It's been a busy first week back in Vermont, but we're laying the foundations for a productive year ahead.
We built a DIY monitoring system using Wyze cameras, cellular modem, Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant to keep an eye on our RV this winter.
Did you miss us? It's been a little while, and a lot has happened. Not least we're now thousands of miles away from Vermont in Europe! Let's catch you up.
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!
After a hectic year bringing in utilities and developing our site, we're ready for a break. This year we've set our sights a little further afield!
You might think installing a well pump is a job for the professionals, but we did it ourselves and added some very cool extra capability!
We visited the Rockler store in Salem, NH to pick up some exciting new tools - a Sawstop Jobsite Table Saw and Dewalt DW735X planer.
We review why we chose the Aquatank 2 for hauling water to our RV, which size we opted for, and our first impressions about its construction.
We've been excitedly waiting for the time when our electrical service would be installed and we'd finally have power - this was the week.
Kicking off our series on installing electrical service, we walk through service sizing, transformer location and primary transmission line placement.
As we're building our dream home in Vermont, there's one big question we have to answer: should we connect to power or go off-grid?
Before we can drink from our well, we need to test the water to make sure it's safe. After a nervous wait, here's what we discovered.
How do you run a well pump manually using power from a generator? We create a temporary setup to do just that and fill our RV tank.
After six months in one spot, it was finally time to hookup the RV again, but this time our journey was a little shorter than usual!
After renting our shipping container for 12 months, it was time to make a decision - should we buy it or keep on renting?
We were so nervous about drilling a well. Would we hit water? How deep would we have to go? How much would it cost? There's only one way to find out....
Venice has been on our bucket list for a long time, and finally we had the opportunity to explore this amazing island city.
Eataly is a food-lover's paradise with a huge assortment of fresh produce, cafes, restaurants and local delicacies on offer. A must see in Rome!
We downloaded Rick Steves' Audio Europe travel app and enjoyed a fantastic, free walking tour around the heart of Rome.
