DAY IN MY LIFE at the OFF GRID HOMESTEAD | planting seeds, snow shoeing, fish fry 

It's so satisfying watching skeeter run,jump and play in the snow wagging his tail the whole time.Hes definitely living his best life thanks to you guys,you're excellent dog parents.

Hey Cierra, would love to see a grocery shopping video! Curious to know how prices differ in your neck of the woods. Good luck with your seeds! When you get ready to plant, you can get your soil tested to see what fertilizer or nutrients you may need to add. Try a local co-op or agricultural department to find out where you can get testing done...hope that helps!

I don't know what I like more watching you cook, or watching the eating. Good video.

I love the videos especially of you 2 together I see so much love and care for each other

Some advice with planting the seeds in the trays: Water the bottom tray and let the water soak up bottom top rather than pouring the water on top of the tray

Watch the broccoli, don’t let it flower, you have to keep pinching that back, or at least I do. I also plant grape tomatoes because they always do well, even if the bush tomatoes don’t. Brussels sprouts take forever, start seeds very early. And I always get the little worms eating my cruciferous veggies like broccoli and cauliflower. I use equal parts cornstarch, cornflower and baking soda, mix enough water in so that it pours, water around each plant. The plants soak it up, doesn’t hurt you, but the worms won’t eat your plants. I live in Michigan, so you might not have these issues. Also, I use peat pots for seed starting because I have little luck in transplanting the seedlings and the peat pot is planted right in the ground, dissolves and provides nutrients. Tomatoes, suck alot of nutrients out of the soil, so plant them in different places each year and fertilize, amend your soil. I like to use composted manure for amending. Chicken poop is great fertilizer, just make sure any manure you use isn’t fresh, too high in nitrogen and will burn your plants….I once got a truckbed full of half composted cow manure from a farmer, I had HUGE beefsteak tomatoes, the plants were over four feet tall with stalks about two inches in diameter.

It’s nice that you’re branching out cierra and doing your own videos girl you and Kyle are awesome y’all have a nice life

I think you are starting your seeds at about the right time. About asparagus: takes a couple years to get a bed going well enough to harvest and I’m not sure how you will do with starting your own plants, most people buy crowns. Our asparagus patch is about 30 years old, still produces! Little tip on your fried potatoes and onions (I’m a grandma) get your oil hot before putting in the potatoes, they soak up lots of oil when you start it cold. We vacation 2X’s a summer in N MN Voyageur’s so love that you are cooking fresh walleye. We use peanut or avocado oil so the fish get real crispy. I could almost taste it! You two are an amazing couple living your dream, so happy to see you thriving. You be blessed! 👍🐓🔪❄️

Wonderful video Cierra. What a beautiful life you and Kyle have together. Skeeter is such a character.

You know what Kyle lucky to have a woman like you

Love the cooking you did

Both of you are great cooks. I could just smell all the spices and aromas in the air. Kyle truly does know about wildlife. I’m impressed about storying fish in lake waters. And that skitter is just too cute! Thanks for letting us into your lives,you are two nice kids.🥰

when starting seeds i put them on a soaked paper towel overnight and then plant them in a compostible pot, that way you can plant pot and all straight into the soil.

Great video Cierra and Kyle

I use a spray bottle to water with when the seedlings are delicate.

You might want to look into companion planting -- what to plant or not to plant next to other food plants. For instance, don't plant tomatoes with potatoes but do plant brussel sprouts with potatoes. Plant marigolds in with your beans and tomatoes to ward off hornworms and squash bugs. There are lots of lists and charts on line and the library probably has some good books, too.

It’s great to see the two of you working together in almost everything.

I just watched a video on starting seeds. You might find it easier to pour potting mix into a bowl, add water, mix well then dip out the soaked soil with your hands, squeeze well, and fill the little seed cups with damp soil. Use the end of a pen or chopstick or something to make a couple of shallow holes in each cup and add a seed in each hole (two per cup in case one doesn’t germinate), then cover with a plastic dome or something to hold in moisture. Be sure to label the seeds so you don’t forget which is which. I saw this on 2 Acres Evolving (RU-vid) recently. He is in Oklahoma and is using a grow light - their planting season is earlier than ours here in MN.

Omg Skeeter was so freaking cute trying to get that bone! You could do a simple little hoop house for early/late gardening. I'm in NY so not quite as extreme as where you guys are but it really helps with getting an early start and would greatly extended your growing season. Plus it keeps the deer from eating everything.

Love L&M Fleet!! Great job Cierra. Love your channel. We don’t live to far from you and it’s amazing that you and Kyle live off the grid!!

This is going to sound crazy but I swear I can smell your dinner cooking.

Now that’s the way to eat fish. 👍

Well I hope you both are happy, now I'm really hungry. LOL. Man that looks sooooo good. Good to see Skeeter is enjoying himself. Thanks for the video guys. Stay safe, see ya next time.

food looks awesome!!! Skeeter looks soooo cute at the end, falling asleep...

Hi Cierra really enjoyed your video alway love to watch your cooking your supper meal looked so delicious cant wait for the next cooking video I didnt get a notification so I just happened to check ok have a great evening and Kyle and skitter

Such a beautiful life you guys have, love your videos, and Skeeter, keep up your wonderful work, blessings to you from Australia 🇦🇺

Dunno if yall have them but Lowe's sells a generic High-Energy suet in a pack of 10 for $10. Usually one lasts us a few days to a week, and feeds most of the birds we have out here (so a pack is good for a month or more). Even with the crows getting at it they still last. Would love to see a shopping for the month/grocery vid just to see how your prices are generally too

Get a spray bottle for watering your seedlings. Also if it works for you guys get a cheap clamp lamp and grow bulb to put on them for sunlight value as well as warmth.

Hi Cierra and Kyle. Yes spring is coming and it gives the incentive to start with the seeds that have to be started now. The menu for the day looked very appetizing. There is a lot of snow to go before spring can officially start. Have a great day and be safe. (Judy NB)🇨🇦🌲

We switched from buns to tortilla shells much less bun bloat.

Watching your hands make stuff is strangely relaxing. Just wondering if Kyle happened to mention to you that his RU-vid channel recently reached 100K subscribers? Thanks for the video Cierra!

When you are planting seed, you have to determine last frost in your area. Then look on your seed packet to find out when to plant your seeds. For example, if last frost is the end of April and the seed packet says 2 weeks before last freeze then plant your seeds two weeks before end of April.

I highly recommend the RU-vid channel “What Vivi Did Next”. She has a plethora of fantastic videos on gardening and growing the majority of the food she eats for the whole year. Also “Simplify Gardening is another awesome channel for growing veg. Good luck!

Watch MI Gardeners channel! Also, I would get a Clyde’s Garden Planner… you put in your last frost date and it tells you when to plant. You are about a month early for north MN.

You should watch Simple Living Alaska. They do a lot of gardening in the summer and can a lot of it for the winter and love in Alaska, so cold temps like you guys.

Nice job with the cabin ... The good life ... Enjoy ... Congratulations.

Hi Cierra. I was told to moisten your dirt a little first with semi warm water. Then fill your trays. This way the dirt doesn’t sink to the bottom. And after you’ve planted your seeds spray the tray. And spray when u water. Good luck!

I suggest soaking your starter mix first. I use chop sticks to poke a hole for the seeds. I also add water to the bottom, and not the top.

Another amazing video! So many awesome memories caught in this video. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us! Looking forward to your next post. 🙂🐶🐾

Great video ! As a long time chef by profession I wondered why you had so many of multiple spices. Now that I see how you use them I understand.

Breakfast looks delicious Cierra

Good luck with your seeds, I'm rooting you two for an epic garden this year

Hold up that bacon container is so cool....

Love all the cooking and it looks delicious!! Great video, thank you.

Great day , especially with the sun shining. spring is near.

Good luck with your garden this season. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

You live such a peaceful fulfilling life!! Loving the placement of your table and credenza/ coffee bar!! Looking forward to progress on your seedlings!!

Delicious fish dinner!!! Good luck with the garden.

Good luck with your garden this year. Your cooking always looks so yummy. Good thing Kyle jumped in on the fry duty, to help out. 😉 The brats sounded delicious. Jalapeno and cheddar is my favorite at the local butcher.

Awesome video

We use a spray bottle by the seed trays to keep the soil moist till the seeds break through the top of the soil and get the first leaves.

Great job Cierra. Best of luck to you and Kyle with your garden. That Skeeter sure is something. He always makes me smile :)

Amazing memories made.🌸

Thank you for sharing your day Skeeter is the sweetest baby love him playing and being with you all Good luck on your seeds My daughter is gardner in family and she plants her seeds like that and had a great garden last year Oh my every time you all cook you make me so hungry Love your hike so beautiful up there Take care and see you all next video

Cierra back with more gardening tips. Last year I said you will learn as you grow. Mistakes and fails included. Now that you have your seed trays started. Get a plastic shelf and rig some grow lights above it. They are LED so pull less power. At night the cabin is still getting cold and the seedlings need to stay warm. This will get your plants up taller and ready for your short growing season. Find a near by farm (or Black Cow) and start composting manure and your food scraps and your wood ash. You will be amazed at the amount of food you can compost. I suggest you watch Fy Nyth and Living Simple Alaska. I have run greenhouses and a ranch for over 40 years. But, those two women teach me stuff I never thought about. You and Kyle are on a journey together. Living and learning-thanks for taking us along to see what desire and determination can achieve. I cant believe just a year ago I was telling you to talk more. Well, you are now.

Once you plant cherry tomatoes you'll never have to plant them again. If some of them fall to the ground to compost you'll get all of the cherry tomatoes you'll need. 😁👍😁

Meal looks delicious enjoy

You have plenty of seeds. Goodluck with the garden.

Another great video! Your dinner looks delicious! Skeeter is the best! Good luck with your garden! I read some of the other comments. The grape tomatoes do reseed! I was so surprised the 2nd year when the grape tomatoes came up! My mother had asparagus in her garden. The first couple years the plants don’t produce.

Great video! ☺️

A day on the life...of a good life! Here's to you guys and your garden! I have decades of organic garden experience. The most important thing is planting for your zone and rolling with the weather punches. One year to the next, some plants may thrive...or croak! Look for perennials that grow in your zone (for example raspberry, strawberry). Keep the dill well in a corner of the garden or it will spread like wildfire! 😎👍🇨🇦🌻🥔🍅🥕🥦oh, and if something grows well, save the seeds those plants may produce...though many are treated or irradiated etc so you have to repurchase...

Love u guys

MAYBE try one package of the beans. Beans are incredibly prolific. If you plant all 3 pkg you might need to get a pig to help out with the surplus. ALSO, check and see if they are bush beans or climbers. Bush are not as prolific but climbers you will need something for them to climb up.

Seed starting: Get die potting mix slightly moist, not wet, just damp moist 💦 before putting es into die trays. Fill die tray all die way evenly no loose oder empty spaces. Plant seeds ein 1/4 inch deep. Then mist der tray mit ein Sprayer bottle lightly damping die surface of der tray. Put dome on tray. Keep temperatures at 70 zu 75 degree. Pull die dome off the tray and fan the tray once a day or so to let in fresh air. Getting a small fluorescent lamp to hang over the tray will help immensely. Cute little candle table scene there!

Really enjoy your vids!

Great video Cierra. Get some local garlic (hard neck) for this fall. Don't plant your mint in your garden, it will take over. Asparagus see if he can get it in the plant form, it takes 2 years before you can get crop off it.

If you didnt know already. There are certain flowers that benefit your garden. They draw the right bugs and repel the bad ones. So you don't have to share your garden with creepy crawly critters. Now as far as the deer go...........good luck. You're right spring is coming. I just saw a big flock of Canadian geese. So..............I'm ready. Robin's next......

Use a spray mister for watering new sets.

I've people use heating pads and grow lights

I highly recommend the "Encyclopedia of Country Living " by Carla Emery. Pure gold. Lots of knowledge on many aspects of homesteading. Lots of garden information as well as poultry and other stuff.

Hey Kyle and Cierra if I ever get to build me a cabin I must have one of those dinner ladders. Love that.

You could pre-moisten the starter mix. When squeezed it should stay clumped, but not be dripping. Hybrid tomatoes will not be true to type of you try to save the seeds. If you get heirloom seeds you can save seeds for next year! Have fun! Also, a great resource for gardening is the Gardener Scott channel. He's got videos on just about everything

Great video!

Love your videos

As you've got a chunk of land for yourself, I'd eventually go for raised bed garden. Not hard to do but does great with good ground. Making a composter for next year might be a good idea too!

Hey Cierra!!!

The new Martha stewart

Looks delicious!

Egg shells are good for starting seeds

With the asparagus ,don’t expect much this first season. It needs to establish a good root system. Next season should be good , then the following year should be more. Enjoy , good luck with it all. 👍😊

Great day! That fish fry looked delicious. I follow Mav on YT, he catches walleye in various lakes in MN, must be a really sought after fish. I ended up buying the breading he uses called Shore Lunch I think, and fried up some cod with it, man it was good! I'm in L.A. so have to rely on my local fish market to get my fish fix. I love to go fishing though! Enjoy your beautiful homestead!

Looks great on the planting! I learned the hard way the only way to become a great gardener is to kill many plants haha. The only suggestion I noticed my onions at least prefer to be directly planted later in spring. I never had luck with transplanting them but maybe you will. Good luck!

Another idea is a root cellar for the potatoes, beets, cabbage, and carrots!!

Thanks LOVIES liked this video God bless love u guys, New Zealand. My husband would like your fish.

Hello. Have a safe blessed night! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Looks like an amazing garden! Hope you have a reliable source of water this year.

Awesome

I’d put at least 3 or 4 onion seeds in each hole. When they get big enough to separate and platt outsiders you just work them apart. Hard to hurt onion plants. 👍🏻

You should save and recycle your yogurt containers and use them to start your seeds in for growing season.

Get your seed starting mix good and moist before putting in trays...as long as you keep the moist they should do fine...be patient onions take forever...

when watering the starter plants you should use a spray bottle as not to water too much and drown the seed

GOOD Video. Now..I'm hungry :)

Wisconsinite here. I LOVE BRATS.

I’d suggest y’all find a good RU-vid gardening channel from close to your area. Y’all are so far north that you will have a very short growing season. A greenhouse or high tunnel would help. Normally you pre-moisten seed starting mix prior to using. Then fill the cups, firm it down & add a little more to top off before adding the seeds. Once the seeds sprout they may need more light than they will get from the window so you may need a light to hang over them. It’ll seem like a lot to learn at first but it’ll quickly start making sense.

Cierra that fish looked so good. Would love to see the deer eating the corn if you can video it. What kind of dog is Skeeter? I love him, he is so precious and you and Kyle take such good care of him. It’s nice to see. Good luck with your garden, I too started one last year. I didn’t do so well but I am going to try again. I refuse to give up especially with the prices of everything going up. Love you guys and look forward to your videos

Wow love you brekkie

You should get a set of those Japanese Kamikotto (sp?) knives that other RU-vidrs seem to be sponsoring. A sharp knife is safer than a dull one!

I've always heard them and they instantly make me think of foresty getaways, but what bird is that at 4:39 ? I know it's got to be a common one.

Just laid down a few seeds a week ago.

your an amazing couple you'll have beautiful kids