@Martin Johnson — Off Grid Living
— · 22 videos curated
Off-grid country-living journey.
11 videos in Shelter
How We Paid for a Homestead We Couldn't Afford
Document how a family bootstrapped a debt-free North Idaho homestead from raw land using YouTube revenue streams and strategic reinvestment.
Why North Idaho? Why Raw Land? Why Live in Tents?
How a family built a debt-free off-grid homestead on raw land with minimal savings, starting from tents.
What It Really Cost to Build Our Off-Grid Homestead
Complete cost breakdown of a seven-acre off-grid homestead, from land purchase through solar, well, and septic systems.
What It Was Really Like Living in Tents With Kids
Honest account of raising a family in tents during off-grid homestead construction: weather, food, warmth, homeschooling, and transition to unfinished housing.
We Couldn't Afford a House—So We Bought Raw Land
How a family purchased seven acres of undeveloped land and built a debt-free homestead from scratch with minimal savings.
We Transformed Raw Land Into a Real Homestead (Year 2 Begins)
Document practical land clearing, garden setup, and structural improvements during the second year of off-grid homestead development in North Idaho.
Building an Off-Grid Homestead in Winter Was Harder Than We Expected | S1E10
Pulling emergency water from a silted well, filtering it to drinkability, building a predator-proof coop, and winter solar placement.
MAJOR Upgrade to our Off Grid Solar Power System
Wall-mounting solar panels to avoid winter snow burial, wiring series-parallel configs, and measuring real output gains.
We Almost Lost Our Roof in 60 MPH Winds | Off-Grid Homestead Emergency
Securing metal roofing before high winds, vapor barrier installation, and running black iron pipe for propane appliances.
No Well? No Problem. How We Got Water in Our Off-Grid Cabin
Installing a 2500-gallon buried water storage tank, gravity-fed plumbing system, and transitioning from hauled water to rainwater collection.
Installing Trusses and Rafters On our Off Grid Cabin | S1E6
Hands-on demonstration of truss installation, loft framing, roof sheathing, and ice-and-water shield application in cold weather.