Trip to Town | Foods We Buy & Don't Buy 

Another lovely sharing! Thank you. As I have aged, my diet has changed quite a bit. Dairy is out for me and from what I understand Mammals only need dairy until adulthood. I keep the processed foods to a min. and avoid gluten and pork. You just have to do things that make you feel better. This takes awareness. So I am constantly asking myself, does this serve me, does this serve others, and if not its out. Thanks again for all you do!

I have a friend that lives in AK. I drive up to visit each summer. I always bring 100 lbs of rice. 50 lbs of pinto beans and 50 lbs of peruvian beans. 200 lbs of flour too. Usually bring salt, sugar and a few other treats. My 3/4 ton truck is always FULL. He's always grateful.

That’s so funny to hear someone refer to Wasilla as going into town. I live in Wasilla and we think going to anchorage is a step above. Cool to see Alaska on RU-vid, interesting channel.

You two work hard to feed yourselves. Even the fishing, and hunting is hard work. Glad you share your adventures with us all. Thank you

USPS has something called Informed Delivery, where they email you a pic of all the mail you're supposed to receive that day. So you get an email from USPS every day, even on days u don't have mail, just letting you know. It's free. Might be helpful so you don't have to make unnecessary stops!

Those mountains are gorgeous.

You all are not living simply. You are living strong. As a beautiful team. Cheers to ya!

"We bought toilet paper the other day. We haven't decided to go that far yet." 3 or 4 months later, the thought of getting a bidet has crossed everyone's mind.

I would love a video of you showing what type of hygiene products you make yourself, like shampoo and soap. Greetings from Sweden!

I love how you look at each other whilst talking. It's such a great relationship you two have.

I laughed when the sled dogs went by. Your version of a train crossing!

I know this is a earlier video and enjoyed it as always. I like to point out something you might want to consider. Being in an active earthquake zone, you might want to consider installing rails or ledges on the shelves over the sink as well as the ones in your root cellar. We lost a number of items from our pantry during the last large shaker and have added them since then. Luckily we installed door latches on all the upper cabinets after the larger shaker we had before the one in 2018. Just a suggestion, as something you might want to consider.

I remember when I was twelve, my Grandma, insistently showed me how to can foods and smoke fish. And forcibly taught me how to field dress a deer, rabbit, & turkey. Today, with politicians being oblivious to the monthly increase of food & utility costs, my Grandma was the best educator of my young life. The second being my Dad & my Grandma's brother, whom taught me how to hunt. Very satisfied we, discovered your channel. Be in Alaska, in August 2022.

I love your channel because You are so honest and close to true life !!!!

Just a note on your bees. If you were to plant a fairly large patch of borage, your honey crop and pollen crop would be substantially larger. A patch of dandelions would also be a significant early resource for your bees for nectar and pollen. Both plants can be used as herbs as well. Chicory would be a decent substitute for the dandelion as they are in the same family.

I love seeing all your canning, reminds me of my childhood. Even tho we lived in a suburb off a major city in BC Canada, my parents always canned. It was a fun time for familys to get together , go out and pick all our fruits and veg. Then have everyone cutting and slicing and doing this chore and that. Then at the end to see all that my family had accomplished was a feeling of joy and pride. Excitement to know that in the middle of winter we could have our favorite summer fruit. Everyweek after our Sunday meal, our Dad would pick one of us to go pick the canned fruit for dessert. It was fantastic. Canning is the way to go! Good work guys!!

The snow covered mountains are amazingly beautiful!

My husband and I cut out all processed foods a few years ago. We still buy flour and sugar, but never any pre- made foods. Like you, when we are hungry we have to prepare a meal. We both look and feel healthier since the switch. I actually fear what is being put into our food chain due to pesticides, hormones and additives.

I would love to see a video on what you use for cleaning, what you use to make toothpaste, soap, etc. These videos are awesome!

i like how you guys are becoming more and more sufficient. Also i love how the two of you contribute on an equal basis to the content of your videos. Well done guys you make people want to move to the wilderness.

I have to pause at 1:32 to make sure what I see is really what I see. Those husky with little shoes on. All of them have shoes on 😍😍😍😍

The sink looks really good, and I like the faucet

Thank you guys. You seem to be reverting back to an older lifestyle where even a stroll through the woods lets you return home with a full basket. You're not only saving money but preserving knowledge that we are losing drastically. I wish you well in your choice of lifestyle and hope you succeed in ditching consumerism. p.s.can you process Maple syrup that far north? might be an alternative for you. Baz in u/k

I would love to see more about growing my own teas... your selection is wonderful- I'd love to see your reasons for what you've grown & the ways you match them to drink!!! ♡ so fun! Thank you for being so thorough with your processes!! It's very helpful for the ones just starting!!

I've spent two years trying to make my garden work. So far I'm 0-2 and proving I do in fact have a black thumb. I envy your skills here and need to get better!

“We do buy toilet paper though...we haven’t decided to go that far”....😂😂😂

It must be great to go to the mail box and not come away with a hand full of bills.

I’m a little late to the party, I just found your channel yesterday and I’m addicted. If it hasn’t been mentioned, “Linford of Alaska” in anchorage is a great resource for bulk dry goods. Found them during quarantine when stores were empty and I’ve been using them ever since. Thanks for the great videos, y’all are living my dream.

Every video I watch I am more amazed how two handy folks can get by with what they create from the land, especially in Alaska. Well done, you’re inspirational

Have you considered growing sprouts ? I thought that would be right up your alley !

Perfect this is exactly the subject I hope you’d cover! I’m getting ready to take on homesteading full time and cut the cord from corporate America. Thank you for keeping me inspired.

Hey, I’m watching from Australia! I love your videos and seeing such a different lifestyle to what I live due to contrast of heat and cold is super interesting. Been to the states several times and I definitely want to go back and visit Alaska, it’s so gorgeous

Ahh, the good ol' cooler turned cutting board... that coolers been fishing! I'm I right? Lol looks like all my coolers lol

Love your channel. I am planning on moving up to Northern Ontario and living a little closer to the land and your videos are informative, educational, and entertaining, and are preparing me for a life of gardening, hunting, fishing, smoking, canning, and tanning! Thanks for taking the time to film and share your life!

Thanks for sharing your shopping principle. I've been beekeeping for 10 years. You can make your own delicious vinegar with your honey. Of course mead and melomel too. Have a good and healthy life.^^ From South Korea.

I use soap berries, too! I have a similar laundry set up at my house. I also started making rosemary parmessan crackers for a snack-super simple. I love all your videos. Keep them coming!

I had a fiberglass sink like that in my garage for years, loved it. One day I welded something up and dropped in the sink to cool. It went right thru the bottom. Never replaced it but still miss it. So handy for washing hands, paint brushes etc.

What a beautiful sight of the mountains ❤️

You kids are adorable! Makes me wish my wife and I were 20 yrs younger so we could try the Alaska thing! Keep at it, you two are kicking butt!

Thx for sharing all scenery. Beautiful!!

Thanks for bringing us along

I love what y'all are doing. Blessings to you both.

That's so cool, seeing what you guys put into leaning out your food spending and food storage!

Thanks for sharing Simple Living with the babies!💖🐾🐾

I cant imagine having such a beautiful backdrop all of the time! Those mountains or glaciers in the distance are absolutely stunning!

I love happy people! You guys are perpetually happy. Thank you again for taking us along on your trip to the way off grid cabin. I can’t wait to see your next Post!

Thank you for bringing back memories from when I was a youngster living this same lifestyle , I have always wished to go back to living a more simple life away from the unhealthy cities , Now that my 7 sons are adults and moved on in life I can start looking into and make plans spend the rest of my life " living" .

Thank you for your honesty. It is refreshing.

Shelves need more support! Love the new sink. Very functional. Love you all.

I so admire the way you have chosen to live. It seems such a beautiful life!

You kids are so great together! Smart and industrious, I predict you'll go far.

I fell in love with this couple. Such an inspiration

I love watching you guys, it gives me ideas for food preservation and it's just fascinating and beautiful (and difficult!).

WHOA! Wasilla has really changed since I lived in Alaska in the late 70s.

You're doing a wonderful job for such a young couple. It took me a long time to be more mindful of waste and unnecessary spending.

Thank you for sharing. Love your channel and teachings on how to live off land!

OMG that scenery is so beautiful thank you for taking us along

I love how you two are doing things the natural way and ridding of plastic! Vinegar really suprized me! Vinegar of all types is simple to make in the bush. Check out Green Dean he has a vid how to start from scratch (flies) I am sure there are many its similar to how you make your own sourdough starter.

your herbs are amazing,gonna try to do that this spring

You are so organized and prepared for this lifestyle. great for anyone thinking of doing the same

Really smart way to live. I LOVE the beautiful jars full of colorful ingredients. Really lovely to see and low waste too.

Pasta: Flour Egg Kneed into dough, roll, cut boil.

I’d love a more in depth video on your different teas. ❤️

You all really cut back! That's awesome...good for you.

Thank you both for posting all of these awesome videos! I live this dream of mine through you guys. One day I might be able to make it come true!

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing! I’m in Quebec, not exactly Alaskan weather, but it’s great to see what you two are doing as it is what I’m aspiring to in my province :)

You two are living my dream. I’d love to hear about the two of you, how’d you meet...ya da ya da ya da :) Id also love to hear how you two spend your “free time”. What do you two do for recreation?

Nice selection of herbs -- thank you for sharing your Alaskan life with us.

This was a very interesting video! I love the fact that simplicity of life can be so exciting. The less you buy the more experience you get from learning how to live simply and frugally! I’m so glad I found your channel and that’s only been a few days ago!!! God bless you both. Looking forward to learning lots from you guys. Wish I could garden half as good as y’all do!

You could extend your food storage significantly by keeping dry goods (oats, rice, wheat, sugar) in food grade 5 gallon buckets with food seal screw top lids. They're waterproof and because of the seal protect the product better and longer. Wheat berries last for decades and get a good electric flour mill with a standby manual mill for power outage.

I live in the Atlanta suburbs...not my first choice for sure........in fact I even worked a salmon seiner for five months out of Kodiak back in 1977. Had an offer to crab that winter, but as I hadn't been home in more than a year I headed back and ended up marrying the girl who I'd been dating when I left. No regrets there! But she is a family oriented woman with roots down South and would not be happy elsewhere. I was an Army Brat, so the world was my oyster....and Alaska was fabulous and I believe I could have easily made it my home! Closest I get to you guys is that I do grow some of my own vegetables and I hunt. Nothing like knowing where your food comes from! Rewarding too! And Tasty!

Wow! I love your ideas! Thanks

thank you for the view into your life. love and peace

This was another great video. I love how you are not preachy, and I envy you...having a partner in life and a partner in lifestyle.

I love that you guys went frugal with the sink that you purchased, it looks great and perfect for your needs. Our sink was sitting in a neighbors yard and I asked if i could have it. Haha!. We hope to cut back on snack type stuff in the future and purchase less at the store... says the guy eating cheese and crackers while watching your video. But at least they are quality cracks and ches not complete garbage food. You guys are really doing great with cutting down on consumerism in general. Nice job. I saw a few comments about harvesting your own salt. From what I've heard, there's so much plastic micro particles in the ocean that you would be eating salt and plastic. Himalayan mined salt seems to be the best for avoiding garbage in your salt. Peace!

I love the how you share your not so perfect life. You do it so well. I am super glad I found your channel.

Gorgeous and beautiful scenery thank you so much for sharing

Y’all remind me of the little house in the prairie. I want to live like this one day

Thanks for answering the little questions I've had that you've mostly covered in this video. One question. Did Eric get 1 or 2 bags of popcorn? LOL.

Thanks folks. Ran across your channel a week or so ago and your channel is quickly becoming comfort vision.

you guys are such an inspiration!!! thank you for sharing

It'd be interesting to know what time it is during the day since day length is so drastically different than the lower 48. Your channel is eye opening and educational!

Love this vid! I’ve got some family in Alaska and one thing I’d like to share is that maybe think about putting up a bungee or rail to secure your mason jars. So that in the event of an earthquake your jars won’t fall. ♥️ Keep the vids coming! #bigfan

Enjoyed the video of your town visit and pantry supplies. Brought back memories when you visited Willow & Wasilla. Thanks for taking the time to produce the videos. Y'all take care and God bless.

Thanks for sharing uesful information about you and your living.

I loved that all those sled dogs were wearing snow booties! Your videos are really making me want to come visit Alaska. I get excited when I see new posts, you are part of my regular viewing now.

Fred Meyer's and Carrs stores both have bulk a dry goods section.

I've always been curious about all this! Thank you for sharing💕💕

Your videos are very well done! Very disciplined smart couple. Love how you take the dogs to town too.

Try asking the store if you can buy cases at a discount. Sometimes that’s a good way to stock up.

Ya'll are amazing! Love seeing all you do and how you live!

You both are an inspiration. Every time I watch your videos the more i want to live the way you do. Just have to take the leap.

When you mentioned rolled oats it brings back fond memories. As a three old I would wakeup about 4am every day and being the only one up would get the rolled oats from the shelf under the counter and cool aide from the ice cooler because it was on the bottom shelf that I could reach and have raw rolled oats with cool aide for breakfast. Still eat the raw rolled oats but now use milk for breakfast. I buy rolled oats from the feed mill by the 50# bag for the same cost of 2 one pound containers of Quakers Rolled Oats. Tastes the same to me. Love your channel and wish you a joyful Thanksgiving!

I just added a few goats to my long term food storage. The pigs are next.

Binge watching you all. Love the sink. Love a deep sink.

I'm on my own & go for major groceries about once every 3 months - I spent $600 this last time ... $600 ÷3 mths = $200 ÷ 4 wks = $50 ... getting ready for winter now... I do my own canning of fresh things I enjoy eating & can't usually get in winter along with jam & jelly, etc. Great to see young people doing canning of their own. Thank you.

All I can say is damn good job guys if only everyone would take that initiative to minimize we would have a better habitable world to live in👍👍👍 🌺✌peace✌🌺

Just here to see the dogs. Cheers from Evening Shade Arkansas!!

I used to live outside fairbanks. It's been 20 years but watching these videos it's like yesterday.

Love you guys, you rock! Keep up the great work. Since subbing, I have gone back and watched some of you old videos, they are fun too!