This week we finished framing the rest of the exterior walls and we’re ready for roof joists and soon, a ROOF! Make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications so you can follow our full cabin build and the beginning of our homestead dream come true!

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We got our cabin foundation all welded out, installed the vapor barrier and started on the subfloor and insulation. Clear skies and no rain in the forecast. Then a freak storm blew in powered by Hurricane Beryl and dropped over an inch of rain. The vapor barrier is ruined along…

The water pump we used to get pressurized water from the creek: https://amzn.to/3KZCAYx The inlet hose for the pump: https://amzn.to/3VYVQfd It felt like we were clearing the land for eons but we are finally done and starting on the cabin! We cleaned up the burn pile, laid out the footprint,…

We’ve been clearing for a couple of months now and we’re finally almost done with this exciting phase of our project! After putting in so much hard work and dedication, we can see the progress we’ve made, and it’s truly rewarding. We’ll be breaking ground on our cabin soon, which…

We got as far as we could in the time we had the forestry mulcher so we fell back to the old-fashioned method with chainsaws and a tractor. It was a lot of hard work but we got a ton of property cleared, all things considered. Steve felled 5 HUGE…

The first time we rented a forestry mulcher, the machine turned out to be a dud and unfortunately broke halfway through the very first day of use. This setback was quite frustrating, but we did not let it discourage us. Instead, we became determined to find a good quality machine…

We BROKE a RENTAL forestry Mulcher 😳

Our land clearing efforts had very…humble…beginnings. We didn’t have the resources to rent heavy equipment so we did what self-sufficient homesteaders do – we worked with what we had!

My wife and I purchased almost 11 acres in east Texas with the intention of building our dream home(stead) and moving out there when our daughter graduates in 2026. This was our first look at the property!