from vilas county.

[@KrumriesCabin]

I'm so glad you found our video too! We used to have Happy Hound Homestead and I'm happy that you found our new channel. We switched to put everything in my husbands name and when we did that, we decided to change the name. We put out a notification to our viewers but I think the only ones that seen it were those that had notifications turned on. So glad you found us again. Have a great day!

[@kiamoon8103]

I am in process for this life

[@KrumriesCabin]

That's awesome! Good luck on your journey!

[@NancyNoo7007]

Nice place you have .. will continue to watch ..

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you very much!!! Have a good night.

[@johnkeller441]

This reminds me of the 40A. I had 13 north of Tomahawk on Swamp Lake Road. It had 300 feet river frontage and 1900 feet lake frontage. Too difficult to manage from my home in Colorado after my Dad passed. It was sold to a Realtor and was divided and sold a few more times. Great memories of "UP NORTH!" By the way, "UP NORTH" was anything north of Highway 64 and determined and named by the "old timers" in the area south of Highway 64. Darn solar panes should have heating grids, but that would take electricity and defeat the purpose. Maybe they should just go to vertical when the Sun isn't shining or it is snowing? Stay warm and healthy. The quiet time in the woods during a snowfall is restful.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thanks for your comment... Sounds like you had a really great piece of property near Tomahawk. Colorado sounds very nice too! Interesting to learn about the Up North part by the old timers. I'm just so glad that we decided to ground mount the solar panels instead of installing them on the roof. We had so much snow last year that we would have been constantly having to climb on the room to remove the snow! Thanks for watching!

[@genefowler948]

I have to say I enjoyed your videos and lost you way back I think when you first started your channel . Been looking ever since . Got you on my notification list . Will say both work hard at the homestead you are a lucky man to have a wife like her and very pretty also you have a life some dream of . Stay safe and keep them videos coming .

[@genefowler948]

Watching one of your videos washing your cabin we have a homestead since 1984 all of our kids are grown but we still have chickens good size garden cut split and stack our own firewood . We are in our seventies but still love how we live . You might think of getting a 110 volt deep well pump we have running water but we lose power a lot we run it on our little gen work fine just something to think think about. Love your videos.

[@KrumriesCabin]

I'm so glad you found us again! Happy to have you back and thank you so much for those nice comments! Have a wonderful day.

[@KrumriesCabin]

It is so nice to hear that you still love how you live - inspiring and sounds amazing! The 110v deep well pump is on our bucket list for one day! Thanks for the nice comment!

[@patvance6205]

Greetings from LA……lower Alabama! Love seeing the snow ❤

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thanks for watching and so nice to hear from lower Alabama! We'll have lots more snow videos coming up!! Have a good night.

[@jamesdennis5699]

People say, “ I hate the city. I’m going to move out in the woods and going to go off grid.”. But what they don’t realize, it’s a hard life and maybe your free and all but you can’t do it for long before ir wear down your body. No thanks.

[@KrumriesCabin]

You're right, it is difficult. Motion is lotion though!

[@TimothyTate-tc5yk]

I'm 60 years old and I can still split wood from dawn to dusk. And as far as the maple goes that why the splitting wedges was invented. And if you cross stack your wood on each end it will hold the stack and won't fall from the ends.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Nice job for sure! We can only hope Shane will be in good enough condition to still be doing that then - that is the hope though and we have our fingers crossed! Thanks for watching!

[@jerrystout3032]

You all need a pull SLED!!!😇

[@hestergreen2031]

My goodness this is set up in Northern Wisconsin. It’s gotta get pretty cold there. I hope you are prepared for it. Be safe while out there. Take no risks or chances.

[@KrumriesCabin]

You're right, it definitely gets really cold here! So far this year has been pretty mild but we are really prepared for the cold this year. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

[@Slykkpkins]

You both share good stories... i grew up with farm, chickens, rabbits, moose deer bear fish grouse meat. I enjoy outdoors, trek, travel, im friends, like meeting like minded folks. I would like to meet you both on my travels. Coffee. Thank you. Im x military CAF.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you for watching and for your nice comment. Sounds like you grew up in a similar lifestyle. I love hearing about others living this way too! Take care!

[@Slykkpkins]

Thank you

[@simonemoreno4324]

Have a great mountains to ski or snowboard either one

[@KrumriesCabin]

We have some large hills, don't really know if they're considered mountains.They're all located along Lake Superior. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@davidstoddard9160]

Vasiline works great to put on the leathers and rubber seals and that makes them last longer and so that is sort of the goal.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Are you talking about the rubber seals on the hand pump well?

[@michaeldelvoye6371]

Just started watching your videos, we have 40 acres in northern Wisconsin, with a small cabin just for recreational purposes.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Glad you found our channel and happy you're here! Awesome to here of another cabin owner in Northern Wisconsin! Thanks for watching and have a great day.

[@sireland8094]

Warm greetings from the once Great White North. I absolutely love your spread. It's really beautiful. You folks are definitely doing it right ! Pro tip though... For the love of Jebus...put some honey goo or fluid film on tailgate of that janky trailer before she stabs you in your sleep....😂

[@KrumriesCabin]

Warm greetings back to you! Thanks for your nice comments! Shane tried to grease that old trailer gate but it didn't seem to work, lol! Take care, and have a good day.

[@richardmullon5233]

Maybe in the spring you get a electric pump and filtering house and have running water

[@LarryeWhite61]

I store my yard suppy of firewwod on raised (cider bocks) free pallets. 4 of them hold more than 2 cords.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Nice, that is a great idea. That's something for us to consider, just have to get some more pallets. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a good night.

[@LarryeWhite61]

@@KrumriesCabin 13 blocks is what I useds.

[@lorrainedempsey3320]

Your log cabin looks really great😃. How do you do income? It is Wonderful, seeing more and more people homesteading. God bless 🤗🤗🤗

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thank you for the nice comment! Shane is a full time homesteader and I work from home. We save SO much money by doing as much as possible ourselves on the homestead. It is such a rewarding lifestyle. I agree, I love to hear about more and more people homesteading. Hope you have a good night.

[@kimleone5496]

That looks like heaven. At my age I need power but that just looks awesome. Curious why do you cover the vegetable garden? Do you move the chickens into the barn during the colder winter?

[@ALLANWEIR-sm8qr]

Do you know every spring after all the snow is gone and you don’t use the woodstove as much you need to clean out the whole pipe from the woodstove to the top of the house to get all the Clearasil out of the pipe so you’ll be ready for next year, one blockage and you’ll burn your home to the ground Maybe you didn’t know that but I’m just giving you a heads up.

[@KrumriesCabin]

That is the exact thing we did in the previous video - the chimney cleaning video. Hope you can check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnebnHtsnLFmm5o Thanks for watching and your comments!

[@Lasolucion369]

Muy bueno

[@KrumriesCabin]

Gracias! Thank you very much for watching.

[@theresacharlescleereman2744]

Great to see you embracing Wisconsin winter. Was wondering how deep your well is and what hand pump you use ? We are looking at getting water on our land.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Yes, we love winter around here. Our well is 80 feet deep and we have a Bison Deep Well Hand Pump... works great and would recommend for sure. We've had it now for 7 years and nothing has went wrong with it. We do have a weep hole drilled below the frost line so that the water drains and it doesn't freeze up in the winter. Thanks for commenting. Take care!

[@simonemoreno4324]

You go skiing now in Wisconsin when it snows

[@KrumriesCabin]

Yes, we do some skiing, both cross country and downhill. We used to live out in Montana where the skiing was amazing so we went all the time. Here we go less because we just don't have the mountains quite like Montana.

[@jerrystout3032]

Put a Metal wedge in your axe handle

[@Bubba-tx1vx]

Beautiful but I think I will be staying in Florida even if you do make more chicken pot pie 😅

[@KrumriesCabin]

Lol! Yep, the snow has arrived and next week the weather is about to get really cold! Next pie on the list is pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. It will be good to use up some of our pumpkins.

[@jwfinley7808]

You must have a stove that takes long pieces?

[@KrumriesCabin]

Yes, we have a woodstove that is pretty deep... we can fit a 24" piece in there. Thank you for watching!

[@wobdeehomestead]

Shane, I thought you’d have that stack of logs all processed by now, what’s the hold up?😂 I just had 6 cord logs delivered today all red oak. Got my work cut out for me as well but I’m at least 3 years ahead now.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Ha, it's getting so close to being done - hopefully it'll be done before too much snow comes. I've been procrastinating on it and finding other things to do instead. All red oak will be really nice splitting, that's what I need to get next time. Maple is not my favorite. Good work getting 3 years ahead! Thanks for watching - have a good night.

[@richardmullon5233]

What about those log splitter machines you can rent them

[@virgilchristopherson3626]

great video< I enjoyed this I'll have to watch more. got you subscribed. Good Idea to have a old tire to split the wood, at least it don't go flying all over the place, What part of Wisconsin are you from? I'm from Oconto, WI. North of Green Bay. Have a great Day!

[@KrumriesCabin]

Glad you enjoyed the video and would love for you to watch more! We're up in the far Northwest corner of Wisconsin, by Lake Superior. Doesn't sound all that far away from you! We love it up here. We got the tire idea from another homesteader and it works pretty good! Thanks for watching and we enjoy your comment. Have a good day!

[@virgilchristopherson3626]

You are welcome !, I'll be watching for more videos@@KrumriesCabin

[@ALLANWEIR-sm8qr]

Maybe if you’re oiled your back gate I’m not trailer. Every joint has to have me off boils on everything you own. If it has a joint that moves it needs to be oiled spray oil grease something so it works in the cold weather otherwise it will never move and you and your wife call me struggling bad think about it.

[@KrumriesCabin]

Ah, I wish I could oil the back gate. That trailer gate won't allow us to oil it because the joint where it pivots is too long and won't allow the oil and grease to penetrate down in. It's okay though, she doesn't get too mad at it. Thanks for your comment! Have a good night!

[@tgs1420]

Geez Louise ,Oil the hinges on your trailer !

[@KrumriesCabin]

Lol! I think the last time we oiled that hinge was in the middle of summer... that old rusty thing. Glad we have it though. Thanks for watching!

[@ws775]

We had a couple inches in southeast Wisconsin on Halloween. Glad it melted the next day! Does Shane deer hunt?

[@KrumriesCabin]

Ah, Southeast Wisconsin got some too - nice! I was wondering about that. Ours hasn't quite melted yet but it probably will in the next couple days which will be good because we have a couple things still left to get done out there. Shane does deer hunt up here with his bow... he's looking forward to that coming up. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a good day!

[@pauldonathan5316]

Awesome snow...did any maintenance on that old dilapidated trailer? Be nice to each other, you both have different strengths and talents. She will get stronger as time goes on, definitelyget some gumptionand whak him upsidethe head with a cast iron. Its beautiful there in Wisconsin. Yall kill any animals or cook much, no inside water, how deep does water flow? Good show, i like it, just keep recording. Oh you could weld some hanging structures in the barns and get most of that stuff off the ground. Sorry, trying to be helpful...

[@KrumriesCabin]

The snow is so beautiful - I can't wait to get another round! We are starting to have some nice frost build up on the trees in the morning which shines in the sun and also is so nice. That trailer is always a bugger as it's challenging to grease because of the way it's built. This is why Shane does the chores that takes the muscles, lol! Shane goes hunting and we'll hopefully have a deer soon to process. We cook a lot! I plan to show more cooking now that the outside gardening has slowed down. You're right, no inside water... we just have the hand pump well. The well is 80 feet deep. We still view the hoop shed as a temporary storage place until we can build a garage or shop - so pallets are working for now to keep the things off the ground, but yes getting a more permanent structure to keep things up would be a nice upgrade in the future. Love hearing you like the videos, great feedback, appreciate it! Hope you have a good day.

[@pauldonathan5316]

@KrumriesCabin Your very sweet, looking forward!!!

[@rabiabaloch6111]

hi can share seperate video of removing snow from truck ? please thanks.

[@CountryLivingOnTheFarm]

I’m new to your channel. How many acres do you have and what part of Wisconsin? I love the forest not too thin and not to thick 🌲 🌲 How much snow on average do you get there?

[@KrumriesCabin]

Glad you found our channel! We live in the northwestern part of Wisconsin by Lake Superior. I love the forest here too - it's one of my favorite parts, along with the lakes!! We get quite a bit of snow here - last year we had about 4 feet of snowpack on our property... we get a lake affect snow happening here living close to the south shore of Lake Superior in the snowbelt. Last year was a high snowpack year - I would say on average we have a couple feet in our yard. Thanks for commenting! Hope you have a good day.

[@gr2786]

What do y’all do for work?

[@KrumriesCabin]

Thanks for watching and commenting. My husband is a full time homesteader and I work from home.

[@sandrafarley7967]

you do know you can burn whole logs right?

[@KrumriesCabin]

The logs we have right now are wide so fitting them in the woodstove whole wouldn't work, although when we do cut small trees and the logs are small enough to fit in the woodstove, we leave them whole. Thank you for your comment and for watching. Have a good day!

[@robinstanfield1699]

What lake do you live close too I live in Tennessee

[@KrumriesCabin]

We live next to Lake Superior - which we absolutely love. Thanks for watching from Tennessee! Have a great night!

[@simonemoreno4324]

Can you use your icon or Epic Pass there to go skiing?

[@KrumriesCabin]

We've never had an Ikon or Epic Pass - we used to have season passes to Bridger Bowl in Montana and went all the time. That was so awesome! Now we just go once in a while in Minnesota.

[@jwfinley7808]

Or a fire place?

[@KrumriesCabin]

Just a woodstove, but it's nice to have those longer pieces. Have a good evening!

[@jwfinley7808]

@@KrumriesCabin dummy

[@marlene7832]

Grumpy much........geeeeeez. Why would you expect her to be able to fold up that stiff ramp on your trailer??? Not a good look for a first time viewer.

[@KrumriesCabin]

No worries - that was him not being mad, he and I have a funny way of communicating. Hope you stick around to see! Have a good day.

[@leeannabrown6624]

Pretty boring

[@jeremywall4913]

R u guys going to have kids at all some day????????

[@KrumriesCabin]

We have a 12 year old son... he's in most of our summer videos, now that school has started he isn't around as much. Thanks for commenting!

[@stelakis1959]

hey don't yell at the girl ok? from greece.....

[@KrumriesCabin]

No worries, he's really really good to me! Thanks for watching from Greece!

[@stelakis1959]

@@KrumriesCabin ...I'm kidding....