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Using My NEW Woodmizer Hydraulic Sawmill! Today we show you our new Woodmizer FULLY Hydraulic Sawmill! We got TONS of use out of our Woodland Mills Sawmill but with plans to build a house and hundreds of logs that need to be cut, this new Woodmizer Hydraulic Sawmill is a HUGE upgrade. #sawmill #woodmizer #hydraulic

1 Year Transformation House Tour Today, we celebrate mother nature's embrace and the 1 year of work we've put into this property. If you enjoy this property tour, please Like and Subscribe! #backtobasics #housetour #transformation

Changing Oil in my Jeep at timestamp 10:30 Today, we're excited to be expanding away from our house and into the woods, clearing the road for further expansion! We'd also like to teach how to change your own oil in your car! If you enjoy, please Like and Subscribe! #backtobasics #learning #jeep

Building our New Driveway! Today, we tell about the process of building our new driveway! It's a big change and we're so excited to share it with you! If you enjoy, please like and subscribe! #backtobasics #outdoors #construction #excavator

We built a Natural Swimming Pool from Start to Finish | Full Construction Process Today, we'd like to show you the complete construction timelapse process of building our Natural Swimming Pool (NSP)! It was a long and very difficult project, but we couldn't be happier with the result! If you are interested in this project in more detail, check out our Natural Swimming Pool Playlist! For all the questions about the wood wall this video might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrbOa_DS4rg If you enjoy the video, please Like and Subscribe! #timelapse #construction #swimmingpool #naturalswimmingpool

Clearing for our NEW Driveway! Today, we near the end of the new driveway construction and also the homestead irrigation system. If you enjoy, please like and subscribe!

Replacing Final Drives on Excavator TODAY IS THE DAY! After the excavator track coming off too many times to count, the final drives that should, *fingers crossed*, fix the problem have arrived! We use the excavator and skid steer. If you enjoy, please like and subscribe!

Taking down a TON of trees... Today, we start spring cleaning by burning TONS of piles of sticks, stumps, logs, and trees. Using our excavator and skid steer we could do quick work. If you enjoy, please like and subscribe!

New Raised Bed Garden Tour! Today, we give a tour of our garden growth so far! It has been fun and it's so exciting to see so much green! If you enjoy, please like and subscribe! #garden #backtobasics #gardening #gardentour

Swimming in My New Natural Swimming Pool! This week, we started landscaping around the natural swimming pool and swam in the pool for the first time! Spoiler alert! To an unprepared mind, 62 degrees feels COLD! #backtobasics #offgrid #landscape #naturalswimmingpool

Building our Natural Waterfall! Today is a big step for the pool. The pool's gone through quite the metamorphosis. It was once woods, to a woodsy, driveway island, to a cleared, driveway island, to a big hole in the ground, to an empty pool, and now to a natural swimming pool! #naturalswimmingpool #backtobasics #totalhabitat

Moving BIG Rocks for our Natural Swimming Pool https://www.totalhabitat.com/ The next phase of building our Natural Swimming Pool (NSP) is moving tons baked clay and slate into the filtration area of the pool. #naturalswimmingpool #backtobasics #totalhabitat

Building White Oak Pool Walls from our own Lumber! https://www.totalhabitat.com/ Today, we lay the lining for the pool, and using our own lumber, we build white oak walls and install them in the bottom of our pool! #naturalswimmingpool #backtobasics #offgrid

The Mittleider Gardening Method Today, we show the grueling work of remodeling our garden to a efficient, irritated, well-oiled machine. If you enjoy, please like and subscribe! #garden #backtobasics #mittleider #offgrid

We have begun construction on the Natural Swimming Pool! Today, we review our week of redoing the pool (multiple times, haha)! If you enjoy, please like, subscribe and share the video!

Debarking trees is SO Satisfying! Today, we review our busy week and show how we debark trees! We search for grubs under the bark for our chickens. If we can't buy nutritious feed from the store, then we'll find our own natural feed! If you enjoy, please like and subscribe! #backtobasics #offgrid #chicken

The Funniest Gardening Trick! Today, we review our very busy week and the many projects we're working on! From clearing for spring, to preparing the garden, and clearing the orchard. If you enjoy, like and subscribe! #backtobasics #garden #offgrid

Complete Front Porch Transformation! Today, we take a step in memory lane and recall the transformation of our front porch! If you enjoy, like and subscribe! #transformation #backtobasics #offgrid

Building a Sawmill Cover Today, we build a semi-permanent cover for the sawmill. It was MUDDY and COLD and WET! If you enjoy, like and subscribe! #sawmill #backtobasics #construction

This is our Drinking Water... Today, we review our week of work and show us fixing our rusty well water. If you enjoy, like and subscribe! #offgrid #backtobasics #excavator

We dug a natural swimming pool in my front yard! The excavator is one powerful machine! If 3 days, we dug and shaped this entire pool. Next step will be lining the pool with a membrane to hold the water, grainy slate/gravel as a sand substitute, a skimmer to remove floating leaves, and install a pipe system with an electric pump for the waterfall. Please like and subsribe! #backtobasics #swimmingpool #excavator #naturalswimmingpool

Moving Logs with the Excavator Claw Today, we organize logs at the sawmill in preparation for building a log cabin in the woods. If you enjoy, like and subscribe! May all beings be happy! #backtobasics #excavator #satisfying

Taking down trees! If you enjoy, like and subscribe!

ICE BATH! If you enjoy, like and subscribe!

Taking down Pine trees (Back to the Basics 6) Today, enjoy a fun excavator POV and a crazy bonfire! We worked on the Skid Steer and put a LOT of gravel on the muddy driveway. If you enjoy, like and subscribe! #backtobasics #excavator #fire