Low on Wood | Clearing the Way for Chickens

[@sharicox8516]

Fun to go back on these old videos and see what y’all have accomplished

[@SeattleTrainer]

Standing around in feet of snow….in short sleeved T-shirts. I knew it, these aren’t normal humans! Mr. and Mrs. Superman

[@stevenmcabee9417]

It is such a blessing that y’all work together and you both share the dream and vision.

[@stephaniknight5809]

I dont know how often yall read your comments but i would like to give yall a few pointers on wood stoves. I lived with my grandparents in mississippi for a few years as a teen( now 34 and living with my grandma again to take care of her). Anyway. Our house is super old like some parts are close to 150years old. We have a wood stove that heated our whole house. Well my gpa taught me how to maintain a good heat with the stove all night. I have chopped many cords of wood. Well. He taught me that you need to have beautiful dry wood. And fresh green wood. So you would of course start the fire with dry wood then as it burns down you would start adding green wood. One or two pieces at a time. But before bed you will make a big beautiful fire with dry wood then add a bunch of green wood on top. For us it would last from about 11pm to 6am before it started getting chilly

[@gypsygal4071]

Boy the snow blower is awesome.

[@marcoperdomo283]

Wow you guys really make a great team. I wish I could meet a woman that isn't afraid to really work. My ex girlfriend wouldn't even clean the apartment. Love the videos been watching since this morning I just put in search living in Alaska woods and your's came up. Will keep on watching.

[@1947Hdwebb]

I love watching your channel.

[@MsAngel7268]

I've been trying to decide what I like most about your vid's, but I can't, it's ALL great content. Very well rounded. Your food looks amazing, even giving me idea's to change up the menu around here, we like variety. The scenery, your projects and progress, just wonderful to watch. I showed Grant the video of you guys sledding behind the 4 wheeler, and told him "You have to see this one, they are such fun people!" he laughed at me and YOU, lol. Can't wait for him to get home from work to show him the progress you made today. (I started at the first vid you posted and have been working my way up, so "today" was actually what happened 5 months ago, haha)

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Tammy Marie thank you for watching :) We so appreciate you checking out the older videos and following our story. We really need to make time for more sledding and towing this winter!

[@murrayandru7527]

You two ROCK ! Love your videos , Thanks for sharing , time well spent ! Take care .

[@kenshores9900]

Your cats and dogs get along well with each other.

[@erniehenderson562]

Ya'll are some hard working folks!

[@DebbiesHomeplace]

Para cord to the rescue. Great idea! Y'all got a lot done today. Breakfast looked amazing, no wonder you worked so good all that home cooked energy you started off with.

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

Nice work! Awesome idea using the rope to remove the snow. We’ll have to remember that.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Breaking Free Off Grid, a few commentors suggested it. I think it worked pretty well :)

[@dellakevin9876]

Breaking Free Off Grid hey there

[@juliawiid2014]

Awesome you two are the best . Love you from South Africa

[@jayolson578]

Just started watching. I've been binge watching you're videos. Great videos and great content. I hope you're sweeping your chimney so you don't have a chimney fire.

[@nickdonaldson8993]

Cool rope trick. Thanks for sharing.

[@dellakevin9876]

Nick Donaldson hey there

[@timothydonohue]

i really hope that your channel takes off within the next couple years. the vids are pretty well done, and enjoyable.

[@4207skippy]

Nice work! You got a lot done in just one day! I enjoy your videos please keep them coming!

[@2MorMor]

WOW COOL! snow removal...

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

I like the curious cat shot.lol That’s a cool trick to get the snow load off the roof. It looked like the temps are warming up for you guys. I pretty much shed everything when doing that kind of work. It hard and hot. Hope you have a great evening.

[@dellakevin9876]

My Alaska Dream hey there

[@nolanneal4647]

just going back and watching some of your older videos , i have seen them all and enjoy them ..waiting to see the wood shed pt.2 Peace

[@barbaraparker9933]

I have enjoyed watching the video s.i live in Louisiana.

[@funoutdoorgame]

I love your living.

[@Misterbillll]

HARD WORK!!!......both of you are incredible....

[@NBGUY]

No Ladder, no shovel, no problems just use para cord...lol :) cool trick and easy on the back!

[@dellakevin9876]

NBGUY918 hey there

[@AlmostHomestead]

Nice work guys. Looking forward to seeing your chicks and the coop. That was pretty impressive getting some of that snow off with paracord.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

We were thoroughly impressed with the paracord as well!

[@thebshumate]

Great job! The rope worked pretty good I think. Better than climbing up there with a push broom. Maybe making a sawing motion with the cord would keep it down closer to the actual roof? Armchair quarterbacking is one of my specialties. Just ask Brian, I always have ideas about how you should do stuff when I am sitting in my warm, cozy bed. Question: Can you guys speak a little about the change in physical demand from Oregon to living in the Bush? You guys seem to be burning some serious calories on lumberjackin days, and snow clearing days. Thanks!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

BigDirty, yes you are correct, we started sawing near the end and it seemed to work better! Also great question, we will try to include that in a future video. To be truthful, we actually worked harder in Oregon with full time jobs on top of everything and we also only heated with wood, the snow removal is definitely new though!

[@dellakevin9876]

BigDirty hello there...how are u doing today?

[@just_krys4209]

I LOVE watching your videos! Makes miss Alaska SO bad!

[@Forest_Actual]

Nice trick getting snow off of the roof!

[@dellakevin9876]

M. Forest Shipps hello there

[@dellakevin9876]

M. Forest Shipps how are u doing?

[@RusticByNature]

Cool way to get the snow off your roof, a lot quicker than my snow rake.

[@hikewithme59]

I’m so happy I found you, your channel is so stink‘in awesome!! 🌵✌🏼

[@smallspaceswithGloria]

I love chickens 🐓

[@FrontierPreppers]

Awesome video!!!.... love the breakfast 🍳

[@MisterTee2010]

All that snow shows that your roof is well insulated.

[@sailme2day]

have you tried a snow rake? That was fun removal method. I would be kind of careful with that wood pile built up to the window height when dropping the roof snow :) I have a relative in Alaska. He said folks lose house and truck glass more often than you think when Murphy visits ....... He has also seen sheets of it fly off the top of tractor trailers and go through windshields . Also in high winds around the house area flying ice sheets. He is a builder / remodeler so learned about these situations because he is called into repair damage during winter months. You folks make a good team. Thanks for sharing .

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

William savage, thank you for the tip, I could absolutely see how that could happen as the ice can really weigh quite a bit. We do plan to get a more legit tool for snow removal this year :)

[@janie2shoes537]

Just found your channel and subbed. Your black cat looks just like our Midnite.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Janie2Shoes, thanks for watching and commenting. Our black cat's name is Peppercorn but we call her Pepper :)

[@brotherbrovet1881]

If you invest in a woodchipper, you can use wood chips to build soil on your Muskeg. With a little time and manure, it can become extremely fertile soil. Hey...you want a few inches on the roof, it really does icreases your overall R-value on the roof...just watch for ice dams on sunny days when snow's melting from the roof, but freezing on its way down in Sub-Zero temps.

[@ManJO601]

Nice job.

[@ourselfreliantlife]

Great job on the tree removal. That should give you plenty of firewood. Watch out below on the snow removal.😲😁

[@northwestmotoadventures999]

Nice definitely need chickens. nothing like a couple eggs over easy on top of your biscuits and gravy.

[@dellakevin9876]

Ron Swanson hello there...how are u doing?

[@dynamicliving3111]

Haha, That's a cute lil saw....... Actually I wish I had one that size..

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Yes we could probably use another around here your size! We do love the Husqvarna, our one from Oregon works well but just isn't as powerful :)

[@gretchen-f7p]

nice!

[@Washkeeton]

When figuring this coop you need to figure heat for it till the chicks are feathered out and about a month old. This weather is deceiving. It will get cold again before April. Then you will get a second false spring in April then by May you will actually get spring. I wish I had your energy... there was a day I did... Nice job.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

AK Washkeeton, we have experience raising chicks in Oregon but not here as you know. We were planning to have a brooder indoors for the first two weeks then transition them to the coop with a lamp just until they are fully feathered, my main concern is allowing them to be outside when they are small since we will not have a top on the coop area, the coop itself will be enclosed.

[@Washkeeton]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska I know you all had chickens but weather will be a factor when raising them up here... We had chickens for about 16 or 17 yrs. Three times I couldn't wait to get them so we fashioned something in the house for them... they ended up being inside for a month to a month and a half... March winds whipping taking temps to -20 wind chills, or the temp dives, or ... many different reasons... I was very excited to get them out to the chicken area out side when they went... we were mostly able to get them out the first weeks in May. I got 25 meat chickens thinking I could put them in the old goose pen and put a lamp in there and close the door to keep them warm... they ended up all dying... Why??? I'm guessing the cold. None of the brooders would ever hatch any until almost June 1... I should have listened to them... LOL (I had a wolverine come take all but 20 of my 70 I had free ranging here..and I had maybe 2 eagles cause problems... I had a 26 dog, sled dog yard for years and fox, coyote, etc stayed away. I have had one black bear here and my biggest chicken killers that I have had problems all through the years were the ermine... they bite their necks and drink their blood, leaving the bodies..)

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

thanks for the heads up about the predators, the gal we are getting them from starts hatching early but we did ask to push it back because otherwise we may have ended up with chickens in the house for longer than expected too :)

[@ThePjl110]

Watching you walk through the heavy snow with a running chainsaw was a nightmare...

[@sjackson99]

I think the original idea was to use wire. Smaller diameter = less resistance. But looks like the paracord worked good too.

[@jeanneamato8278]

It’s so sad about the trees succumbing to beetles , we have that problem with Ash borer killing our Ashes.

[@shipstern100]

You guys are having toooooo much fun (lol)

[@pacificbushcraftandfirecra6358]

Fun stuff! AK life be awesome right??? lol

[@SbrGrendel65]

I don’t know why you don’t use the small twigs for Kiln to start your fires. I’m sure there is a reason, great stuff as usual

[@mccrackenshuskies333]

That was brilliant! I keep forgetting to ask if you see a lot of moose around your home?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Kellie McCracken, we see dozens of moose on a trip to town and on occasion here on the road we live, lots of tracks though!

[@digitalguru42]

Please get / wear safety gear; glasses, chainsaw resistant gloves & pants. Soft and slippery in the snow can dangerous! Stay safe, love the channel.

[@BigPrepperAZ]

The intro caused me to do a double take. For a second I thought I was watching Brian's wood stove Wednesday vid.

[@kingrafa3938]

Paracord 👍

[@Zenkaz967]

❤️❤️

[@JamesCouch777]

👍👍

[@dellakevin9876]

James Couch hello there

[@auburnthree636]

I'm cold from sheer _watching_ you in those t-shirts around all that snow... Did you stop needing so much warmth by living in Alaska, or working outside in 20ish temps was normal for you back in Oregon as well?

[@harrymoyes5069]

Hi. Enjoyed your video, and particularly the background music on this one. You don't seem to credit the music source in your comments anywhere, I presume they are freely usable tracks, but it would be a nice gesture to credit the source/artist, even if its not required by the licence on the tracks.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Harry Moyes you are correct, these tracks were from KZbin and we use Epidemic Sound now but we really should remember to add them into the description ☺

[@roybaird3062]

Southern cooks NEVER twist their bisquit cutters!It makes the side of the biquits as hard as the tops instead of soft and flakey...

[@robertboyd650]

What u guys doing with short sleves in winter ! ! !

[@auburnthree636]

This channel has great educational value for me, let's push it little further ;). I'm sure there is good reason to it, but I just don't know - *why twigs are unusable in wood stove?* You burned all of them outside for a reason, right?

[@rodin390]

👍🏻

[@windowclean100]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Awesome

[@keithweedt7236]

I need pine I really do.

[@MetaView7]

I can't stand it; wearing a T-shirt with all that snow around you ! Envy envy !

[@ritaraynor231]

Now both of you are out there in T-shirts!😂 what was the degrees when you were filming this?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Rita Raynor, I believe it was 26 F ish, we both get warm when we are working around here :)

[@litahsr.8226]

is it summer there got only a t-shirt

[@robertalynch5433]

Oh man!.....whose birthday is it?

[@mind0nr3wind]

Do you guys have an IG? Got a few questions for you?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

jomar agcaoili, we do not have an instagram but this is our email: [e-mail]

[@ivywong4809]

浪費

[@stephaniknight5809]

I dont know how often yall read your comments but i would like to give yall a few pointers on wood stoves. I lived with my grandparents in mississippi for a few years as a teen( now 34 and living with my grandma again to take care of her). Anyway. Our house is super old like some parts are close to 150years old. We have a wood stove that heated our whole house. Well my gpa taught me how to maintain a good heat with the stove all night. I have chopped many cords of wood. Well. He taught me that you need to have beautiful dry wood. And fresh green wood. So you would of course start the fire with dry wood then as it burns down you would start adding green wood. One or two pieces at a time. But before bed you will make a big beautiful fire with dry wood then add a bunch of green wood on top. For us it would last from about 11pm to 6am before it started getting chilly

[@RusticByNature]

Cool way to get the snow off your roof, a lot quicker than my snow rake.

[@RusticByNature]

Cool way to get the snow off your roof, a lot quicker than my snow rake.

[@dellakevin9876]

Rustic By Nature hi there