The driveway is in but now it's time for cleanup - plus learn about our RV electrical upgrade, new mailbox and plans for winter.
An old logging trail won't cut it for long - we need a solid 1,000ft driveway from the road to our house site.
The trail cameras we installed a month ago didn't pick anything up for a little while, but this week they've captured some action!
We both love embarking on new adventures and learning new skills is a huge part of that experience for us.
It's been a busy week with lots of development on the land, plus my first hands-on experience with a sawmill!
We decided to use the wood chips from last week's chipping to spread on our land to make some nice hiking trails - but it's a slow process!
Building our dream home is going to take us a long time, but we've been chipping away at it - literally!
We rented a Vermeer BC900XL brush chipper to see how quickly we could process our slash and log piles - can it really chip 9" logs?
This week we picked up our brand new Kubota tractor and set to work immediately to clear some fallen trees on our property.
An in-depth review of how to use the Dewalt DCB104 4-port battery charger to keep your cordless power tools working all day long.
This week I attended a Game of Logging training course by Northeast Woodland Training to learn the basics of safe chainsaw operation and tree felling.
We take to the trails across our land to clear some fallen trees, and see what discoveries we might find!
The land is ours and now the hard work starts. Our first project is to clear a road so that we can drive our truck onto the property.
Find out how we bought 40 acres of raw land in central Vermont, and how we plan to build our dream home all by ourselves!
We've been researching tractors lately and in the past few weeks, we've been out shopping to try to find the perfect tractor for our land!
In our search for land, we always knew to expect ups and downs, and we just had our first big disappointment.
We've fallen in love with Vermont this winter and have been making a lot of progress on our search to find land and build a house!
It's taken a while but finally, almost in mid-December, we've had our first good snowfall here in Vermont - and it's so pretty!
We've been full-time RVers, traveling around the US for over 2 years, but now we're ready for our next adventure - we're going to build a home base.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that builds homes for people in need. I joined them for 2 weeks to help out.
