How We Got Here
ITALY AND VANLIFE
In 2020 upon the beginning of the pandemic before anybody knew what was going on we had a plan.. and a van. We finally had decided that we were going to go on an adventure, we had a plan to fly to Italy AND GO ON A HIKE, FROM ROME TO VENICE TO MILAN AND BACK. WE HAD A FEW MONTHS PLANNED FOR THIS TRIP. WHEN WE RETURNED TO CANADA WE HAD PLANNED TO TRAVEL THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THEN A MONTH BEFORE WE HAD PLANNED TO LEAVE ITALY TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE PANDEMIC. SO WE CHANGED OUR PLANS.
LIVING OFF GRID ✓
The Homestead
Around rolls May, 2020. We put the money we were going to use for our adventure into purchasing a 110 Acre parcel of forested land with the plan to build a fully self sustainable homestead completely by hand. Log cabin, water collection, growing food, small scale animal husbandry, selective forest management, documentation of the entire process. It took us a year living on the property to understand the flow of the seasons and how the land lives and breathes, then by this time we were comfortable to chose a location for our homestead (approximately a 3 acre section). I have taken some time to prepare the area of land by clearing some forest debris and building a small 8x10 cabin for us to reside in during the process. Beyond this we will be attempting to use exclusively hand tools with the exception of a chainsaw for milling some more uniform boards when needed.