We've Been WAITING All YEAR For THIS!!! Building Our OFF-GRID TINY House in the WOODS

[@ronc531]

I live in Alaska and hall my own water, had to pull my water tank the other day and it still had a little water in it and it froze, so when I tried to put the tank back in the truck it was to heavy for me to do it myself. I was about to give up and wait for my son to get home from school and thought "What would Al do", he always figures something out when he has a problem. I thought ratchet straps, he always has a way to use his ratchet straps to help out. I wrapped my ratchet strap around the tank and was able to ratchet it up high enough to lift it in the back of the truck myself! Thanks for helping me think out of the box and to never give up, there is always a way, thanks!

[@onababona6101]

Great!!!! :-) that was like a lesson from ALs School of Thinking :-)

[@Aleka1943]

That’s funny, when my daughter is building something we are in the same mind-set, “What would Al do in this situation”. Funny, then we laugh 😂 about it!

[@sandraridley6445]

After you got it loaded, did you say "I like that" ? Al's famous words...

[@onababona6101]

@@sandraridley6445 hahhahahahaha :-)

[@ronc531]

@@sandraridley6445 That's funny! :) I forgot that part

[@Mon-ky2dk]

Thank you for the 180 degree beautiful view! Wow

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Good Morning Lumnahs. We have watched your channel for several years. My family never misses a video. God Bless.

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good morning Lumnah family and friends! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

[@marydow931]

Al, you make getting pigs into a trailer look so easy!! Love your videos and God bless!

[@Heisstrong]

Good morning Lumnah's and everyone! I hope all of you are having a fine weekend.

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood morning

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

😃🐶👍🏾

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Good morning!

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy David - wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend as well!

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good morning and happy Saturday to ya David!

[@garyfeltus9801]

I've already seen it . I will keep to my self. Love his channel he a hoot to watch. Would have not known about his channel until he helped you with the cement. Thanks All .

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

Hello to all of you around the world here at the Lumnah Acres channel! Greetings from Kamakura, Japan! 🇯🇵 I hope you’re all enjoying the weekend! 😃🐶👍🏾

[@annettegregg8654]

Good morning Robert

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood morning Japan

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

@@LumnahAcres Good morning Lumnah Family! 😃🐶👍🏾

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

@@annettegregg8654 Good morning Annette! 😃🐶👍🏾

[@Heisstrong]

Hello Robert 👍🏻☕️

[@davidhamilton91]

everything is going the wright way keep on pushing you will get to the end sooner than you think.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Glad to see yall got your first garden planted!

[@robint7349]

Moving right along, amazing how much you two have done on the new property. Where are the doggies? Haven't seen them in a while. Love Figaro, he's loaded with personality.

[@dodgerfan1203]

Lucky love those animals specially the cat.

[@charlesruble9589]

To get the line out, perhaps you can get a small diameter deck or wood screw into it and then pull on the screw?

[@loraleecarey3228]

We have one of those trimmers, you should be able to push another line through that hole and it should push it out the other end

[@Dano69891]

For the weed wacker melt a little of the end of one of your plastic inserts to the cutoff part and pull it out.

[@sandravanlankvelt7975]

I watched his video yesterday and I can't wait until you guy's to start this build...so exciting for sure. God's blessings to you ALL!!!

[@abcxyz1797]

I also watched Ken’s video yesterday.

[@jimgriffiths9071]

Did you notice he wasn't planning for the new porch overhang?

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

@@jimgriffiths9071 ~ I hadn't even thought of that. Could the apron roofing be attached underneath?

[@Aleka1943]

I agree. As Al started his buildings at the home front, I couldn’t wait each day to see the next video. Now it’s the Off-Grid property and, excitement all over again!

[@jimgriffiths9071]

@@TXNLaurenMcN oh sure they can. It just requires more labor and materials. In a perfect world, Ken would just have longer rafters on that extension.

[@erikac7277]

Great Job Al & Gina, just a suggestion have you thought of doing a front Porch along the front of the Tiny House 🏡? It would protect the front door from the rain & snow !!

[@stevezyzzygowski52]

That is what the apron (second concrete pour) is for.

[@margaretbedwell58]

That is a lot of garlic. I know Gina uses it to cook with every day though. I watched Ken's video yesterday, it was very interesting. He was making the template for the roof rafters. I am getting so excited for this build to start. Have a Blessed weekend everyone.

[@andyrobinson339]

Really a ton of garlic for 3 people!

[@onemorchatykathy]

I watched Ken last night as he was working on something for your tiny house. Really enjoyed his video. Can’t wait til your house gets started!

[@davidepool5884]

Those are some huge garlic bulbs. You should have a good harvest next year. I watched Ken’s video where he was getting the rafters cut and ready to install. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you Tuesday.

[@dorisgreenberg2811]

I too saw Ken saw the rafters. Love watching him as well

[@robertworman4355]

Good Morning Al, Gina and Olivia. Have a great weekend

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Robert! Hope your weekend is great too!

[@robertworman4355]

@@samvalentine3206 Howdy Sam, Have a great weekend

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good morning to ya Robert!

[@robertworman4355]

@@teresahyneman4349 good afternoon Teresa have a good weekend

[@barbarabell3366]

I enjoy your videos and all the hard work you do. Anxious to see your tiny house finished. I have not seen your dogs lately, do you still have them? God bless😊

[@user-eh2ul3bx3y]

You should put in a drain pipe under your foot scraping great so the melted snow has a place to drain. I would dig it out a little bit and line it with cement. That way you can wash it out under the great get all the mud and stuff out.

[@vmorganbogart]

Good Morning, Lumnahs & all you viewers out there! Great to see the first of your garden has gone in. Can’t wait for the building to begin! So excited & happy for y’all. Everybody stay safe & healthy. Hope y’all have a great weekend. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Vicki! Wishing you and yours a great weekend as well!

[@vmorganbogart]

@@samvalentine3206 - Howdy, Sam! Thanks so much.

[@dgmills5351]

Good Morning Lumnah Family! I am waiting patiently for your Tiny House build to begin with Ken Karpenter!

[@stephenkennedy7931]

I love the view from your raised bed the mountain range looks fantastic.

[@erichuggins09]

Al, you are a natural. Blessings to you and your family.

[@artsmith4669]

Good morning Lumnah family. Al I was wondering if you cut some fallen timber logs to place under your lumber delivery and future deliveries would help to keep materials off the wet ground

[@roniniowa1661]

The joys of starting a new garden! Almost as exciting as as the first delivery of building supplies for the new Tiny home. That’s a lot of garlic!

[@freireworkshop]

I can give you some farming advice, check out the Charles Dowding and Dutch Farmer canals. It demonstrates that it is not necessary to dig. The secret is in the manure.

[@marlenekutcher938]

I planted my garlic yesterday. Every year I double up how much I plant. Still have room to do more doubling up. Don't forget to fence this area in as moose and deer will eat the sprouted garlic. I have raised beds with a chicken wire fencing around it. 10 X 16 feet. Not wide enough for a deer to jump in then get out. Deer don't perceive distance well when they see two fences. Things are moving along well for the new property build.

[@donnabarlow9558]

You guys make an amazing team!

[@erikarichardson]

There’s something so very satisfying about seeing y’all planting at the new property. It makes it truly start to feel like your new homestead. 🧑🏻‍🌾

[@Off-Grid]

So true!

[@bgarza2172]

We've been watching you for several years. Love the channel and glad to see you will be working with Ken Karpenter. He seems to be a very honorable man as y'all are.

[@Redgonetogray]

As all the leaves fall from the trees you can start to see what an amazing view your going to have in the winter. I'm so envious.

[@tedbryer2512]

Just push the green line through. That will help remove the trimmer line. OMG LOVE THAT VIEW!! wonderful!!

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

What a view! Homestead coming one step at a time! God bless your family! So excited for your family!

[@susansollee1839]

🌻👍🏻💕🙏🏻 I really enjoy watching you and Gina build. Watching the Tiny House take form will be interesting and exciting.🌻

[@jonathanbartron3658]

In the future, just place the garlic bulb on a flat surface, place your hand on the top of the bulb and press down sharply. The bulb will instantly segment into cloves. Saves time.

[@irenebrown645]

I have been watching you develop the new property, I must say it is a classic example what can be done with TEAM work. That is really impressive. Thank you for allowing me to come along on your adventure

[@henrypotter3024]

Garlic, yum... There are so many food crops that require multiple seasons to grow it makes it difficult to start a new homestead... Don't forget a spot for the asparagus!

[@isnoo1]

loving watching the planting of the garlic. The beginningof the new food on the OGP!! HUGS

[@williamturner7479]

Good morning I'm loving the progress and keep up the good work can't wait to see more ...I'm really enjoying your videos

[@dannymohaupt3675]

Started watching the channel when you guys built the out door kitchen. Love the videos.

[@katenye8178]

Good morning from the UK can you drill a small hole in the end of the plastic rod and insert a screw to use as leverage. Great to see Gina getting the garden going

[@christinedehn3257]

I always heard for garlic, plant after labor day weekend and harvest the week after 4th of July. It is like plant peas on St. Patricks' Day. They need to be tweaked for your zone, but pretty close.

[@steveperry2314]

Good morning Lumnah Acres….so excited to see your build take shape. I have been a loyal fan of you and Ken’s Karpentry for a few years now. You both have great content and it is easy to feel a connection to both of your channels. God has really blessed your family and Ken…keep up the faith and your good work. God Bless….

[@peterforsythe3643]

Love that Figaro. Super coooool cat! Oh… and the goats and chooks of course. But where are the dogs? Pluto and (I forget)?

[@onababona6101]

Figaro rules! - he is the king ! :-) :-) Dogs are guarding ..others!... I think :-)

[@martinGrout]

If you want to plant things in straight lines use a scaffold board or similar, Auto straight lines, stops compaction of soil , keeps a lot of soil off of your boots.

[@dyannejohnson6184]

I have a Canadian tale to tell you about the garlic man…he was in one of the places I moved to..I was so impressed about his “wild garlic” orchard of 5 acres …he experimented with many kinds and let several acres just run wild with unpicked garlic. Some that he picked and sold was in beds but the healthy “seed garlic”ran wild

[@shirleyfrey8295]

I look every day for a video from you two and sometime twice a day. Looking forward to the Tiny house build

[@esthernowack2008]

Their videos are on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On the east coast of US I get them at 6AM.

[@moeganim3509]

Always it is pleasure to watch you and family progressing, it is a good thing to let the gravity work in moving the water and getting energy from the sun rays. to work with the element is the best thing in life, thank you again, we say hi to Figaro,

[@marktruman2842]

what a satisfying posting! The story telling was great, and it all flowed so very well. I had wondered about everything from the pigs to the livestock trailer, to the floor joists. You answered all those and at the same time gave us a sneak peak at the timeline that you are working with. I think we all are going to be very surprised as to how well this has been planned and how it will all fall together. I learned about garlic today, I did not know it took that long to grow. We use it but never paid any attention. Just another example of how much planning has to go into your world. And all on top of building the ogp up. You two are making and building a dream. Bless you ! I will be right here eagerly looking over your shoulder.

[@shevabree746]

On the new garlic bed. What about taking some of the scrap wood you used for your concrete forms and make a U shaped border leaving it open on the side the water will be coming in. Less chance of it washing away while still getting the water coming in unimpeded.

[@captiveamerica669]

Figaro is a bad Azz cat! I love how he's always there but never In the way!

[@onababona6101]

I love Figaro ! I hope he will like and SURVIVE move to this new location...:-(

[@dottiehildebrand3123]

I watched the video of Ken working on your tiny house rafters. So it shouldn't be long now and you all will start on your tiny home. God bless . Good job on the garlic. Stay safe on the build. Stay warm cause winter is on its way. Love your channel🇺🇸🌹❤️

[@robertgibson2999]

The hills are alive with a pound of music…, garlic 🧄 that is! Nice….

[@lularam6191]

Mr. Ken have already started the tiny house, I can't wait to see the finished house. 👌🏽

[@KenJ-61]

The deer thank you ahead of time for all that nice hay.

[@valerieburchett4956]

Planting already is great. God bless you

[@rudyfisher7660]

On my tremor like that I used steel cable about the same size diameter of your weed wacker string and then you don't ever have to change it out I've used mine for 4 or 5 years now

[@dongivens9830]

It sure is great watching you and Gina working together like that.. it reminds me so much of my whole family working together back in the 50s to have our vegetable garden, and then canning everything to last through the winter. We didn't raise our meet though, we were hunters and our meat was wild game and fish. But believe me, i enjoyed the fruits of our labors far more than the labor itself...

[@Maxd58655]

Gooood morning Al, Gina and Olivia, I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood morning Max

[@Heisstrong]

Good morning Mr G☕️👍🏻

[@Maxd58655]

@@Heisstrong Good morning David!

[@Heisstrong]

@@Maxd58655 good morning 👍🏻

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Good morning!

[@philipbutler6608]

You should make a fire pit with some of those rocks for the Tiny House Build.

[@onababona6101]

they could...and also I remember those old tracks buried in the forest that Gina wanted for her fire pit...:-)

[@jetman258]

Now the pigs are gone, could use that fencing around the garlic garden. Gina stewed tomatoes are also good with Mac n cheese.

[@Rick-461]

The first garden is exciting...You may have to fence it in to keep the animals out

[@michaeljohnson4636]

Definitely fence it in l am sure the deer will clear it when the shoots show up it would also stop anyone parking or or dumping materials on top of it

[@stephenriley9084]

Al, Gina, Whirlwind of activity going on. Made me think I should try garlic again. Not very productive last year. We'll see. Over the past three years we have planted in different places on the allotment, with varying results, as we recover the ground. It has rained so hard over the last few days here in the Scottish Borders that we've had a flood warning. Just ended. The river Tweed is about 100 yards away from our front door. Didn't come calling, thank goodness! Take care. Regards Stephen.

[@donaldmiller8629]

Gooooood Morning Al , Gina & Olivia , Great long distance views from the garlic patch. Do you identify where you have planted each garlic variety ? That way you will know which varieties you are harvesting. Or do you prefer to take pot luck ? I know that moose are water plant eaters as well as browsers. I wonder if the moose will be attracted by the hay ? Oh well , I suppose that you will find out soon enough. Al , you said that the 2nd cutting hay did not have hay seeds or at least not many. So the hay may not attract the wild turkeys. For the wild turkeys I would select a few good Oak trees not far from the main homestead and manage them for good acorn production for the turkeys. Your forest has a lot of small growth. It needs to be thinned out for better tree growth. The three of you are going to be quite busy for the next 3 or 4 decades ! I expect that it feels good to finally have some actual building materials on site. Well , carry on from Ohio. I'm watching with some eagerness.

[@onababona6101]

I am SURE that Gina prepared nice signs naming every variety of garlic in the right places :-)

[@hvnfun8601]

One man, one woman and a wilderness. Add some straight lines, pounds of garlic- then race the winter snows. Kind of a soap opera adventure channel.

[@kimpulsipher647]

What about their daughter?

[@violantederojas6188]

....but what about their daughter, and Figaro, or all the goaties? Not to mention the chickens and pigs...

[@violantederojas6188]

Also, this ain't their first rodeo!

[@violantederojas6188]

Uh....next year's pigs...

[@stephenthomas3347]

that garlic looks great. the stuff we have in uk is small ,great series

[@coralsancetta7242]

I so look forward to you posting each video. Getting excited for you.

[@idablythe4847]

In Colorado we already have in ground. Garlic is planted in hills and needs to grow roots to hold in hills so when ground freezes and thaws roots will hold in ground, otherwise they will actually pop out of ground. We drip Irragation to get garlic rooted. My brother uses a holler to create for garlic.

[@HaroldReece]

Greetings, we used to own a hog farm in the eighties and early nineties. We always used a local company to process our hogs. My wife and I had full time jobs in addition to the farm, so time was precious. On average about one hog every six months for our use. We also sold hogs to local customers and most times we would take them to the processor for our customers. All they had to do was provide a cut schedule to the processor, and then pick up the meat. We had one customer that always had the whole hog processed into sausage. Now you can officially call the OGP a farm with the addition of the first garden. We are looking forward to the build, it is going to be fun watching both channels and seeing the different perspectives. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@lorenmeyer5290]

Good morning Lumnah's! Glad you got the garden in! God bless y'all!

[@jbbrown7907]

This task of spreading soil would be a good opertunity for Gina to become comfortable of the tractor.

[@davidgetchell2304]

Yes, Gina does need seat time in the TYM !!!

[@delphine88313]

Give her time.She has be comfortable first.They are a young couple so if most of us are still around when she is older. We Will most likely see her using most of that equipment. Lol

[@IreneNevins]

It is always so heartwarming to see the two of you working side by side toward your dreams.

[@carmenmariacortesmarin2664]

The stamina you guys have is inspiring. I usually do chores after watching you work!

[@phillc1073]

ah to be young again!

[@debi1212]

😂😂😂inspiration at its finest!

[@onababona6101]

@Carmen Maria Cortes Marin Same here :-) :-) :-)

[@gunlindblad6816]

Makes me happy to se how well you care for your animals. And everything else too…

[@Off-Grid]

Animals are part of every good homestead!

[@jeanwoodall1523]

Great progress. I love garlic. Garlic, onion, and ginger is the base for many of my favorite dishes. Fortunately, the pig loading went as smoothly.

[@kleineroteHex]

Now that was easy loading the pigs😁 holy garlic!!! But if I had the space... the way it is I stick mine between the strawberries and here and there.

[@MrAndrebouwhuis]

Good afternoon from the Netherlands. You are doing an amazing job out there. Wish you all the luck with everything you do.

[@ryburnsjr]

Good morning looking good over there ..hope the weather holds off for you and your future deliveries 😀😀

[@TobyCatVA]

Watching Figaro love on the window trying for pats gave me the feels like he was trying to get pats from me. lol 😻

[@GoodeMa10]

Morning Al-steader, Gina, Livy. Wow 297K. So amazing. I still miss Al and Olivia cooking together. Does Olivia enjoy school? What is her favorite subject? Any clubs or sports? She has grown up so quickly. Ken's video was very interesting.

[@davidgetchell2304]

Good morning Al, Gina & Olivia. Watched Ken's vid yesterday, he showed some of the stock for your build. He started with laying out the roof rafters for the tiny house, I'm thinking he will be building from the TOP DOWN, ha ha !!!!!

[@andrewbradley8450]

Oh have just bought the livestock trailer, the land is plodding along nicely

[@linmitchell6597]

Can't wait to see the tiny house going up. Good call on the garlic, getting it in now. Suggestion for the raised bed....surround it with boulders to box it in. It will help some with preventing wash out and just be nice to enclose it. Plus with your equipment, you can move them later if you don't continue to use it for a raised bed.

[@Aleka1943]

So anxious to see. the tiny house go up. Al always makes things so easy.

[@knightshelmfarms6128]

If you push the long end of that green line back toward the hub enough will come out the other side to grab it with pliers. Hope that helps. We love our DR and quick load adapter. It’s a shoulder saver (from traditional weed wacker) that’s for sure.

[@stevebaker5642]

Good morning - almost - from Hamilton New Zealand

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood morning New Zealand

[@wildhopehomestead1716]

Oh, howdy neighbour! 😃

[@wenzel7401]

Getting the plastic cord out of the edger. Heat a pin, while hot push it in the end you are trying to pull. Let it cool. The pin should be tight with the cord now, pull you should be able to get it out.

[@dandan8333]

Love it... Gina likes the straight lines like you're doing in your area on the site. Your solar/ battery shed how is it working out? Can you update us on it, like to review and build one, ty

[@davidward1259]

Al, you need a flail mower and a hydraulic tiller for the TYM tractor! Also pole barn?????

[@secretlocketsparks8092]

Did you know you can freeze tomatoes with the skin. You run them under warm water and it peels right off.

[@evalinawarne1337]

My mom did that in the 1960',s etc. From SE MICHIGAN ✝️🛐

[@secretlocketsparks8092]

@@evalinawarne1337 Thats where I am from Madison Hts

[@sharonk-youngliving-teamoils]

We saw Ken's video last night. He's cutting the rafters. He has lots of lumber that he moved inside his shop to keep it out of the weather. That was so much fun to watch what he is doing for Lumnah Acres! God bless y'all!

[@cocoadivamgold1371]

Good morning everyone from AZ..

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood morning AZ

[@Heisstrong]

Good morning Cocoadiva ☕️🌅

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Good morning!

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy there, Cocoadiva!

[@beverlyparrott3890]

Love that your planting your garlic before the snow. Pigs to butcher oh yeah good eating.

[@acepetdetective4424]

Al, why not put some rocks at the end of your new garden bed to stop it from being washed out. Cheap insurance. Only problem is I don’t know where you would find some rocks near by. LOL!!!

[@onababona6101]

I guess.. he will need to DIG for them !!!! :-) :-)

[@thelostarchivesserialvault5353]

You should look into installing some Hugelkulture beds for the plants up there. It would all them to survive a lot better.

[@praiseyethelord7121]

Good blessed morning everyone! The three kids are growing fast. Kamo is really big. Al, will the lumber company be back once the ground freezes? It sounds like you might have a buyer for the old farm. That would be wonderful! ❤&🙏 from Pennsylvania 🙋

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Praise!

[@gertrudehartzler8374]

Ken’s video was very interesting and educational