Off-Grid Homestead - Hard Work?

A lot of people wonder if an off-grid homestead is too much hard work. It certainly could be, especially if you learn a lot of things the hard way... like we did. But a modern off-grid homestead doesn't have to be too hard, a little hard work is rewarding and, well, its kind of what we're looking for isn't it!? Some good, honest, work!?
Over the years we've invested in a couple hardworking, homestead machines including the Bobcat Toolcat with grapple and Woodmizer LT15. We've never had anything against machines, especially well designed and well made ones!
Check out the girls handiwork on our website:
www.gridlessne...
and on IG: / gridlessness
Let us know what you think, leave a comment, subscribe, and join the adventure.

[@andreboudreau6474]

I know I’ve said this before but dang, those girls can do anything / everything. I’m sure plenty of boys there age can’t do half of what these girls master. They have been brought up in such a way that they will most likely never be unable to fend for themselves in almost any situation. That is an education worth it’s weight in gold. Greetings from Québec City!

[@Off-Grid]

The way it should be! We have our girls help too.

[@moseshenry9785]

It is definitely a taught thing.

[@CplSkiUSMC]

I can't believe you struggled with burning those wet woodpiles when the solution to the problem is sooooo obvious... Hot Dave!! Feed him a bowl of Texas chili and he could incinerate an iceberg!!!

[@robertjenkins9747]

😅😅😅

[@mikemaes4571]

I am in awe. The young ladies are cutting lumber on a WoodMizer... I am so jealous!!!! There is absolutely nothing that they can't (or don't) do! Truly amazing ladies.

[@jasonmarcos1226]

You are having your first grandchild.. Congrats

[@klazyy641]

"It's not a human baby. . ."

[@raymondcoggins297]

Your daughters are growing way to fast turning into very beautiful young ladies thank god they look like Rose

[@Donotbebloodsucker]

One is about to ........ Chat not working

[@Off-Grid]

They do grow fast. We have two that are shooting up like weeds.

[@whynotfandy]

Lmao!

[@mickemike2148]

Man, you are dad-messing with the girls minds all the time! Good, it keeps them on their toes!

[@lalthaduha]

Extremely eager to see more videos of your family,which is indeed a bless for us to witness a wonderful life.

[@lalruatdikavarte7943]

Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.

[@_MANNATESTIMONIES]

The drone was a great investment guys and nice pilot skills. Looking forward to seeing some more wilderness footage. It's always best to film at golden hour! God bless

[@Ex-pomjohn]

Hi there luv the vids your girls are amazing. Just a quick tip I always have a garden blower when burning piles as it makes the fire burn really hot cheers from Tasmania

[@japphan]

You didn't really try much with the fires, I guess it's not very urgent, and you have other things to do, but still, important to do before everything dries up. For wet and frozen wood, you need to tend the fire, move material towards the heat. Pile stuff on top of the flames, since it won't spread sideways at the start. it helps to start as far in the center as you can. Cheers! PS: I know you guys got this, just sharing some knowledge from making and tending to fires in all types of conditions. You can always keep a fire burning if you have the wood and an open flame. The energy in the wood _far_ outweighs the extra energy needed to melt and evaporate. Don't give up on your fire if you need it.

[@NoorNoor-rl5cu]

Amazing and beautiful

[@khaerulanwar6699]

I am from Indonesia I love watching your videos🇲🇨

[@frankschattner7640]

You're raising some pretty awesome women!!

[@garystump1776]

at 3:10 just look at all that bacon and chops, mighty tasty

[@joannak4640]

I love your channel ❤️ This is a great video!! Hey!! No fair...what's the surprise?? Hopefully you upload another video SOON 😂 Thanks for sharing

[@justforfun9020]

upload more videos please.. Who is with me.?

[@SondaLovesElly26]

Why everyone growing up so fast? Damn I'm getting old 😬

[@alex140666]

make a water level for that saw mill to waist less time measuring things

[@jimengle1615]

No thumbs down at this point! I defy anyone!!!!

[@aztecwarrior5510]

💙💙💙💙 Need more and longer videos

[@michaelholzman9897]

Gridlessness do you have a video on your solar setup

[@mongkolsomkid6831]

Why don't use those big log as firewood? and left the rest somewhere to be a compost

[@mic8654]

Lol Where is Dave, Im sure he will grass you up regarding the baby!!

[@edmartin875]

Dave lives nearby with his own family, working in his woodworking business and doing everything Jeff does with his own wife and kids.

[@marthavalentine7569]

Move the gate

[@vlogger_ng_subic]

No new video??

[@shail194]

Love from india ❤️👍

[@nandsall9492]

So this is what happened when Wonderwoman had children

[@aloonatic8594]

Are you becoming Grandparents? 🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@66bigbuds]

Your teaching them well. Those aren't going to be useless spoiled princesses.

[@Off-Grid]

The way it should be

[@mobangoful]

Bro your girls are really awesome,beautiful and intelligent.👍👍👍

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

your girls would out work 95% of all men alive right now!! Very hard working ladies and it is fun to watch. Cheers to all of ya.

[@SsoulBlade]

Very nice of you. However, that number is probably significantly lower as it is still a societal expectation of boy to help the father and the girls are not expected to help at all. On top of that, most girls don't even want to do this work.

[@donniev8181]

Rose knew she had effed up as soon as she said "big hole and keep trying to fill the big hole", you could hear it the second she said big hole, hilarious. Great drone work Kez, God bless

[@karenflores4987]

yeah, she kept looking at him and shaking her head like (nope, we are not going there).

[@allonesame6467]

As a young lady growing up on a farm where we raised meat, veg, fruit, hay, grain, for our own use, I know what work is and how fun it can be. Keep On Ladies!

[@9252LIFE]

Great video guys! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ROSE! You do an amazing job raising Jeff and those girls!! 😆

[@AdminTechnopedia]

That's another nice life story of the off grid luxury from your blessed family Jeff. Since most of your doughters use tools and spinning motors, may i suggest to take precautions on your doughters hair. stuck hair in hi rpm motor are the last you want to hear. There's one case of my friends, her hair stuck in boat propeller and (very bad head scalp removed) in simple word "hair and hi speed motor don't mix well" Keep happy familly and spread love from BC Jeff and family, regards

[@journeymann]

Your Girls have amazing real world life skills. There’s probably not much they couldn’t do I’d reckon. 👍 well done.

[@9252LIFE]

That tractor tire pig house is awesome! I could seriously live in one of those of the wife would let me!

[@richnusser6079]

Your girls are the Real Deal! Well done Mom and Dad! Those Ladies get it done!

[@Off-Grid]

Agreed! Hope our girls grow up this way.

[@mapuanakupuna3471]

You guys are doing a fantastic job raising good kids who are WELL ROUNDED (is someone who is skilled, capable or knowledgeable in a lot of different things) young ladies! It's always a pleasure to watch them as their knowledge & skills continue to grow & improve. They are amazing!! ROSE, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Aloha nui/Much love to u all!

[@joem7641]

Teaching your children self reliance and the real joys of accomplishment is the best thing you can for them.

[@adamsacresoffgridpermicult499]

You should have millions of subscribers you guys are amazing!!!

[@catgynt9148]

Thanks for sharing this video. Your daughters are getting many practical skills. Their future husbands better be equally skilled and technology savvy. Kudos to your drone videographer. Wishing you and your family a blessed spring season. Greetings from NE Ohio.

[@andyman8534]

“No you built the gate in the wrong place”!😂

[@hillockfarm8404]

@J Powzy 3 actually, because not all of them will grow into big trees.

[@edmartin875]

@@hillockfarm8404 Or more since they live in a forest full of plant eating critters.

[@dapumbaaweaponshog]

Your daughters are some of the toughest and strongest young women in Canada! To find men with the same stature for them will be difficult!!

[@joanneganon7157]

Genius Pig House , try to wreck this Piggy Piggy Piggy! Okay your going to have to reintroduce the Young Ladies. Every time you post they have changed so. It's nice to see you, any new adventures coming ? JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@edwardalvarado8889]

Work , work, work, lol. I tell you what the girls are amazing doing all trades of work logging making lumber , burning , chainsawing , but they are growing up too fast aswell , thanks for sharing love you guys, and keep on making video clips more often.

[@bobbywatts7472]

YOUR FAMILY IS AWESOME YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TEACHING YOUR KIDS LIFES SKILLS WISH I COULD HAVE TAUGHT MY GIRLS YOU ARE INSPIRING GOD BLESS YOU ALL FROM THE USA A PLACE IN KENTUCKY I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS HERE IN EASTERN KY. PIKEVILLE KY.

[@richardsolomon8076]

Don't pick on the girls bro, they Will bash U. Fine working ladys you have too. Gr8 job Ladys

[@davegiannotti758]

Your Daughters can out work outsmart 50% of the men I have come cross the last 75 years. FYI a trick i use for burning big brush piles,once you get ignition use a Leaf Blower to feed wind to the flames.You can get a roaring hot fire in minutes even with snow cover. I really get a smile from your escapades.

[@9252LIFE]

Great idea with the leaf blower!

[@Off-Grid]

If girls are raised right. Hope our daughters grow up like this.

[@edmartin875]

@@Off-Grid By comparison most young people on KZbin don't even clean their rooms.

[@chriswills9530]

Yeah, you put the gate in the wrong place, you div. Quite right; Dad's fault. Still my favourite channel, though.

[@bayumustofa797]

your girls they are very beautiful., and they are also very hard working .., great family

[@gonefishin5851]

Rose becomes more beautiful each year. She also has a beauty that shines from the inside. Total class!

[@teresafarley3838]

Yay! I got my Gridlessness fix! Thank you for sharing your day!

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Hi guys, I have a podcast called “self sufficient hub “ and I wondered if you’d fancy coming on as a guest to talk about your homestead?

[@carlbadolddad6900]

Yeah Dad you put the gate in the wrong place it's always the dad's fault especially in a house full of girls , I can you empathize

[@famtube007]

If you really want to get anything of substance done then need to get them girls involved. They are heck of lot more accomplished than " Charlie's Angels". I have couple of big burn piles In kansas, might need to ask girls for some serious help. Be safe.

[@whisperingeaglelanders2339]

What a beautiful place y'all live in! And you have a beautiful family!💙💙💙

[@IkonicLionProductions]

Awesome! Aey ? You are going to be grand parents. Congrats.

[@GraeSkyeStudio]

Welp.... It was worth watching just to see Rose struggle with her choice of words. That was truly priceless and totally hilarious..... as you well know!!!

[@wkmvrij]

The expression on Julia's face at 9:42 is priceless...

[@afishingmagician]

The arial views show just how much you and your girls have done to make your land productive. In a little more than a decade you have taken a bare patch of wilderness and created a homestead you can be proud of. Just goes to show what an amazing asset pure human labour can be. In the old days farmers used to pray for strong young sones to help them in the fields. Anybody watching these videos, and just starting out on their homestead, will be praying for a family of strong capable girls to help them. They never cease to amaze me!

[@Shez74]

Hahaha the first thing that popped into my head at 14:39 was that you were expecting.....lol. Shame my audio cut out later :( Guess I'll have to tune in next time.

[@deer-theotherredmeat2502]

Is it just me or does Jeff just walk around and supervise...lol

[@edmartin875]

I think his major contribution to the workload is when he is used like a horse to pull something.

[@lefebvreandre9344]

What? You mean I have to wait 2 weeks to have the news? That's not very kosher .

[@ernestospadolesto8126]

The girls are slowly becoming superwomen. They are simply brilliant and work hard - I like their naturalness and toughness. Beware of the dangerous devices band saw and chainsaw. Always keep it in mind at work! The safety trousers are great, but be careful, I've already seen a KZbin clip when the chainsaw hit back on the head. He was really lucky ...

[@edmartin875]

I think these girls were born superwomen.

[@billbrowning50]

I hope you’re getting prepared for your daughters to fall in love and want to marry, and possibly move on. They’re great girls and beautiful.

[@edmartin875]

The oldest is already married.

[@paulshaw5119]

The drone footage is so cool!!

[@Off-Grid]

We've thought about getting a drone but I'd probably crash it into a tree or something....

[@chrisstegink4402]

luving family in attack mode. good job guys.

[@TheCowEmporium]

Making your own milled wood right now. Priceless, literally... 😂

[@edmartin875]

Personally I would rather see those trees turned into lumber instead of flames. To start with they could build a barn in which to season the lumber. Plus they always need firewood so why burn the trees like trash.

[@mathassu4701]

There was an excellent drone footage!!

[@lungkupougonmei1740]

Im really amazed by ur family's lifestyle..... I just want to be part of it....love ur family..... Love all along the way from NORTHEAST INDIA...i've watch all most all ur family vlog....it's really good.... Thank you for sharing ur lifestyle

[@donrsanders4772]

I have been subscriber for roughly a year now. I really do get the amount of work it takes from raw land to a home. Been there done that. However, why is it that when all the work is filmed, its ALWAYS THE WOMEN doing the work, but its YOU running the camera and TALKING about how much work it is?

[@awiteaawitea5273]

Hard working family !! Salute !!

[@samanthabeal2000]

Happy Mother’s Day Rose, you have some awesome ladies there! Hubby is awesome too!

[@lesthompson5907]

it would be better to use it as a full to make charcoal. to be bagged up or burn it in a charcoal pit to provide full for your wood gas production. making ues of the scrub lying around. your property.

[@Mary-yu3sn]

Ever hear of "MOONWOOD" way of cutting wood for building "MOON WOOD" cut in winter full moon, less sap and stronger wood ,and much lighter to handle..it sits a year before cutting"...very hard to find these facts today as most has been taken off internet...

[@JamesCouch777]

Your girls are amazing. Good job parents 👍👍

[@hartiaacres]

Our last burn was several weeks ago now. Too dry and too windy to burn now. Working on stump pile for the fall. Gonna have to fire up the chipper soon and get rid of the branches. So jelly over that ToolCat and the attachments you guys have LOL. I need a grapple bucket for our tractor.

[@sripadaharikrishna3211]

My grand father used to make us do stuff like this when we were kids. Missing him. Now am in a concrete forest.

[@gabrielperez4578]

You guys are like my new favorite family. I got to stop bing watching your videos and get busy fixing my daughters car before she gets home. Good video.

[@nandsall9492]

I have watched dozens of your videos....its hard to say..because they are all good...but this one is my favourite...

[@graczkowskifamily]

Love the new drone features, good work I like different perspectives 👍

[@dawndawn6946]

Rose! 🤣🤣🤣 You walked into that one. Hooray for spring! Gratifying to see your hard work trumps mine. You all inspire me. I can’t feel sorry for myself anymore.

[@stsallen3405]

Gridlessness is one of my favorite KZbin Channels! Thank you for taking the time to make the videos and sharing your family and adventures with us!

[@jude.v25]

Fun. Work is fun. Happy Mother's Day, Rose!!!

[@figelski1]

its spring here too. and that means Spring Bear Season!!!!!!

[@patcassidyOutdoors]

Do you know how to keep a Turkey in suspense? I'll tell you later ...

[@melchorkaamino5115]

nice marigold pigs, hope ecobalance of forests & fields in canada is well engineered., I like kizia & julia 😁

[@robertjenkins9747]

All those girls can operate that Homestead or their own soon.

[@Off-Grid]

Hope they do.

[@robertjenkins9747]

@@Off-Grid that's the reason you and mom teach them good.

[@Off-Grid]

@@robertjenkins9747 we do!

[@royclemo8744]

Just watching your subs grow, WOW! I had a pile to burn this winter also, it only took 3 big cardboard boxed to get it going. LOL. Greetings from New Brunswick from an ex BC boy.

[@onewhitestone]

I know what the baby is, HA, cant fool me. I love to burn tree branches too, good winter things to do.

[@tmalcolm6138]

What a beautiful family you all have !!!! The men or woman who end up marrying your daughters are the luckiest people in the world ! Good job mom and dad

[@LAZYDAYZAHEAD]

Great footage. Aerial and ground. Thanks for sharing.

[@quarlow1215]

Damn you and your cliff hanger. Leave that for the soap operas. Lol.

[@tenzinphuntsok5323]

I wish I am there with u guys . So beautiful life. It my dream . Ad dreaming on ur way of life . God bless u guys . From Swiss

[@kemarin2237]

Team Abby's here. Attagirl! Just say yeah to the silly man. "So this is good?" He said, "It's great!". Then 9 it is, haha.

[@julieanderson5184]

Can you be my Sherpa? I have a huge pile of aged horse manure that needs to be moved into my garden... I don't have a tractor so it needs to all be moved by hand. My mind says heck yeah I got this, my back says oh heck no! LOL

[@wilwilliamson8831]

Could I suggest a pair of chainsaw gloves and a helmet with ear defenders on especially if you are cutting wood above your head in case you get a kick back I would hate to see your precious munchkins get hurt. Keep the vids coming 👍

[@wd9dau]

My grandma used to bake rhubarb pie. Loved and miss it.