@Fy Nyth
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Off-grid tiny house living, homesteading skills, food preservation, and self-sufficiency in remote mountain setting.
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A Mobile Pen for Raising Surplus Rooster Chicks from Our Icelandic Flock
Fifteen-minute walkthrough of a mobile poultry pen setup for managing surplus rooster chicks, including wheel-kit installation and daily-use refinements on a remote mountain homestead.
Kill the Quack Grass: Planning and Preparing to Move the Garden to Its Final Home
27-minute walkthrough of site preparation and invasive grass removal when relocating a food garden on off-grid mountain homestead.
Micro Clover for Yard and Soil Health: Why I Choose It Over Lawn
Fifteen-minute walkthrough of micro clover as a soil-building alternative to traditional lawn grass in an off-grid mountain homestead setting.
What We Do With Sawdust After Cutting 15 Cords of Firewood
Eight minutes on processing and reusing sawdust from firewood preparation, including storage rotation and multi-year usage strategy for an off-grid mountain homestead.
A Powerful Storm Batters Our Little Homestead After a Summer of Heat, Wind, & Drought
Fifteen minutes documenting severe weather impact on an off-grid mountain homestead and how the residents adapted their systems and daily routines.
Splitting & Stacking 15 Cords of Firewood for Cold-Climate Heating With a Wood Stove
Twelve-minute walkthrough of processing and stacking firewood for a wood-stove heating system in a remote mountain homestead, including practical workflow and cold-climate considerations.
What We Used to Handle All Time Record Breaking Heat at Our Mountain Homestead – Low/No Electric
24-minute walkthrough of passive and battery-assisted cooling strategies deployed during record heat at an off-grid Wyoming homestead, including ventilation, reflective barriers, and minimal-power alternatives.
The Transformation From a Lifeless Abandoned Property to The Beginning of an Oasis Full of Life
51-minute walkthrough of six years of land reclamation, planting, water harvesting, and food production systems in a remote mountain homestead.
Will We Ever Stop Working? Thoughts on a Life of Manual Chores and Self-Sufficiency
Reflections on long-term sustainability while making sauerkraut—balancing manual labor, food preservation, and the practical realities of off-grid mountain homesteading.
Homestead Projects Over a Few Months – Dirt Work, Planting, Screening Fence
Sixteen minutes of hands-on homestead improvements: site prep, landscaping, fence installation, and property management on a remote mountain off-grid property.
Frozen Yogurt Cheesecake Pie - No-Bake Summer Dessert with Variations
Fifteen-minute walkthrough of making a no-bake frozen yogurt cheesecake pie from scratch, with ingredient variations for different climates and resources.
Beauty & Food While Harvesting Heat - How the Shop Wall Microclimate Planters Are Doing This Season
Eleven-minute walkthrough of microclimate planter boxes along a shop wall in a cold Wyoming climate: what's growing, what's working, and how passive heat capture supports food production through weather swings.
Turning Home Grown Cabbage Into a Tasty & Fresh Summer Chip Dip
15-minute walkthrough of making fresh cabbage-based chip dip from garden produce, with full ingredient list and technique.
Budget Countertop Build: Turning Plywood & Pine into a Seamless Surface for Around $200
Step-by-step walkthrough of building durable kitchen countertops from plywood and pine for under $200, with finishing techniques for a polished result.
From Freezing to 90's F: Are the Plants Surviving Extreme July Weather in Our Wyoming Garden?
Nine-minute walkthrough of how a high-altitude garden recovers from frost damage and manages extreme heat swings—what survives, what fails, practical lessons.
Installing a 76-Year-Old Vintage Wedgewood Cook Stove: Testing Everything
Step-by-step installation and functionality testing of a restored vintage wood cooking and heating stove in an off-grid mountain homestead.
Homestead Sights & Sounds from a Very Odd Spring in the Mountains of Wyoming
54-minute walkthrough of off-grid mountain homestead operations: gravity-fed water systems, wood heating, food preservation, composting toilets, gardening in harsh climate, and seasonal wildlife observations.
Full Garden Tour - Feeding Ourselves from 600 Square Feet, Crop Choices for a Cold Climate, & Pests
Tour of a productive 600-sq-ft mountain garden in cold climate: crop selection, pest management, and strategies for maximizing food self-sufficiency in harsh conditions.
DIY Faux Farmhouse Wood Plank Flooring Installation for $500
Step-by-step walkthrough of installing budget wood plank flooring in a small off-grid home, including materials, tools, sealing, and cost breakdown.
Planting 178 More Trees & Bushes - Adding Growth for Food, Wildlife, Bees & Birds
21-minute walkthrough of establishing perennial food sources (fruit and nut trees, berry bushes) on a mountain homestead, including site selection, planting technique, and long-term food security strategy.
Vermont Bun Baker XL / Nectre Wood Cook Stove — How Do We Like It as Our Sole Source of Heating?
19-minute walkthrough of wood-stove performance after a full winter as the only heat source in an off-grid mountain home, covering efficiency, operation, and real-world lessons learned.
Customizing Salvaged Cabinets for Our Off-Grid Kitchen
14-minute walkthrough retrofitting reclaimed cabinets into a mountain homestead kitchen, showing practical salvage reuse and DIY adaptation skills.
Turning Bad Plywood Into a Nice Interior Finish - Wood Filler & Painting
Step-by-step walkthrough of smoothing and finishing rough plywood walls in an off-grid mountain home using wood filler and paint techniques.
Bread for Sandwiches and Wedding Rolls - Quick, Easy, Mostly Whole Wheat Recipe
32-minute walkthrough of a rich, whole-wheat roll recipe suitable for sandwiches and soups, from an off-grid homesteader in Wyoming.
Kitchen Build/Remodel Under $900 - Repurposed & Secondhand Setup
29-minute walkthrough of building a functional kitchen from repurposed and secondhand items on a $900 budget, with tips on sourcing and setup for off-grid living.
Laundry Below Freezing & Hand Washing Sheets in Our Non-Electric Washing Machine
Eleven minutes on washing laundry by hand in an off-grid tiny house, including how to handle large items like sheets and drying clothes in cold mountain weather.
Creating an Herb Wreath for the Kitchen: How to Dry Your Own Herbs & Flowers
37-minute walkthrough on harvesting, drying, and preserving culinary and medicinal herbs and flowers for year-round kitchen use in a mountain homestead setting.
Harvesting Potatoes While They are Still Growing: New Potatoes Picked by Hand From Raised Beds
Seven-minute walkthrough on hand-harvesting new potatoes from raised beds without fully uprooting the plant, allowing continued growth and multiple harvests.
Micro Climate Planters: An Experiment that is Working Out
15-minute walkthrough of a micro climate planter design for extending growing season and maximizing food production in remote/challenging environments.
Mid-July Garden Tour & Tips for Healthy, Productive Plants
25-minute garden walkthrough covering mid-summer plant health, common growing challenges, and techniques for maximizing yields in a remote mountain setting.
Watering With Snow Melt in the Summer - Flood Irrigation for Our Little Orchard
Sixteen-minute walkthrough of using snow melt for summer irrigation in a mountain orchard, including flood-irrigation setup and seasonal water management techniques.