Life on an Alaska island comes with a unique set of chores

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@FloatingVillageLife 4 дня назад

Your portrayal of life on an Alaska island, with its unique chores and challenges, illuminates your resilience and connection to the land. Your storytelling captures the beauty and toughness of island life authentically. And I am Floating Village Life

@ksvet06-07 6 дней назад

Thank you for showing the non-glamorous side of homesteading. Chores must be done and equipment must be taken care of. Plus, another great video! Enjoy your fishing trip.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Thanks for watching.

@thehairyhermitfromscooby-do 6 дней назад

When we were up by Kake we did this too. Found a cheap helper, 1/2" or 9/16" bolt or pin whatever size your oar lock is, about 6" long with a heavy plate welded to it. A slot from the top to a hole the size of the line in the middle. Drop it through the slot and just slowly work the line into the boat while it scrapes clean. Looks like you’d need two separate sizes made up. The angle of the bolt in the oar lock kept most of the junk over the side.We would also heat up our shackle pins or any bolts below surface then melt and goober cheap candle wax onto them, work it back and forth then put it back together and it wouldn’t ever seize up or bind on us, just safety wire your pins though so they don’t back out and you wind up in a bad way. I miss that world, but I’ll be out of Oregon and back up SE in a few years.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

I should just buy some safety wire for all the shackles. That’s not a bad idea.

@suewalters9822 6 дней назад

Another messy chore done! The water looks so beautiful, nice day for you to be out there. Have a great Sunday and a great safe week!

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Thank you Sue, hope you have a great week too.

@martna1 6 дней назад

That's hard work!

@melshea2276 6 дней назад

Happy Sunday Alaska!😊

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Happy Sunday 🌞

@JeremyHanks 6 дней назад

Glad Dinah is working out for you guys!! She's living her best life! 😊

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Yes sir, we are loving her.

@marianfrances4959 6 дней назад

Something I'd never seen before! Good luck Halibut fishing! 👍😎🇨🇦

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Thanks 👍

@ernesthallett8003 6 дней назад

All in a good days work my friend, nothing wrong with a good days work… ALL THE BEST to you and the family…

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

You got that right!

@stacynebelung3823 6 дней назад

Strangely satisfying to watch all the sludge come off!!

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Ha totally understand, there is a guy who pressure washed driveways on you tube. Anytime his videos pop up I find myself watching it.

@jaytowne8016 6 дней назад

Thanks for the reminder Brian! We use a community dock mostly, but have a mooring ball in front of the house. I need to do the maintenance you are doing now.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

I aim to please😂👍

@charlenegrady8781 6 дней назад

Messy chore but one that has to be done and done right. Good job Brian. You have a beautiful day there🥰. Thanks for sharing. Was good to see you today. Say hi to Diana. Have a great week✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Thank you👍You too Charlene.

@maryalice8507 6 дней назад

That looked like a tough job. Good Luck with you’re fishing trip. Have a Great week and Thanks fot sharing.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Thank you

@robertlemoine3500 6 дней назад

Thankyou 😊

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

You’re very welcome 😊

@bwcok7947 6 дней назад

Made me think if you had about a 15" or longer piece of thick wall PVC pipe with yoke type connections for a rope to pull on each end. The diameter of the pipe a little larger than each size moring rope you have to clean that mess of kelp and barnacles from. Then you could pull the pipe from one end or the other of the boat lines. Then you can have one that drops down to the anchor that you pull up towards the bouy every so often. It will knock all that crud off and no mess afterwards. Maybe take some tinkering but it may work in your favor. Great to see you and i wanted to smack that fly on your knee so bad! Dang things.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

That’s a great idea. It would definitely need some tinkering but I like where your heads at.

@clark7117 6 дней назад

Odd as it may sound, I actually miss cleaning the anchors and lines, it's quite enjoyable. Using scuba gear and a horsehair brush would make quick work of that task.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Scuba gear would come in handy.

@cindiraethayn4809 6 дней назад

Right as he said "man these flies are out of control" 12:13, one is on the camera 🪰

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

😂 right!?

@sherriekirby1585 6 дней назад

We have a river house & barnacles are always a pain in the butt, but you have to do it. Another trick is put boat wax on the bouys etc

@jewels7832 6 дней назад

That looks like it would be a lest favorite chore...lol but it's gotta get done 😊 hope you had a good fishing trip.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

You got that right😂 it’s not that bad really, other than the flies.

@bigal7125 6 дней назад

That was about 3.5 gallons of fertilizer you just threw overboard...LOL. That fly that bit you on the leg, I saw when it landed and was watching it for a while before you interrupted it's Buffet. Yeah, I laughed when you jumped. As always, thanks for an informative video, and live free brother man.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Ha them flies were out to get me that day😂

@russellwatters5891 6 дней назад

Set a bunch of those lines out and start harvesting the kelp...lol 😂😅 I can only imagine those mussels would go good with drawn butter or cocktail sauce. Live a little! 😊 Good luck on your hunt for Halibut, hope ya'll catch a mess. Love ya'll ❤️

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

There’s a kelp farm right by our boat. Probably why we have been growing so much.

@russellwatters5891 5 дней назад

@@AnAlaskaHomestead 😊😄

@AlmostHomestead 5 дней назад

Those dang flies. Hope the fishing trip went well.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

They definitely got on my nerves 😂

@robinmoore5181 5 дней назад

😊 very nice to see other parts of life.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Thanks Robin

@pacificbushcraftandfirecra6358 6 дней назад

There's just gotta be a better way. I sure can't think of what it is though, so excuse my opinion! Great job B! Have a great Sunday!

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Ha I wish I knew of one. Sometimes you have to e to put some elbow grease into it😂

@user-yu1yu9pu3w 6 дней назад

Nice buddy knives you got there Army

@russellwhite8890 2 дня назад

It’s crazy that you have to clean all that off! 😮

@redwood9741 6 дней назад

Dang..we are wearing the same outfit..and people don't think Southeast has style..lol Cheers and happy up coming 4th !:🎉

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

😂 styling and profiling. Happy fourth.

@MrWolfsDen 6 дней назад

Clam shells , mother nature's emergency toilet paper 😂 .

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

😂🤣😂

@avakliers836 6 дней назад

Non glamorous and hard work. Homesteading is a never ending job. Best regards to the two of you. Enjoy the summer

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Thanks, you too!

@robinrobinson4457 2 дня назад

Awesome video brother stay strong and God bless ❤❤❤

@jbwhittaker4645 6 дней назад

i do that myself only i get my sea shells from sally i think you know her she sells sea shells down by the sea shore😂😂😂😂😂😍😍😍😍/ geezer joke/ funny bone didnt quit heal straight god bless have a great week

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

😂🤣😂

@ashleyanderson2859 6 дней назад

Im thinking a block of wood with a v slot cut in it to run your lines through would help clean them. Clamp it on the skif and just pull it through the v slot. Maybe not, just a thought.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Very smart, sounds like a great idea.

@ashleyanderson2859 6 дней назад

@@AnAlaskaHomestead if it doesn't work, it wasn't my idea, LoL!

@redwood9741 6 дней назад

That one horse fly on the camera lens was the size of a small eagle.. ffs.. Once they draw blood...100 % Deet don't seem to stop them..the S.O.B's 😮😂😮

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

@@redwood9741 😂😂😂

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

@@ashleyanderson2859 😂😂😂 I won’t hold you responsible

@pbcoupons 6 дней назад

Would the kelp have been good to put on the garden? I’m not a gardener so please excuse if it’s a dumb question.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

You can. We typically gather a lot of kelp after a big storm washes it up on shore. They also grow this in kelp farms for people to eat. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-361ilijJW28.htmlsi=Z4RXOsqGmiltbNnU

@fayedavison4383 6 дней назад

Isn’t kelp good for the garden if so you should have taken a bucket to put it in

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

We get a lot of it that washes up on the shore.

@Kevin_D1 6 дней назад

I hate those damn biting Flys. Last summer, I was bit so much that my legs were covered in bite marks.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

They are the worst.

@puddlejumper06 6 дней назад

Maintenance saves money in the long run. Do you have to clean the bottom of the big boat 2x a year?

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

I try to clean it a few times a year. Just to keep things clean.

@FireHorse11291966 6 дней назад

How many times a year do you have to do this Brian? Didn't noticed if you said it somewhere in the video and good luck on your fishing trip.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Once a year seems to work.

@charlottekomenda2353 6 дней назад

Would your chickens have eaten the muscles?

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

🤔 I don’t know.

@user-sp6cq2ld5x 6 дней назад

if only there was a paint will copper in it ,you would not have to do that as often

@juliepeeks4184 6 дней назад

Brian, thanks again for the video, use Bee Balm before going out, it will keep the insects off just use the leaves and rub on your skin. Works great.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

🤔 I’d never heard of this but apparently Diana knew all about it😂 thank you

@juliepeeks4184 6 дней назад

@@AnAlaskaHomestead I have four plants! Grows well here is SE.

@juliepeeks4184 6 дней назад

@@AnAlaskaHomestead Sorry it is called Lemon Balm, not Bee Balm I have both and went out and checked sorry about that.

@wadestewart9891 6 дней назад

Been really thinking heard about leaving Ok n going back to Alaska, need a location that has health care for retired military, but not Anchorage or Fairbanks

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Juneau has a small VA clinic.

@billyb.9878 6 дней назад

I'm a fresh water guy. How often is this required.

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Once a year seems to work.

@cedricgates9976 6 дней назад

how often do you have to do the removal of kelp? it smell as bad as i think? i see the stable flies are bad there to the biting bastards

@AnAlaskaHomestead 6 дней назад

Once a year seems to work. It doesn’t smell at all. You can actually eat this stuff. They actually have kelp farms.

@jacktomberlin7976 6 дней назад

Are the mussels and kelp safe to consume in your area? I was wondering if not for you and your wife, maybe chicken feed? Just curious!

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

I know we can have red tide but I’m not sure if it affects the kelp?

@elkhunter76 6 дней назад

Hope you don't have deer flies as well! They travel in flocks!

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

I’m not sure 🤔

@nobracobra 6 дней назад

does the kelp have any medicinal use or is it edible...

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

It is edible

@VMc828 4 дня назад

🙏🙂

@andysocial2557 6 дней назад

I like you guys..

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Thanks.

@Truongthikimcuong92 4 дня назад

Hello ❤❤❤

@michaelmasters219 6 дней назад

Looks like a shit job but wot a beautiful spot to do it thank you for the video Mike

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

True

@richardcapellesr7031 6 дней назад

Fix your audio 😮

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Yes

@ernesthallett8003 6 дней назад

😂😂😂 bet it would be easier, cooler an less flies when your in a wetsuit doin it underwater 😂😂😂 Just sayin,, just ribin ya big fella…😂😂😂 ALL THE BEST…

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

Ha first I need a wet suit😂

@ernesthallett8003 5 дней назад

@@AnAlaskaHomestead might be a thought have taken a drive course? Or take one and get some sponsors, wet/ dry suits, spear guns, tanks. You be able to clean the under belly of the boat in the water, hunt crab along the shore and go spear fishing and I dunno what else. Might be something to think on. Anyhooooo ALL THE BEST big fella

@AnAlaskaHomestead 5 дней назад

@@ernesthallett8003 definitely something to think about.

@ernesthallett8003 5 дней назад

@@AnAlaskaHomestead I personally would go dry suit, the water up there must be freezing all year… Just trying to help you either way… ALL THE BEST big fella…