The Way It Was Meant To Be... 

I’m in my 70’s and have watched you start from the beginning and these videos make me want my youth back lol so thankful been able to watch you all grow thru this process. Just a huge thank you for these. May God continue to keep you healthy and provide all that you have

Long time hero for us homesteaders. From day 1 watching you building on your land. It's so beautiful looking.

Love your home, Spencer really out did him self, And you McKenzie your filming and editing tells that story amazingly beautiful. I remember when you both were sitting in the car nervous for the unknown , if it would work out or not, my question to you both , did you expect the way it has turned out so far? I mean My goodness Spencer is a genius. Btw Beau is such a big girl, she's learning how to use sentences and it's the most cutest thing.... Love you guys and what you stand for. God bless your growing family ☺️👍🏼

In the beginning it was just the two of you working on those two containers. Then came your two adorable babies plus your two buddies🐕. Now you have a beautiful home 🏠 and a lovely family. And I'm happy that you guys are sharing your journey with us. Been here since day 1 🙂.

Coming up on 3 years since I found your channel. The Evergreens were sitting there waiting for you to start building. One of the first videos I watched, I wondered if you had shared you were pregnant yet, cause this bat has great PG radar. Days later...bam you made the big announcement. I was hooked from the start. Your home is so beautiful! I love your family, great job with all of it!

You inspire me so much @Spencer and McKenzie. You've taught me to learn to appreciate the little things, and never be afraid to take risks. Thank you! Much love from Kenya!

I look forward to your videos! My husband and I have been with you from the beginning. We both remodeled our home at the same time you started yours! We’ve completely flipped and sold our house after living in it for 9 years ❤️

Wildflowers will be beautiful on your living roof. Beau is so cute going over the ramp. Kenzie your videos are creative. Spencer you are a meticulous builder, that's why your home looks so nice. Love you all. ♥️♥️♥️♥️🐶🐕

Beau is SO cute. Your kids are growing up so fast! You guys are great and you have two of the best dogs. They follow you and they are watching you all the time. When you look at their eyes you can see nothing but love there for you guys and they love being with you. That is clear.

By the way, if you rip open some unused diapers you'll find a sort of powder inside. That powder is Sodium polyacrylate, it is an environmentally friendly polymer that absorbs a great amount of water, if you mix it in with the soil on top of the water shed, it could retain more water and release it slowly, keeping your soil from drying out too quickly!

I have never seen two people work so very hard. You are both very sweet and kind and you should be so proud of all you have done. Bless you both and your little family.

Been here since very beginning so amazing what you both have accomplished congrats it looks beautiful!!

Little Beau is SOOO Cute! She's turning into a brave little rough tough muff! (and then again, some day, she won't be a "Muff" anymore!) .. She'll be a little dare devil! - The back step project looks GREAT! It's like you can feel the "Happily ever after" coming,.. that will lead to the next venture upon expanding your home. tears of pride and joy for you two!

Spencer is AMAZING the way he knocks this stuff out like it's child's play! (Of course, speeding up the video adds to that illusion! 😉😂) Great job y'all!!!

You two never cease to amaze. I anticipate episode to see what y'all are up to!!!!

Your porch is looking good. By the time you finish the railing and painting it will look wonderful. Congratulations.

Your daughter has excellent confidence, well done.

Oh my goodness what a distance we have travelled with you. I know there will be more projects ahead, so I’m not particularly worried. Are little Beau is quite the daredevil, I can see where a dirtbike will be in her future and she can go biking with her dad. You’re a little man is going to be running around in a little while. Your flowers are blooming alongside your home now climbing so beautifully. It’s all coming together so nicely thank you so much for sharing all this with us it has been a wonderful journey. Where are you taking us next?

Best part of my day thank you guys for this video!!!!

Spencer and Kenzy your home is looking fantastic

Everyone that is subbed to you guys obviously really likes your channel, I don’t think I speak just for myself when I say please make your episodes longer

How cool and great progress !!! My Parents both came from Norway where many homes had grass roofs & where I grew up Plymouth MN 1 house was built 50% +/- underground w/ thick grass covering the entire roof . This brought back so many fun memories 💙🌏💚 P. S. The seed spreading would be a nice yearly tradition for your family & the 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐝

Standing inside your home by the kitchen area. Looking down both halls. It is so hard to imagine that 4 years ago this was 2 metal shipping containers. Truly, truly a beautiful , beautiful , beautiful job. That you did it all yourself a makes it even more unbelievable. I have followed you all the way and can't wait for each new episode. Spencer you are something else. I have also fallen in love with your beautiful family. Love Bob

For 12 minutes each week, I can go somewhere that doesn't suck and believe that a family can be happy. Thank you for that guys.

Oh YES Beau is definitely her Daddy’s mini-me! No fear! 😂👍❤️

Please stop using “finished”, it scares me.

How will you guys ever top this time in your lives? You have taken a dream and made it a realtiy. Best of all you shared the ups and the downs; in other words the realities of taking on such a project. You two are one of a kind and a great grounded example of perseverance for those two amazing little souls you are blessed to call your own. I will continue watching and wishing you only the best!

What a fabulous job your doing!!! the house is looking fantastic you should be proud of yourselves love from Australia 🇦🇺

I hope there will always be videos, as watching all this time has been not only interesting, but at times entertaining, informative & watching your family grow in so many ways. Days would be so boring without you!

The safety police will be so happy to see that you are using an actual ladder instead of standing on a bucket. 🙂

You all work as a HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM! In perfect harmony!!! Love you!!!

I love not knowing what will come up but just throwing it all in there. Looks awesome guys! So close to being done!

Who else loves these guys?!?!?

I love your videography Kenzie. It's beautiful!! You are one heck of a DYI pro. Spenser.

Been watching this build from the beginning of your journey,can’t believe how time flies by! What a beautiful home and you should be so proud of yourselves! Congratulations, your almost there

Looking good guys! It’s been fun watching your progress from Nova Scotia, on the eastern coast of Canada 🍁 For water retention, I use (fresh 😉) opened disposable diapers in the bottom of my planters. It’s amazing how much less often they need to be watered

Yay!!!!! Glad to see it's working! Fav time of the week! I clicked so fast! 🌸✌️💜

Love your video's. Spencer is a perfectionist in everything he build's. Your both a beautiful couple and your children are presious.

The issue could be your soil. Potting soil would likely have been better. It’s the way to go for containers and raised beds. Soil from the ground doesn’t behave the same way as you’d think it would when it’s in a container/raised bed and not in the ground. It’s better to use a soil formulated for better water retention in containers and beds. Many a gardener has learned this the hard way.

Love from indiaaa♥️♥️♥️ Fav channel of all time in youtube. Pls do a walkaway tour from the start gate.

You are probably finished with the roof garden but if you build a pan that will hold water then drain it out the side you can adjust the level of water it holds buy how high or low you mount your hole for the drain!!

There is a kind of gel pellets - I'd think that also exists out where you live - that absorb lots of water and can be placed under flower beds or what you want to do...! Great work...

OMG - Can't believe how far you've come. The house looks fantastic 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Wow.. I recently found your channel and wish I did sooner! We bought a tiny fixer upper and have been gutting and rebuilding it from scratch practically for the past two years. What you have accomplished is giving us hope and excitement! Been totally binge watching your past videos 🥰

You’re almost done. Have you considered skirting your home to help conserve your energy. Cool in summer and warm in winter? Been watching you guys from the start.

The job you are doing on the videography is insane! I watch on an Alienware 38 gaming monitor and the moonlight through the trees was absolutely spectacular!! Stunning!! Keep it up!

One clue with living roofs, is that you should never leave any water standing or still, the growing needs run off too, and if those grow areas acts as basins with no outlet, the plants will rot from the roots up.

I'm so happy for you.

Please increase the duration of video ❤

Always so happy to see your progress and little family . It’s all so nice , beautiful and peaceful.

What a journey! Thanks for sharing and letting us come along~

You two are a great couple because of the way you interact with each other, your children and the animals. You are coming down the home stretch on your build project and soon will be able to relax for a day or two. You work hard and also know how to have a few giggles along the way. Blessing to you...

Love you guys and what you stand for. God bless your growing family

I’m gonna be that nervy person who wishes you would post more often. I literally check every day to see if you’ve posted. Yes, I get how busy you are with the kids, etc but I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing!

I use a lot of Soil Moist water crystals and love what they do. If I was been doing it, I would have mixed some crystals into the bottom layer of soil and maybe just a bit more. Then add some crystals to the top half, blended in, I keep my outdoor pots from drying out as quickly, which only means I can skip a watering...one day... I also put dried, shredded leaves, mostly oak, near the lower root zones, for added water retention. You may need to water that roof, also, if you want to keep it alive down there in the heat and sometimes drought conditions. If you haven't tested those water crystals, they swell up into ice cube sized clear chunks of water. Make sure they're coveted with at least an inch of soil or they won't do you much good. After the soil settles, you may find the need to add a bit more soil or mulch...shredded leaves are good. I hope it all works out for you.

The deck is looking lovely and you did a good job guys.

I’d love for you to film each side of your wonderful home, pointing out where each of the rooms are. But maybe I’ll just have to go back on your earlier vlogs to when you were making the walls. It seems so different now. Well done again. Keep your vlogs coming please.

Ever since I have seen first video I have been watching everyone haven't seen all but close. Thought I was caught up then they have another baby and dog..behr looks as he had calmed down..but love you guys so happy for all of you

I love it when you post a new video, watching you complete the finishing touches to your home, tells me it could be coming to an end soon. Whatever you do in the future, I hope you take us with you. I have been watching another couple build a “A” frame home, they also have almost completed their home, but now decided to build a bedroom extension on the back. Spencer and McKenzie, Spencer you have learnt so many skills building your home with a lot of help from McKenzie, McKenzie having to manage looking after two children and all the other work you do, says a lot about you and your marriage, I never get tired of hearing your laugh. Your daughter always make me smile, she is so sweet.

What an excellent house journey!!! Beau really loves her bike!!! 😊❤️🎶❤️🇨🇦

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Love watching your videos! I am hoping you will continue adding videos of your life even after you finish the house!

Watching you all these years has encouraged me to paint my house instead of hiring it out. I'm starting to research and figure things out. I know it'll be a lot of work but watching your persistence and slow progress has given me a realistic view of what it takes. Much love to both of you and your beautiful family. ❤️

I've had great success using CLEAN disposable diapers material from the inside of it. Drop a few new disposable diapers or incontinence pads into a pail of water until they swell op with water, tear open the lining and squeeze the water absorbing inner material into the growing medium you will use. The water retention material is organic and is the same material sold in garden centers to retain moisture. I use the square foot garden suggested method of equal parts vermiculite, peat moss and compost with about 10 percent of the water retention material mixed in. It has served my purpose for roof top, and table top garden beds. Thank you for sharing the great content.

Never hit the play button so fast

Seeds need light to germinate, so I fear that mulching is going to prevent that. If you don't get any germination, I recommend removing the mulch or just add some soil and seeds on top of it. Diapers under/within the soil will also hold onto that water you need! It's a little trick for hanging baskets, too!

I love the show glad everything is getting done. Spencer had a lot of skills! Kids are so cute!!!

Y’all are 100% the best inspirational builders.

I’m Glad y’all had some rain, especially since there’s drought in many States! That is why it’s so Important to be self sufficient! I think it would be a good idea to close off (cover) that underneath part of that roof, so that hornets, carpenter bees or other insects don’t start making a nest in the corners of those squares! Have y’all gave any more thought about a wood burning stove as an alternative way of heating your home if the first way of heating fails?!

What an intricate project! Loved this one!

We used to have a piece of land on which we built our house (with the help of a contractor) and we had a barn. Here's a trick. Keep a big wide rubber bucket with water for your dogs outside. They sometimes look very thirsty and this keeps their energy up. Bless you and the fantastic, tireless work you are doing. All you'll have left to do is to decorate the inside, and have Spencer dig a big hole somewhere and video tube on how to install a pool. 😄

That made the house look so complete. I absolutely love it

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Hi guys been with you since the beginning house looks great but I would say the underside looks very inviting for the kids but also for snakes I would be tempted to block it in just leave a door for access. Iv'e said this before with 1.34million subs you should have a lot more sponsorship check out Lumnah Acres amongst others they have had flat pack barns very large green house and Tractors not sure what they had to pay if anything it's worth a try for your next content You Tube may not be around for ever. Stay safe and well from England.

with container gardening we put pipe with holes at the bottom to hold water that the plants could access by wicking up through the soil mix. you can still do the same since your garden roofs are shallow. just drill holes in the “top” side of the tubing you use and tuck them under. if you do it at dusk you wont shock them too much. just use a small irrigation tubing or drip water tubing. it will still hold

Plastic dome about 12” above the dirt will catch the evaporating water and return it to the soil, we picked up some flexible 1/4” fiberglass rods from a hobby shop and secured them to the inside of the planter box then stretched plastic over it and folded/stapled it to the inside the box too. Mid day you can see condensation rolling down the plastic into the planter but air can still flow thru since each open end, when it rains water still rolls off the plastic dome into the box going to the bottom first plus not beating new plants up. We also drilled 1/2” holes 2” from the top and the planter edge, tapped some PVC pipe in them and had a gutter (1/4 of a 2”pvc pipe cut out and a deck screw securing it to the wall below the drains with 90* fittings at the corners) for those pipes to drain excess water out and down in a bucket as to not float the soil/plants out when too much rain hit it. When it was getting dry i would just dip the water from the bucket and put it back in

i put the lava rocks under my bushes to retain water they work great

It has been an amazing journey and I have deep appreciation for everything you've shared with us over the years... and, for me, it feels as though the journey is coming to an end. Your home is beautiful but what remains to be done really doesn't hold interest for me. So I'll wish you all well. I won't let go of my subscription at the moment, but my attention will likely be focused on projects still under construction.

Please make longer shows !!! Love the show and the kids are getting so big! Make longer PLEASE

Good job Spencer! It'll look and operate fantastic. What I'd recommend is starting a compost pile. I started one years ago and it has benefited all my plants, bushes, veggies, and flowers. I got a really large container meant for this job, put some dried leaves, soil, little water and then all the scraps of green and growing materials mixed in. Repeat, and keep layering the best you can but be careful to not use any grass or soil that has been chemically treated. Also I don't ever add any meat, animal feces or weeds with flowers. I know there are sites out there telling that food scraps can be added, but it will only make it stink. Also, be careful to not add too much grass/greens at one time because air needs to flow through. Without air it'll all ferment---peeeee-uuuu! Without rain I lightly water the compost once a week, and also turn the ingredients a couple of times a month. There are a LOT of advice columns out there on this subject, but it's the old formula of, KIS. I've never had a smelly compost pile, and every year I get a lot of great compost. It keeps me from adding chemicals from a bag and keeps everything very natural, safe and healthy.

...yes, I believe creating little 'water dams' with the pressure treated furring strips will most definitely aid in water retention... have been here since the start of y'all's channel/u toobs journey and have celebrated (virtually)with you on all your successes... ☮️&🌱's -tracee (LeRoy's wife) p.s. adding vermiculite and or sphagnum peat moss will help to retain moisture (longer)

Hey friends ❤️❤️❤️

I wish I could be the man you are. I admire you guys a lot, truly genuine people.

The living roof turned out great, be nice to see the wild flower mix when it all is in full bloom.

At last!

I just love this entire family I have been watching since the beginning! You guys are so normal and I just look forward to seeing what's next seeing how much you guys are going to do next I sure hope you don't stop and quit doing videos. I have got to keep seeing you all on RU-vid! I love the flower bed ideas on top of the porch and how you guys just do things so cool! There is One thing I am worried about you all during bad storms I do believe in your area you should get a good storm shelter. I know that they are so very expensive but you can not put any amount on your family's life. Check them out. God bless you all and be safe.

Lil Beau has an adventurous spirit! That shows a lot of confidence! I can't believe how big your kids are getting. You two have done a fantastic job on the house. What a wonderful place for them to grow up!

First one to see. I wish you guys could post more often

Video too short 🥺🥺, but I love every minute of content that you post! I’m mentally thinking of many other projects that Spencer could create/tackle. However, I do agree with another poster about enclosing the underside of your home to keep harmful critters from staking up place there. I’m just fearful of any harm coming to your precious babies, your dogs, and even yourselves. Love you guys, and been here with you for the past couple of years!!

I LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL PORCH ADDITION. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC SPRNCER. GREAT JOB. THE BABY WILL SOON BE WALKING. I HOPE THIS BUILD NEVER ENDS, BUT WHEN IT DOES i CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THE BARN.

It's been a while since your videos do not show on my end glad to see you guys again.

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Absolutely love all the things you have done. It has turned out just lovely. There will always be things to do around the homestead. Whether inside or out it’s never ending.

Spencer you are an incredible craftsman. To have self taught yourself all the trades needed for your home and it’s accomplishments is nothing short of amazing.

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First one to hit the like button!!!

Congratulations. I started working on my ranch in west Texas about 4 years ago, but have watch you guys from the start to finish. Nice work and it was interesting to follow the progress. I wish I could get the subscribers you have. Well done.

Precious. Precious, precious, little mini Kensie!

Despite the economic market crash,I'm so happy. I have been earning $45,850 returns from my $8,000 investment every 14 days.

I feel like a home is never finished. I’ve been following your journey and it’s amazing 😉 newlyweds and now parents! Watch out Spencer has new Vans!! Orale 🤗 Hello from Los Angles California.