@7 Kin Homestead
— · 9 videos curated
Off-grid living, homesteading, self-sufficiency, solar design, and practical household independence skills.
5 videos in Education
The Concrete Truck Said No: Building an A-Frame on 1,300-Year-Old Stone Foundations
Off-grid A-frame construction using Ishiba-date stone-foundation methods when concrete delivery was unavailable; testing volcanic boulders, load calculations, and earthquake-resistant framing.
The Only Way to Become Self-Sufficient (It Isn't What You Think)
39-minute exploration of off-grid self-sufficiency through a family's homestead build, combining practical skills (hand-dug hugel, mill operation, wood-chip systems) with a 1937 rural electrification history lesson and reflections on community interdependence.
Tearing Down the Shop That Saved My Family
45-minute walkthrough of dismantling a salvage-built workshop to make room for solar infrastructure, covering off-grid energy planning, tool stewardship, and homestead infrastructure trade-offs.
I Built You A Tool To Make Solar Design Simple (And Free)
Complete walkthrough of a free off-grid solar design tool: energy audits, array sizing, battery configuration, component selection, and NEC-compliant wiring.
Your Exhaustion Isn't a Mindset Problem. It's Biology.
Why off-grid living feels harder than modern life, the psychology of effort that doesn't pay back, and how responsive feedback (rather than grinding without results) sustains long-term resilience.