WE LEFT THE CITY TO LIVE OFF GRID (1 Year TIMELAPSE)

i'm sean and i'm jess it's been one year since we packed everything we own into a travel camper and set out on a journey that would change our lives forever we are officially on our way to our homestead in tennessee that is so exciting [Music] with unshakeable willpower and absolutely no experience we were prepared to turn a piece of raw land into the homestead of our dreams [Music] having a connection to our food is very important to us [Music] with no expertise we started small [Music] gotta be the hoe but quickly took up residence in the local community garden we obviously had a long way to go and it was up to us to figure out ways to immediately provide for our needs [Music] however it was incredibly easy to get lost in the beauty of eastern tennessee [Music] there was no doubt we needed to acquire homesteading experience so we started by collecting rain and bringing small ideas to life [Music] why using this a shower instead of the one i built you um because there's killer bees down there the hornets look at all these tadpoles yeah this is the life wait we got work to do [Music] of course we didn't go without making a few friends [Music] almost bit me i figured he feels so cool our plan is to build a forever home from cobb an ancient building method using sand straw and clay hey i'm proud of our very first cobb structure aren't you we've messed up our cob somehow too much clay not enough stand and not mixed well not mixed well enough yeah sean came out last night and he's like it's sturdy as a rock [Music] oh those service berries it's birth night like a bird on a tree i'm just sitting here i got time it's clear to see from up here the world seems small [Music] we consider together it's so beautiful you and me it's kind of somewhere [Music] in the great outdoors forever free [Music] irresistible i'll sweep this we definitely weren't prepared for extreme weather conditions however we quickly find a way to use it to our advantage [Music] now i just need some rain [Music] just as we were getting settled of course opportunity comes knocking the chance to purchase the property of our dreams and boy was it beautiful [Music] needless to say we bought it and started immediately prepping it for our arrival [Music] [Music] rain water collection system reinstalled [Music] [Music] [Music] look how pretty they are i'm gonna get some in things i'm home so pretty yeah these aren't gonna make it so salvage what i can out of them one good thing about organic gardening yum are you eating all the tomatoes [Music] not wanting to waste our waste or the free resources available on the land we came up with a creative way to construct the compost bin they call it the walla weave [Music] it is such a cool compost bin we weren't about to lit summer and without having a little fun [Music] i'm a merman father our friend and trustee can't mate alan who we know from our travels through the southern california desert has come to join us for a while [Music] [Music] winter will be here before we know it and to better prepare sean's dad has offered to come and help [Music] so my father has made it we've been talking about plans we've got a lot of work to do and i can't wait to show everybody [Music] now you're going to wrap [Music] [Music] diy flower press [Music] the plan is to preserve the medicinal plants found on our property and create our very own herbal encyclopedia [Music] we aren't very smart when it comes to mushroom identification but with all the fungus growing around here it's hard to not take interest look at these [Music] you guys think is edible it's going down colorful [Music] sumac 8 everybody [Music] you like that drive up nice and waterfall two of my closest friends who popped in for an unforgettable visit made a lawsuit worse and i rarely am and it's like the more that you challenge your fears the greater the experiences are and just being able to come out and appreciate the beauty this is magnificent this is this is utterly magnificent i'm so grateful and appreciative um for you guys bringing us out here and sharing this with us right here this is magical hi everybody see you have a safe trip all right bye bye living off grid doesn't come without its struggles this leak in the roof led to a bit of a mold problem forcing us to disconnect our main water supply [Music] huh [Music] a circle once the leak and mold were under control we were able to create this beautiful dehydration rack very cool as for our water situation well since we haven't had our rainwater collection hooked up we're officially out of water but it didn't take us very long to come up with the solution [Music] uh [Music] i hear water going in we're really pleased to have alex from this cob house here with us glad to be here alex came to look at the location of our future build and see if our soil was able to be turned into cobb if you go down a couple inches you'll hit the subsoil that's really what you want but seriously are you even operating if you don't take an icy planet [Music] i don't know if that helps you sometimes [Music] [Music] and that brings us back to spring and a whole year closer to self-sufficiency this year we have plans to build a garden of epic proportions and start the groundwork on building our crop home 120 seats down 80 more to go [Music] this year has been full of ups and downs we knew this change would come with its own struggles but through these good and bad times we have gained priceless knowledge learned the bounty of patience and the beautiful blessings of gratitude we couldn't be more grateful for the support we received from all of you we wish to thank you from the bottom of our hearts it's because of beautiful people like yourselves that we will be able to continue sharing our journey and if this is your first time with us thank you for watching check back every sunday evening for new episodes until then we love you and keep growing [Music]

Channel: Off Grid & Growing

Views: 465,895

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Id: pBfQ3Pa6dlU

Length: 15min 24sec (924 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 28 2022