White Mountains Off Grid

02/15/2017

Been wondering what we have been up to? Lots of climbing and not much social media. The cabin is coming along nicely.

12/08/2016

New blog post on the recent proposal to build a motel on Mount Washington.

Help us stop the Cog Railway from building on Mount Washington.

12/02/2016

The story of the off-grid woodstove install, nonsense included.

I began to install the stove pipe on the chimney before I cut the dreaded hole out through the wall. As I worked my way towards the wall, I placed the wall thimble in the appropriate spot and traced around it. I grabbed my trusty recip saw and began to cut the hole. As the sawdust flew, I thought to...

11/16/2016

A new post on plumbing for Mother Earth News, check it out!.

5 tips I have learned from plumbing my off-grid cabin. Save time and money, by learning from my mistakes.

11/13/2016

Just got back from Ecuador and I am stoked to be one of Mother Earth News new bloggers! Check out my newest post on what to do with Black Bears and follow along for more posts!

Here is my brief story of an encounter with a black bear on a remote homestead, and the do’s and don’ts of wildlife encounters. Preparedness in remote locations and wildlife encounters can help you survive a black bear encounter.

10/25/2016

I chainsaw milled a large pine tree we dropped earlier this season this weekend. Now we have rad live edge slabs for countertops and benches!

10/17/2016

Off grid plumbing, greywater, and on demand hot water are installed. After the gas lines are installed, we'll have pressurized hot water!

10/03/2016

A tour of our tiny house that we use while we are building the cabin.

A short video on the extra tiny house (48 square feet) I built a few years back. We are currently using it as a camp while we are building our off grid cabin.

09/19/2016

A new video on me wiring the off grid cabin, check it out!

A video of us running the wires and circuits for our off grid cabin in NH's White Mountains.

09/06/2016

There was a lot of labor this labor day weekend. The roof is dried in, the interior walls and pocket door installed, and the loft is also in. Next weekend, wiring!

08/22/2016

New Blog Post on the beginning of our off grid journey.

A young couples journey to a mortgage free off grid cabin in NH's White Mountains, for under 20k.