Medicinal Plants and Wild Herbs Growing Around Our Off-Grid Cabin

March 29June 30 by Teresa

Discovering Wild Medicinal Plants and Edible Herbs Living off-grid has a way of reconnecting you with the land in a way that’s hard to describe until you experience it. One of the most rewarding parts of this lifestyle is discovering the variety of medicinal plants and edible wild herbs growing naturally around your property. Over … Read more

Winter at the cabin

February 6February 10 by Teresa

This post is part of our ongoing cabin journey — you can start from the beginning in Finding Our Off-Grid Cabin: The Beginning of Our Cabin Project. This past summer was a challenge. With forest fires in the area and road closures limiting access, we weren’t able to get up to the cabin as much … Read more

Homesteading Today: What to Know Before You Start

February 8September 21 by Teresa

Modern homesteading and off-grid living lifestyle

Have you ever thought about homesteading—getting back to a simpler, more self-sufficient life? Homesteading has seen a major resurgence in recent years. Economic uncertainty, growing concerns about food quality, rising utility costs, and even popular survival-style entertainment have encouraged many people to reconsider how—and where—they live. Whatever your reason for exploring homesteading or off-grid living, … Read more

Small Wood Stove

February 3January 1 by Teresa

A Small Wood Stove for a Small Cabin

2025 Update: We have taken the wood stove out and put in a propane furnace. It’s wonderful and the cabin is now for our guests

The cabin is only 10 x 11 so there was no need to leave the big cast iron wood stove that was in there. A small wood stove will do the job we need it to do.

There are all kinds of small wood stoves out there, we are trying to recycle and use what we have so spending money was not part of the plan. We found a larger wood stove in the cabin, but the heat from it would have blown us out of there, so we decided to buy a cheaper wall tent stove.

Hang a front door in the Main Cabin

February 15December 31 by Teresa

Hang a front Door

The existing front door is damaged so we will be taking an exterior door from the addition to the main cabin and use it.

The additions will slowly get taken down and we will be re using whatever building supplies we can.

Bear Encounters at the Cabin: Staying Safe Off-Grid

March 30December 22 by Teresa

Living off-grid comes with incredible rewards—peace, quiet, and a deep connection to nature. But it also means sharing your space with wildlife. At our property, bear encounters aren’t rare. In fact, over the past few summers, I’ve seen a bear almost every time I’ve driven up to the cabin. And let me tell you—those moments … Read more