Pulling Stumps & Building the Outhouse- Our Remote Property in the UP | EPISODE 12 

You are definitely not afraid of hard work! It must be awesome to be married to someone you have so much in common with. I really enjoy watching y’all interact and get things done.

It brings a tear to my eye every time I hear someone say Grace before a meal. God bless both of you and your Brother. 🙏🏻

I’m glad you and Dave are addicted to filming. Because I’m addicted to watching. Bless you guys.

“Hanging of the wind chimes means we are here for the year.” I just realized you all can’t drive to Alaska. I hope you can get up there to check out your property. We all know Mother Nature and her friends will take it back and quickly. I just love how you talk to the camera as if you were talking right to us and not at us. Thank you for making us part of your lives.

Years ago I made a shower out of an old hul-a-hoop. I hung a shower curtain on it and suspended it from a tree limb. I used an inner tube for a water container. It warmed up fast in the sun. The biggest problem I had was it getting to hot. I would just fill it partially and then add cold water after it heated until I got the temperature right. Love your videos. Makes me wish I was 50 years younger. I always dreamed of building a log cabin. The closest I ever got was a 8x8 chicken house made from landscape timbers. By-pass surgery and 2 strokes have made me an armchair participant.

Simply love you two. Your whole outlook and respect for life and nature, your obvious belief in God. This old dog has learnt a few new tricks from both you and Dave. Thanks and be blessed.

Hi Brooke & Dave....very entertaining & informative video!....Both of you are people that you would luv to hang out with!....May God Bless & Take Care!

One of the best things to do to keep your outhouse from stinking is to put a lid on the seat and vent it from the hole through the roof with a chimney. It pulls the methane out through the top.

Good to see you girl! So sorry about your brother, I lost mine 32 years ago, I just think of him and smile now. God bless you. I enjoy your show, and you teach me a lot.

Great video Brooke and Dave, it was so satisfying watching you tear that stump out we were...... rooting .....for you.....I'll see myself out.

Haha, Outhouse tech, I like it! A clear roof for plenty of sunlight, placing some type of non-absorbent panel to ward off urine, and built well enough so you won't fall into your own soup? Cool man.

Thank you for praying before your meals. So necessary and forgotten by many.

I'm so sorry for the loss of your brother. I can't imagine losing a sibling 😢. I'm beginning to love you guys. Great video!

Just a little suggestion, something I've been doing over the last couple of years... On your first pour over on the coffee, try stiring the coffee. I've found that all of the coffee gets brewed and the reward of a much richer, more flavorful, satisfying cup of coffee 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Thanks for all your tips and inspiration! You make me want to do all the things outside!! Here is a tip for you. You use lemons and limes allot, which I love!!!! If you roll them really hard on a cutting board before you cut them. You will get way more juice! Hope it helps! I went to Alaska in 1995 to visit my cousin in sterling. It was so beautiful. The midnight sun! The Lord has sure made a beautiful world!! Blessings to you and your family. I'm a mom of 7 and grandma of 16! Thank you so much!🥰😇

With a pick-nick table you can put one or two mosquito coils under the table. If it's not too windy this creates a kind of cloud that envelopes the people sitting at the table and makes writing, reading, eating, tea and coffee, etc. more manageable and enjoyable. Put a stainless steel or china small plate in the outhouse with a coil a lighter and a pair of small scissors. You can light the coil when you enter and after your business you can cut off the very end of the coil with the scissors. Voila. Keep a long stick outside the door of the outhouse so that when you open it you can check for rattlers. Hanging hooks both outside and inside for jackets, hats, tools, flashlights, etc. Get and keep an umbrella in the house for those trips to the outhouse in the rain. Be safe, be well, be happy.

Goodness. You and Dave have highly addicting and entertaining channels. I love watching both of you: bushcraft and homestead masters. Thank you for putting these vlogs together. You and Dave (and Maisie) absolutely inspire and motivate. Watching you pull stumps was a hoot! God Bless you! I have to say I love it when you say thanks for your dinner.

Watching this, I know why we love both of your channels, you enjoy the simple things like we do and you work together on things like we do. There is nothing like just sitting in the woods or in a lake just taking in the sounds and movement of nature. It just feels right.💚💙💛

Beautiful day. And I am sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. No worries he's watching over you. Great build for the outhouse and have an awesome time. Like I say beautiful spot.

Gonna remember this. Didn't know building an outhouse bear fruit to such rewards. The best of all worlds, sittin' in the shade, on the beach, having your wife bring you the best of the best garbage beers, w. lime. Luv u guys, your wholeness, realness, and tabascy.

Praying for you and your family. You guys are greatly loved by many.

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

Thanks for a great video. Dave with his white legs in his under pants....cracked me up! Stay safe yall.

Chili dogs are the ultimate camp out food and can be used for breakfast lunch and dinner...But only when camping! LOL

Brooke and husband, I can't do the things you guys do, but I sure can watch and enjoy!!

Hi Brooke. I just finished watching all your videos this morning and am so happy to see another video just now. You truly inspire me. I'm so sorry about your brother. Just know you're in my thoughts and prayers.

The required court layout for a game is two stakes fastened securely in the ground 40 feet apart. The stakes should be of iron or soft steel one inch in diameter protruding 15 inches from the ground, each leaning approximately 3 inches ( 12-deg. from vertical) toward the opposite stake. Enjoyed watching! Love the rocking chairs!

Anytime you dig in the woods, it helps to have a brush axe with a curved blade to cut roots. Saves your good axe and the curved blade finds the roots better.

I went to a memorial lately and the elders who performed the ceremony encouraged us to know the deceased did not want us to grieve for long, but to move on. 💜

Bathing in the smoke to keep away the bugs. Never thought of that. You teach me...us...so much. Thank you Brooke...and Dave. Happy pottying!

Thank you for showing your appreciation for the wonderful works of God. I appreciate that!!

iam enjoying the girl in the woods and her husband working together and praying that is so beautiful thank you.

Camping tip for washing up in a lake: bring along a bar of Ivory bath soap. it floats so you won't lose it. Not as popular these days so many people don't know this.

Dave and Brooke, that outhouse is awesome! Nice job and camp is looking quite comfy. Bar the mosquitos, it's heaven on earth!

Hemlocks are Gods aroma therapy for the soul.

Love you kids! You need a digging bar, spud bar. Definitely get a propane fired bug fogger. They work! Those rotten stump chunks, let em dry a couple of days then through one on the campfire at dusk for a smudge fire. Keeps the skeeters at bay.

What a joy to watch this. Awesome outhouse. I LMAO when Dave commented about you painting it. 🤣Your set up is so cozy & peaceful looking. Brooke watching you work. Girl you are a savage. Admire you so much. 👍

Lots of love ❤️ to you!!! I want you to know how inspiring you are!!! I lost a sister to drugs as well, but I do know she is in a better place...we took down our old pool and made a fire pit to sit around and make family time!!!

People also put a crescent moon on the door to vent gasses. So if you do light a match it does not blow up. So a crescent moon with a piece of screen is needed. I love the clear roof!

Sorry for the loss of your brother. Tough times ahead, but you are in my prayers. Thank you for all you do.

Sorry for your loss....you guys did a great job out there...I feel like I'm right there with you.....good post...I always learn something in each vid.. God bless and be careful out there.

Common dream, work together, little piece of wilderness- priceless...

Brooke Watching you guys makes me think about things and get priorities adjusted ... and we should never assume ... and learn to accept things as they are ...

love to hear say Grace at every meal love the work you an Dave do you both like you both enjoy it very much

Enthusiasm and motivation go a long way!You guys look so happy!! Pretty neat!

2 things to help with the Mosquito's etc. This one is from a Green Barrette: 6 T Pine tar, 4T Caster Oil, 2T Penny Royal Also, I Have used, at night when they show up, I Get a jar of Vicks Vapo Rub! They take off fast. I rub alittle on my arms & leave the jar open on my table where I have My phone where I watch things at night.

Nothing like 'comedian' geese to make your eyes twinkle and a smile come across your face.... It's one of the most obvious things seeing a Christian woman in a man's life and his peace and contentment.... Godspeed to you and your family.... Thank you for sharing.......

OUTHOUSE PRO TIP: Cut the bottom out of a 5-gal. pail and seal it to the hole. Add a vent hole through the back wall and just under the seat deck. Offending odors will rise and find their way to that bent hole while the bucket "chute" will both block odors and prevent urine soaked wood. It also lets you clean down there when needed. I have pictures of mine if I can find an email for you.

The geese were there when you mentioned you're brother. That was as a sign. Great video.

Greetings Brooke and Dave, Sorry for the loss of your brother I lost one of my younger sister's a year ago this coming week right after I found out I had cancer again 😢. Life definitely throws us some challenges but we need to stay positive through it all everyday is a gift from God. I'm hoping to make a full recovery this summer and head up to Ontongaon and do some camping on lake Superior this fall. I love Dave and your blogs Y'all keep me out in the woods and happy. God bless you and your family young lady 🙏. Much peace and love from northeast Texas.

To rid yourself of unwanted pests, I've always used OLD COFFEE GROUNDS. Let them dry out and then catch them on fire and let them smolder. A small amount will burn for hours. Place them around 4 or 5 places where you dont want mosquitoes and bugs and let them smolder. Bugs will stay away.

Good to see you both busy and doing what you do best. Hugs and good vibes sent your way.

And a air vent pipe coming from the back helps with the smell

Love watching you guys do all that you do, great job with outhouse, cheers Michelle from Western Australia 🇦🇺⛺️🔥🧻😀

Horseshoes was a big thing growing up. My parents played it all the time. Brings back some good childhood memories. Thx for sharing your journey

A Solar fan or two would blow the mosquitoes and blackflies away plus give you a breeze..a hot one but the air would be moving. Love seeing you two together. Stay safe and well. I’m looking forward to your next video. Fran

>Sigh< Yep just taking it all in........ love these videos! Thank you both. Outhouse Pro Tip: Add two screened windows for cross ventilation. This is an absolute savior in the heat and to get rid of the smell.

Sometimes I can even smell the smells. Thank you. And many blessings!

Very sorry for the loss of your brother . Take time to enjoy the good memories of your brother. Love and hugs oxox 🥰

I am so sorry on the loss of your brother. My thoughts and prayers to you and your family. I lost my big sister this last Sunday morning. Bless you all.

I know how it feels to lose a brother my heart goes out to you as well as my prayers. Watching you both work so hard at what you both love doing is awesome just one question where's Da wolf?

Good times in the woods! Sawdust is perfect to neutralize odors from the outhouse, just a thin layer everytime you go "dodo". Just a tip! That wind chime is so cool, I think he is happy to be out again!

Oh No! I am so sorry for your loss. Loosing a sibling can crush you. I wish you all the best and all the peace in the world. God bless!

Another suggestion for the privy-in a back corner of the seat board,cut a round hole-2" or so and a corresponding, with a piece of pplastic pipe the size of the hole-pipe determines the size of the hole of course hole in the roof, install the pipe as a chimney to the chamber,below with the bottom of the pipe flush with the bottom of the seat board to allow easy venting of fumes(a little raised box for fumes to go kinto ,and rhen upthe chimney might even improve on things(seal where it goes through the roof of course,makes a big difference-where I often camp in the wilderness of the Adirondack mountains,out houses are all there are,and they usually reek-one year someone had made that modification to the privy on my site , -no stink)it also had a regular toilet seat assembly,with tight lid, which kept the fumes below,and flowing up the chimney=what a difference !=later the state discovered the non regulation mods,and undid them(rather than learning and improving the other sites ) and back to the good old stench it was ! ,another thought(gonna sound like a safety Nazi,but oh well...) be carefull of climbing on chairs and such,falls will happen with no warning,and can be surprisingly serious-(I lived through fractures of c-1,c-2, and the connection to skull from an infection rather than a fall,and I can say with surety that pain is nothing you want to try,I'm fine now no pain,no problem ,neck doesn't move much,but a small price to pay to be here-hey my mother used to tease me as a kid that if my head wasn't screwed on I would lose it,were she still with us I could tell her-"No problem now ,it is screwed on -with titainium even !) you probably could do without the 190 k price to get put back together, that process was interesting, but once down that road was quite enough, then 21/2 months in a nursing home for therapy, etc,6months to go-2 year total healing-and I should be as healed as it's going to get, still have the metal ring, and the bolts that were drilled into my head for the halo as keepsakes, to remember the fun.I can say to anyone that might be facing such an installation, that a halo isn't (in my experience) that bad, inconvenient, and clumsy perhaps, but not nearly as bad as they look although I was quite happy when it came off - I want to have a hole drilled into one of the pins(bolts) to wear as a necklace..

Loved the heron wind chime,.

Yea it is Friday and I get some Brook and Dave!! I really am falling in love with your UP property!!!

I mentioned this on Bushradical, but I have built a total of 1 outhouse and I did think of the dark, so I used a skylight I had as scrap, the pee shield, had a scrap of aluminum flashing. Didn't think of the TP issue but I added dolomite lime in the pit and that keeps the odor down as well as promoted breakdown of the organics. It works for disposal of bodies as well, I read once. A idea I read about for TP disposal was using a lined plastic bin like a tall kitchen trash can with soil in about the bottom 25% with worms in it. You toss the TP in there and the worms make it into more soil. after it fills up you can use the soil where ever you need on your property. The person that suggested this said in their experience after it got going, the can always smelled of fresh dug dirt, not poop.

Hi. Retired soil scientist in the Upper Peninsula. That "hardpan" layer is what is known as ortstein. It is the cemented suboil layer common in UP sandy soils known as spodosols. Very colorful layers due to the leaching of iron, aluminum, manganese and organic matter that accumulates in this layer. Dug thousands of pits in it over my career and never got tired of the cool colors.

Dave is digging his way to Australia ❤️ where I live. How exciting getting a cabin on your own hand . Can't wait to see the adventure. Xxx ❤️💙

3 things u can use to cut down on the smell in an outhouse. Camp fire ash, sawdust and lime

I love how you always take care of your man

I was so sorry I couldn’t express my condolences to you at the end of your last video. I know the pain you feel and am so glad you got to express your love for your brother to him. God bless you !

Hello red, Im so sorry about your brother I pray for Gods comfort on you.

Where has our girl Maisie Daisie been lately? I've missed her in the last couple of videos. Please bring her with you next time..

Did you know their honking is to encourage one another as they fly?!!! Cool wind chimes! Way to go girl!! You are so blessed to have a place like that to be. I do envy you except for the mosquitos!!! Wise tips for the out house, thanks.

Have you considered fogging the area of the tree line just beyond where you are working. Also, if you wrap the chain around several different places the rotten stump will come out faster; but don't do that unless the stumps are rotten. As you are so far back in the woods I would recommend that you have 2 chains in your truck at all times as well a 5-10 ton come-a -long. Should there be a very heavy rain you might need it ti get get out and back home. Another trick is to bring a five gallon plastic bucket and put it by the tent. When ever you find a stone or rock you don't want, put it in the bucket. On the way home stop and empty the bucket in the low spots, when you get home do the same and bring the bucket back. It's surprising how fast the low spots will get filled up with free unwanted rocks or stone.

Invest in a fogger. They aren't to expensive and worth every penny. The out house tutorial was great. Stay Wonderful.

We live in a remote spot and find good old fashioned incense sticks, jos sticks etc keep muzzles away.

I love the sound of the geese over head!

We finally found our piece of property too. Just spent the weekend out there, our first camp overnight, with the bugs, the rain and the dirt. It was heaven. You are so right about an outhouse being a unique building. We’ve never built one so I stopped last week at a builder Amish mans place of business and ordered one, on skids so we can move it as needed. We had to buy metal fire rings because our property has not one rock on it. Lol. Can’t find one anywhere. I’m not big on bug spray or chemicals so I’ve learned over the years that mosquitoes hate flying over ground that you sprinkle granulated garlic on. I buy it in a big pound container at the restaurant food store. Coming home today was bittersweet but that hot shower was the best thing in life! Enjoy.

YOU BOTH ARE AWESOME...BRAD AND I LOVE WATCHING YOU TWO INTERACT AND IT IS ALWAYS REFRESHING TO SEE HOW WELL YOU WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN...HAHAHAHAHHA BEING IN YOUR UNDERWARE IS MORE THAN WHAT BRAD WOULD HAVE BEEN IN...

Congratulations on the 100,000+ subs !

Use sage in your fire to keep away mosquitoes

I hadn't watched all of your previous video and hadn't seen the ending. Very sorry to hear about your brother. I lost my brother almost 2 years ago and just recently found out my other brother needs a double bypass heart surgery. Life is precious. I enjoy yours and Daves channel and use a lot of my favorite off grid channels on here to escape from lifes hardships. I recently bought acteage in Northern Wisconsin and in the middle of building my first little off grid cabin. Thanks for the videos!

Still thinking about you with passing of your brother . Been there with older brother and younger sister. Talk to him and know he hears you.

Wondered when y’all would get into solar generators. I use a Jackery 500 in the truck. Nice to have silent power

Love watching you. Great example of how independent we women can be. Sorry for your loss and I understand. Lost my brother this past November exact same way just before Thanksgiving. Big hugs and keep those videos coming. 🙂

Glad to see you both smiling and enjoying life and each others company again. You two are a great couple, true oneness, it's a blessed treasure. Wifey really likes the legs hubby was flashing, it's wonder you guys got any work done. ; ) Thanks for taking us along on your new adventure.

Lovely to see you back after such a heartbreak situation. I didn't leave a message before because i didn't know what else to say after every bodies comments. Stay cool.

Buzzzzz buzzzz buzzzzz....... 😫 Styrofoam outhouse seat means a warm seat in winter time. 😊

I absolutely love how *stoked* you get over the simple things in life! Yeah, you know, like an outhouse and the proper build & use thereof! I grew up with outhouses at summer camps *(one was a three holer) and what you said rang so true! My only additions would be: (1) build in two framed & multi-layered screened air flow spaces - one about a foot above the bottom of the door & one up near the top of the back wall and (2) keep a pail of ashes in there and add a scoop after each dump. Once we did that to ours, it was more comfortable for those longer visits in the heat of summer and the odor was reduced even more. Some of the units never had to be relocated because breakdown occurred better & quicker.

Lived in the UP 1975-1979 at KISawyer AFB. The UP is my favorite place! It’s my happy place. I have video on my phone of the waves coming in. Avon skin so soft is what we used for mosquitoes. They weren’t that bad though back then. It also rarely got above 80F in the summer. Maybe because we were so close to Lake Superior. We lived on fish. Trout and salmon. Thanks for bringing me back up there with you. I live in Texas right now so I need the break!

Girl in the wood “stump b gone llc.

Sorry for your loss, I’ve lost two of my brothers with in an hour of each other with in 50 meters of each other. I know your pain. I didn’t get to say good bye.

5 gallon pails rigged up to a tree with a pulley are great for hauling dirt out of deep holes.

when in the woods we never ever bring toilet paper, we only use wash clothes and have a bucket to keeo them clean. in joy another thing you might want to try is when you get to the bottom of your hole we always dig sideways hole about 2 feet and then pack dirt at an angle towards the other hole this way everything rolls away. in joy

I love y'all more than fresh honey!!! 😊💕

I would like to know how large of acreage you bought and how much lake access you have ?

My family used to buy the pix coils when we went to the drive in movies when I was a kid. They did not work that well and we still got a lot of insect bites. If you don't perspire heavily like I do then you can try Avon Skin So Soft. You can use it in diluted form on the dog too. Mix 50-50 with water. Another method is Walmart sells oil lanterns in the camping department and citronella oil in the garden department. It helps light up the outside areas and the citronella works against mosquitoes. As for Deer Fly they come in and attack in squadron strength. You could try a mist device to try and control them. If you can find citronella plants in your region you can container grow them. Up north they would die from the cold winters unless you have a greenhouse to keep them warm during winter. Stay healthy and stay safe and keep living your dreams.

BRAVO for remembering you brother ... and your certainty you will see him in heaven.