our first off-grid winter

We made it. Our first full off-grid winter didn’t kill us, but it damn sure tested everything – our systems, our patience, and our willpower.

Between hauling gear through first the snow, and then the mud, watching the chicken coop implode, and finally pulling our first eggs out of the cold, we got a crash course in off-grid resilience. This very first Field Notes entry captures the chaos and the quiet triumphs of that first season: the move, the collapse, and the first yield.

Proof you can build a life worth living—even when it’s freezing and falling apart.

Three Short Clips. One massive milestone.