Off Grid Life | Blood, Sweat and Tears 

I love how you so humbly say "Subscribe if you want", in contrast to all the high-energy "please like share and subscribe", some even before the video begins. :p

You were both working so hard but still made the extra effort to film; respect and thanks. /Jase

New Nordic Olympic Sport: Large Round Bale Rolling. You've already qualified.

Really soon RU-vid will start giving you a good income and then you can have horses or tractor :) It's a slow process to grow on youtube but your content is really beautiful so I am sure you would reach your target soon.

I wish I had a tractor to give you! I have never seen any two people work as hard as the two of you! Thank you so much for sharing your journey. 💕

Hi, I'm running a small farm in Poland. I do have animals like horses, cows pigs and goats. I've been having horses for 20years now and I can tell you that they can be very helpful if well trained. Of course you need minimum equipment, but lots of jobs can be done much easier. I recommend primitive breeds. Polish ponies for example. They are well accustomed to cold, primitive conditions. They will live of anything. If they don't work too hard grass and hay is enough to keep them in excellent condition.

You smile and talk so much full of joy when Tova is home! 😃😃😃

Out of all of your vlogs, I think this one is the absolute best of all!!! It’s my favourite. ❤️ I will never forget the hail bail. 😂 You both are so cute together too. By the way using a very long piece of strong rope over the peak of the roof, then pulling it side to side (close to the roof line) with one person on each side of the house works like a charm!!! Back and forth until the avalanche happens all in one shot. I’ve done it a million times here on our sheds and garages. Last year we had over 400cm of snow. Best trick ever as you never have to get on the roof again shovelling or better yet falling off.

The room where you take all of your boots off and hang up your coats is called a mud room.

You 2 make a great team! We call the snow that makes good snowballs..."packing snow"...or the heavy wet stuff is just "slush"

Your videos are fantastic!They are helping people in this old world to survive only by looking at yoir enthusiasm!Good luck to the 3 of you before Ivar has a little sister!

That wet, extremely heavy snow, we call slush. It takes a lot of time, energy and persistence to move it, or anything else, around it. Thankfully, this isn't an issue for us here in Northern California. Instead, we have very cold air masses that move in from Alaska during our Winters. Wet weather, we can put up with, but a bitterly cold, fierce North wind that makes even our furry animals shiver, and knocks out our electricity is a serious matter for us to contend with. Every place has its climate challenges. Nothing else quite like enjoying hot tea after chilly chores, to warm both heart and soul. Your video footage is well shot and edited. We are enjoying them all: one video at a time. Thank you, also, for your great efforts at English narration.

Nice job at completing two difficult jobs. Rest is well deserved for you two after all that. Please hang in there with making your videos. They are exceptionally great. There are only three other creators I watch with videos as good as yours. Two of the channels have over 300k and one is over 1 million subscribers. One day soon your channel will be discovered by the masses and your subscriber base will explode. You’ll be able to afford way more than just a tractor. I recommend changing your titles to something that will catch peoples attention. “Homesteading in deep snow.” “Homesteading and the runaway hay bale.” Be creative with titles and use words that are popular such as homestead/homesteading, survival/surviving, cabin, how to..., off grid, etc. You can also add exclamation (!) marks in titles to help. I wish you continued success, fun, health and happiness. Always look forward to your videos! Thank you for sharing.

Your teamwork as a couple is wonderful!

Y'all are awesome. You go about your life where the struggle is fun. Just because it is hard does not deter Y'all, or make it a bad day. You two are "living the dream"!!!

Thank you for another video that “tells it like it is” when it comes to off grid living in snow country. I love watching the reality. I love sharing in the beauty and the peace. Thank you for taking us with you on your journey. Love from Bellingham, WA, USA

You 2 make such a wonderful team ♡ I will never ever complain about my outside chores again after watching you guys ... holy cow! way to go... these videos are just perfect ♡

What a huge, heavy thing is a frozen hay bale! Never expected to get such an intimate view of working with one!

I have just discovered your blogs last week. I am in the house to avoid Covid and so enjoying the freshness of your lives. We have had 46” of snow here in Wisconsin since Jan. After watching how hard you work, I know how easy we have it.

Hi Folks, Kudos/Congratulations to you both for getting that hay bail moved. I need to show this video to my wife's niece so she can see what it is to work hard & to be independent. We used to be that kind of nation, but since post WW2 we are becoming lazy, with each generation becoming lazier than the previous one. This is primarily the fault of poor parental guidance. No matter how much we have, we seem to be unsatisfied. These are generalized statements as we do have exceptions; I would be stereotyping all citizen's which would be wrong. You both work very well together, & I feel that you are blessed to have a wife that works hard with/along side of you. Have a beautiful day! Illinois, U.S.A.

Moving that hay wheel will keep you both in shape. Well, all of the hard work you do does. I get what you mean by satisfying work. I feel that when I have finished with a project in my woodshop. Working around the yard was such a pleasure that I would forget to come in for dinner, When I was younger that is. When I would finish and see what a beautiful garden and yard I'd made, it made all of the hard work and sweat well worth it.

Undoubtly it is very hard life. But don't think, your love to each other make happy both of you. May Allah bless you. Love from Bangladesh🇧🇩.

22:17 snow that is thawing = "slush". wet, heavy and horrible. Great episode. best wishes R and T, England x

I am watching this now and Tova's expression: Who's idea was this? is so spot on. Your english, even at times of hard work, is amazing. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Well done.

Such fun to watch....gosh, I was laughing in some parts. Remember, you're just starting out and can't have what other people, like yourselves, took years to acquire. You will have many happy memories because of these early years.

I love every episode of yours. Love from Mumbai, India.

In Maine, USA we use what we call roof rakes. Picture sections of poles that you put together to make as long of a pole as you need. On the end is a shovel blade that is perpendicular to the roof. You stand on the ground and "rake" the snow off the roof every other storm or so to stay ahead of it. Keeps the ice damming on the roof to a minimum as well.

Room in front of the cabin is called a "boot room" or "mud room" in English. Cannot believe how much hard work snow is!

Mathias & Tova, Wet snow is called sleet in English, Awesome video, thanks for sharing your video.!.!.!.

I am really grateful to be able to watch your journey. Every effort will be rewarded so always believe in your dreams. Perseverance. Maybe you don't have a sense of how you inspire us to be better human beings. Thank you!

Wet snow is often called 'slush', and the small room attached to the front of the house can be called a 'porch' or a 'vestibule'.

All your dreams will come true for sure. You guys work so hard and and still remain so positive. Respect.

You've done it, together. What a relationship,

Good luck you hippies. Country. Real country. Raise right and whatnot. That is the biggerst ball of snow I've ever seen and I was raised in Alaska. Oh, it's hay with snow. Umhhhm, sounds good. 6:20 Oh, yeah. Shoveled off a lot of snow from the garage. Then jumped into it. But don't get carried away and tear the tar paper off too.

it hurts my back just watching you work... can't shovel much snow anymore . . . but have shoveled enough in 77 years.

I very much enjoy this series. Am going in order after watching Birth of Ivar ♥️ I love watching you two interact with animals. You can tell you have a lot of love and respect for them. It's comforting to see

Just found your channel and I love you guys. Your skills in video editing help us understand the day to day struggle of a Nordic offgrid lifestyle but also and more importantly the peace of mind that comes after a long day of hard work. I am French Canadian from Québec. We get as much snow as you guys do, even tho I believe our winters are a bit shorter than yours. Here snow starts falling around Christmas and we usually see the end of it around mid March, unless it's a very bad year like the last one, where it started to snow early November and snowed until May. Anyway, all that to tell you that here we call the "Wet Snow" the "Sticky Snow". Hope you guys are doing well

I agree with aomeone else that it is wonderful to film your struggles and joys and work so hard i can't imagine trying to roll that hay but being young gives you that strength

I'm a late-comer to the page but so thankful to have found it.

I take my hats off for both of you, your such a hard workers👍❤️

You both are really hardworking and true innocient hardworking soles you both are.. god bless you.. may you get everything you want in life.. praying for you.. Love from India..🇮🇳

Wet snow is what we get in the UK. We never get cold enough for the dry snow you are tackling. I remember when someone tried to use snow-blowers to clear our roads. The machine clogged in a few yards from our wet snow.

Chapeau pour votre courage et votre savoir faire .......soyez prudents quand même quand vous êtes en hauteur sans sécurité

so much work all this snow! hope it doesn't snow again... but the cats are having a good time! it is always making the heavy work easier when a playing cat is around 😏

Oh My Gosh!!! You got that bale of hay, Right where you wanted it!!

we call it wet heavy snow in Wisconsin USA and yes it will make your roof fall in if you don't shovel it off when it gets to deep we have snow rakes so we don't have climb on roof ours is metal roof to

Wow, I need a rest after watching this. You two got it done with sheer determination. Clever chimney sweep, I think your brother would approve, after all it is a chimney sweeping device which is better than no chimney sweep. He may not approve of your method of getting off the roof however. You certainly can & should dream, with the determination and spirit that you two have they will most likely come true. Good video, thank you

look at her go! great smile!

Hard work and dedication always pays Off! Keep up the good work!

Fabulous Beautiful Amazing Magical wonderful Always Thank you Truly for your Storys ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

Watching you I'm thinking of coffee break growing into house in front of the fireplace

Beautiful immersion into your world. I would describe your little room as a utility entrance, utility passage or just plain utility room. Multi-purpose room is also used in Australia in small apartments. MPR for short. So it has many uses.

I admire how fit you guys are!

I love your tenacity, ingenuity and your sense of adventure. If I had $$ I’d send u some for a tractor. You folks are so endearing. (There’s some English words to look up). 👍

I love watching your logs. It brings back many memories and relates to what we are doing now. We didn't try living off grid but we did build our own home on several acres, cleared land, planted a small orchard, and large garden. Built thousands of feet of stone walls and cut, split and stored 7 cord of wood every year. We raised 7 kids there and lived there for some 25 years. A sad day when we sold and moved. We are now in our 70s and building a cabin. 2 years in now and should finish this year. There is much to be said for hard work, struggling physically, emotionally and monetarily. The memories built will last a life time. And PS I love Tova's laugh. Always brings a smile. Keep going. I and I am sure many others really enjoy you taking the time to film, edit and produce these videos.

I have horses, but they are for riding/not trained for pulling. I do want work horses or mules though. There's a magazine out of the UK called Heavy Horse World that has many good books and web link addresses to sites in Europe about draft animals. Pferdestarke.de is a German/Austrian site with good information and scientific research. Also, oxem are typically more economical on small homesteads. They can eat lower quality forage than horses need when in work. Also, oxen are better in a northern climate and can overheat in the south. Oxen with a "stone boat" type of sled, and a logging arch would be very useful in your woody region.

Hej! The room in front of the building is called a 'porch'. Thank you for taking the time to share your life with the world on RU-vid. We love your vlog. Good luck and best wishes. Keri and Paul, England.

In Hungary, we have little spikes on our rooves to stop the snow slipping off.

You guys made these videos magical! The music and stopping to watch the animals. I love it!

It sounds crazy, but that was sooooo much fun, so much better than watching a sitcom on tv. Funny and cool and different. I kept wondering what if that were me, and realizing that I wouldn't need a gym membership. I'd have snow to shovel.

Yes you are, DREAM, and may God bless you with a horse & a plow❣️😊 🐎 🚜🌠

Greetings from Finland! I just found your channel, and really love it. Your videos are beautiful, calming and inspirational. And the topic "off grid life" is very interesting.

So much hard work! Both you guys are amazing. Hope you still have time and energy to enjoy the amazing life you are creating.

I love the dedication to this hard work! Your teamwork is inspiring.

I am commenting as I watch this because my memory is bad. You did right to make sure the rabbits were safe filming is secondary.

Watching you both run after the rolling hay bail made me laugh 😂

Good thing you removed the snow on top of your porch roof before it turned into packing snow! (there, "packed" the two new words into it;-) Man, your muscles must have been sooooo SORE!!! I felt exhausted just watching you guys! Ha! :D

En inspiration och fröjd för oss i den lite mer alldagliga vardagen att se på och följa! Bara hålla ut till våren nu!

I love these films, the best thing I've found on YT for ages. Watching in England and loving it.

Tack! Vad jag längtar hem till Svenstavik när jag ser era filmer!

The word in English you are looking for when the snow is wet and heavy is called "slush," although slush is probably a lot wetter and cannot make snowballs.

I have seen this used in other northern climate homesteads.- throw a rope over the roof of the building, you can tie some pieces of wood to either end if you want - and one person on either end of the rope. Then run it back and forth on the width, even down the length of the roof. What happens is the rop acts like cheese wire and cuts the snow free from the roof and it all just slides off and down- saves masses of time and labour. Ill try and find a vid and link it here for you - thankyou are putting so much work into the videos- great work

The little room attached to the house is called a porch in Canada. We call it packing snow. Great for Snowman too. But your English is good. I need to learn some Swedish so I can know some basics

In Germany, we build snowmen out of 'Pappschnee'. Maybe 'sticky snow' is quite fitting then? I admire you and love your vlogs

Wecall it slushy or wet snow in the US. In Wisconsin anyway. I'm sure everyone has their own name for it. I truly enjoy you two working together. That room in the front there would be called a mud room.You asked and I forgot to tell you the answer. Thankyou

I love your lifestyle, attitude and love of animals. It must be a hard life at times but I truly envy you. You have everything that is important. Wonderful video.

That's will keep you young.. Thank you for sharing

You guys are just inspirational xx

All that snow ❄ You both work so hard

My gosh. So much hard work in such cold conditions. I hope you had 3 dinners 😊

The room/area before entering the house is also called a foyer.. Thankyou for your beautiful channel.. just found it yesterday and am marathon watching ♥️ .. in New Jersey, USA

Beautiful Life n Beautiful Place....👍🏽👍🏽💪💪

Great video again! If I had a tractor I would give it to you guys! 🚜. Your additional room could be called a Mudroom, Breezeway, Alaska Wind Break or boot room. The wet snow is called packing snow. I don’t know of another name for wet snow. When does all the snow begin to melt?

We call wet snow slush and dry snow is powder. In the southern US we rarely get any snow and it’s usually slushy.

Thanks again for another great episode @talasbuan ! The word I know for wet snow is slush lol Hope you are well :)

I am captivated by each one of y'alls videos so far, truly amazing and humbling learning about y'alls life. Thank you for sharing these moments. It has caused inner reflections within myself. Blessings upon you all and greetings from the great state of Texas! :)

21:05 Very wise decision hahaha. Thank you, this is a beautiful video!!!

A couple who rolls together...rocks together... In Canada...we call wet snow....heavy snow...and a pain in the ..........back.

You should definitely get horses! They’d make short work of moving those big bales. Chickens and horses are great together.

I love watching your vlog. Thank you for taking the time to do it. I am ready for spring. I've only seen your house in winter. I look forward to seeing some spring and summer footage. Best wishes.

As someone who has lived in warm places, I've learned so much!

Wow! I thought that white covering was snow. Boy! I was so wrong.

I look forward to your videos,nice job!

I had a good laugh when the hay bale came rolling down. At first I thought you edited in the crash on purpose because you could see the camera shake visibly! Good thing Mr. Bunny is OK :).

Älskar era filmer!

Thanks for the vlog! We look forward to the next one. Soon it will be spring.

So much work I really hope those girls appreciated it!! You both got your workout that day. Sooo much snow!!! We call wet snow, slush.

Really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing

The type of snow you are talking about is called packing snow. That is what we call it here in Canada anyway.

Teamwork! Man, that looks like really hard work! I don't think we have a name for snow when it's good for snowballs. We just describe it as wet or dry. Dry is too fluffy, wet is good for snowball fights and snowmen.