LOL "who is parenting these kids?" Someone who loves them enough to let them be kids.

Your oldest son stays with it all day loading the truck. Going to be a great help

You will be a muscle man by the time winter is over splitting wood. Your wife will enjoy you. She is a hard worker for such a tiny woman and mom.

I love the universal teenager look while moving the wood. I have 4 daughters, I know that look well.

You all need to get yourself a Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog. They are amazing dogs. Smarter than most people and really affectionate.

We who burn wood for heat are four times warmed. We cut, split, haul and stack.

I hauled water and heated with wood when I was in my mid 40’s. When I was in my mid 50’s I invested in a wood splitter. I actually enjoyed splitting wood and shoveling snow. Now that I’m in my early 70’s my back and shoulders are paying for it. As you can afford it, invest in machinery to make life easier. Your body will thank you for it when you get older. I miss having the energy you both have at this stage of your life. Have fun and be safe😎

Hopeful you guys have a plan B to protect the lambs. Geez they are the cutest thing. May God grace be upon your family and this new journey.

U AS A FAMILY ARE PURE INSPIRATION! "A FAMILY WHO WORKS TOGETHER IS A FAMILY WHO STAY STRONG, LIVES LOVES AND STAYS TOGETHER!" HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AFTER ALL THAT WORK!

What a beautiful thing to see a man and woman working together to build a life together on a homestead. 💜 God bless you!

Maybe use a few bales of hay to make kids a more permanent pool

Nothing better than country living. And the memories with your family, priceless! The veiw from your property is beautiful. God Bless you all

I've been watching this channel for a few months now and am in wonder in how Melissa and crew have brought the channel to what it is. If only the rest of us could live this life. Yes, it looks easy on u-tube but I'm sure its hard work. However, the end result will be well worth it. Think of the memories that are being made. Those young kids will look back on this in their older years and realize what hard work can achieve. Thanks for letting us take this journey with you.

Amazing kids..Every kid should have this kind of life.

Thank you for bringing us along on your life

this is the type of content we need to see more of. More outside activities

Carbon monoxide detectors in the rooms that are near the wood stove. with air tight rooms could be a problem.

Melissa. You are just right for you. I wish I was so healthy. Re: comments about skinniness from the live chat last night. You both rock

❤ that the kids help. Best schooling ever

With the way you constructed your living space and the stove that you have you guys are going to be incredibly efficient with wood, awesome job!!

There is a purity in working physically hard for your own maximum benefit and well being of your family. Watching your little one running around the field looked like a painting, childhood defined (in another video). If I could go back in time...I’d live so different, it takes a long time for the rat to realize he is in a cage and running on the wheel gets him nowhere. I’m currently trying to figure out how to get out the cage, thank you for your fun and inspiring videos.

Oh gosh Melissa, Jeremy and Family...and you are smiling. You guys are ALL incredibly fit! It is THE hotest day in 2 years up here and you make it look like a walk in the park. Love the smiles you share. When winter starts...please bring the kids down to see us in Wallace and we will take you to Qunn's Hot Springs in the snow. It makes a great break during long winter. Love you all. Nice stove! T and M

The look on your oldest sons face when you said you were going to drain the pool was priceless. Looks like things are moving along pretty well for you.

You need a wood shed if you aren't going to store wood in barn. It's no fun moving frozen wood from a snowed in pile in winter. Plus shed keeps wood dry during cold wet rains. Also dry wood has less insects.

Cutting firewood, the ONLY chore that warms you up MULTIPLE times!

You guys are doing an awesome job! Such good kids pitching in and working together as a family. Oh, and that stove 🙌🏼

As i have said ,,You Mom And Dad are building a Great Family that Will Be even More Creative Because All Living and And Learning ,,,,,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

Growing memories means working hard and playing hard together as a family. I look forward to seeing dad and son hunting excursions. As always, Great video

Love that the family works together! That's so amazing 🙂

Chopping Wood and Carrying Water/Wood.... It builds character!

Ahh, such a nice relaxing video. My whiskey tastes best with the feet up and watching some good old fashioned child labor. How much insulation do you have in the walls of the tiny barn house? Glad to see you use a full sized wood stove. Too many think tiny home needs tiny wood stove. And of course, FREE is my favorite price tag

Those who make their own firewood are twice warmed. ... Godspeed to your wonderful family.

Family that works together, stays together...🥰🥰🥰🥰

Been seeing a lot of you the past few days but I'm not complaining. Heating with a wood stove takes me back a few years. My best friend lived on a farm and that's how they heated the house.

What a beautiful family. I love the music 🎵❤️

It's good to see teamwork making the dream work. I just returned from Idaho today. Was up looking for property. We had our eyes on a great 6 acre parcel in Naples it was however off market. Worked hard with our realtor and through some miracle she made our dream come true. The owner accepted our offer. I'm on an emotional high and can't sleep. Couple of weeks and it's officially ours. Bonners ferry has changed so much since I was last there a few decades ago. Excited to begin the very slow move to our retirement paradise.

I've heard it said that wood warms you several times. Once when you cut it, once when you split it, once when you pile it, and once when you burn it.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful family!....during this quarantine y’all have been a positivity I have looked forward to see and share!...God abundantly bless y’all and stay safe and healthy!

I live in Maine and when we used wood it took 9 cords of wood to go through a winter here we were never cold

It’s so good to see kids without IPhones all the time. They look like wonderful kids an respect their Mom and Dad. Great job at raising them. Good look with your forever house.

I installed the same setup in my home several years ago. While codes did change a bit here, check your local codes, the enclosure you're thinking about would be at least 12" clear all the way around and have two layers of fire rock, type x, on each side, towards the pipe. Then it would have the same setup on the outside of the shaft. Again, check your local codes. Good luck.

It's times like this when having a big family is a blessing 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👍😊

Yea, the weather is gonna be crazy for the next couple years as we climb out of a grand solar minimum. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? 😁 Heck of a nice stove. It should even help heat some of that barn too. Nice tree there. Lot of wood. What was that? That would have been awesome on a sawmill. Nice pool 👍 creative. That's a good pile of wood too. It looks seasoned and hopefully will be enough to get you through the winter. Never too soon to get prepared. God bless you all and keep you safe

GREAT video - love to see kids all helping. Trust you'll have a non-flammable backing with an air gap against the wall behind the stove. Don't know if it's code, but it's certainly wise.......

New heater, lots of fire wood, lots of help getting ready for winter. Once again Great Job FAMILY.

Aaah Memories - I don't miss having to lay in 3-4 cords of Oak each year to stay warm for the winter in the Sierra Nevada foothills, though it was certainly satisfying. After loosing everything in a 2015 wildfire I moved to a lower altitude - now I get by with a single cord. CORRECTION - I didn't lose everything - one of the FEW things I was able to salvage from the wreckage was my cute little cast-iron woodstove that I rebuilt and it keeps my trailer cozy and warm

Is it just me or do you guys also find something real serene and relaxing about chopping wood.

So glad to see that you are not "over protective" parents. From building forts to a " truck swimming pool" these are the things the kids will remember when they are sixty. - I do.

I'm 67.5 and my get up and go, got up and went, a long time ago. Now I can only enjoy watching someone else doing the work

What a beautiful day of memories made!!! Homemade swimming pool for fun, cooling down, kids' idea of keeping clean but most of all just a way of stretching out to relax a little!! The smell of fresh cut wood (hahaha), loading, unloading & stacking cords of winter's wood courtesy of the family participation! Long faces (using truck/no pool & building muscle) but short work time puts on the smiles!! The wood stove is fantastic looking & well thought out and never too soon. Growing up, we dug holes for trees, stacked wood, helped by gathering all scraps of wood/ burning materials in large trash cans with lids(to keep the bugs etc out). Parents working on the build,kids watering trees & animals, feeding even making pb & j sandwiches and other food and so much more!! Our rewards for building strength & soul a Saturday movie plus a family pack of hamburgers or chilli dogs and all with fries (such a huge treat for a family of 8) !! During the evening maybe a bit of TV. We learned the value of hard work even though we moaned & groaned! Too many ppl have given too much freedom to their children saying that it was so tough on them growing up that they want their kids to be having it a lot easier than they did (really??) What's wrong with making your bed,getting dressed, brushing hair & teeth, straightening their rooms and how about a little help at home like dumping wastebaskets or taking out trash or helping with the laundry, animals, watering and collecting eggs or even doing dishes nothing strenuous!! It's called teaching VALUES & RESPONSIBILITIES!!!! Thank you Jeremy & Melissa for teaching your family that. The Red Poppy Ranch also moved to Idaho and built their home off grid continuing to develop the land. Last winter they'd been thinking that they had plenty of wood but had to take the truck out 2 or 3 times and filled it up to get them through!!! I don't know if you follow their channel or Instagram but Heath or Cedar could tell you how much wood they ended up using for a family of 7! God's Blessings for you and your family especially for the great VALUES you teach!!!

Wow, I can't imagine that small space will need 8 cords of wood to heat during winter. When we lived in northern Main and Vermont we heated a 2 story farm house with than. However, its always best to be safe than sorry! Its been 1 of those years & may keep going till next with the weather. Nevaeh looks like she would rather be anywhere else than moving another cord of wood. I'd get the same expressions from my own teens even if they chose their job, lol Why did you go up through the roof and not through the side? It just doesn't look like it would be harder to do & seems safer. I've never seen that before. Especially in a hay loft.

Everybody is getting plenty of exercise. I'm glad to see that you have stockpiled plenty of firewood. In the future, after you get a good tractor, you can get a 4 wheeled trailer to pull behind it. Fill the trailer with firewood, put a roof over it, and park it out of the way. Bring it into the barn when you need it. Good Luck, Rick

The part that brought a smile to my face was the kids pool in the back of the truck.

A stacked bunch of wood is a pretty sure. It's hard to find time to enjoy the beauty surrounding you with so much work to do . Glad to see you and the little lady have the kids pitching in. How many times have y'all stopped your work just to look? Lol can't blame you a bit!

Well that's AWESOME VIDEO LOVE the way your CHILDREN are helping you what a BEAUTIFUL family love you all

Never saw anybody work so fast moving and stacking wood!!! 😀😏😊😄

Such wonderful parents making a swimming pool in the truck.

I do enjoy sharing ur journey with. I look forward to seeing ur children grow up and know the simple ideals of hard work and discipline. It’s something sorely missing in our young adults right know!! Again TY for allowing us to share all this with you. I would also like to add TY for your Service in Law Enforcement. That’s means all of you, Dad could not have done it without all of your Support!!🇺🇸🇺🇸God Bless🇺🇸🇺🇸

Can I make a suggestion. I would stack the wood closer to the entrance door. That way you don't have carrier all the way thir the snow.

Nothing beats a wood stove, and keeps you warm while, chopping. Lot of work, but the glow from a wood stove, so cosy Have been catching up on your back videos.

im from connecticut grew up as a kid now im in texas i lived with my dad in upstate new yok and in vermont very cold winters up there every year my dad would order a 18 wheeler logging truck full in the summer my dad would cut and us boys would split the would what your doing is exactly what my dad did by having us do that its teaching your kids how to work together and giving them good work ethenics yall doin an awsome job

YOU GUYS MAKE ME BELIEVE IN LIFE AND LOVE AGAIN 🙋‍♀️❤️👵🌹🇨🇦

North Idaho is the best. We raised our 3 children here and they are raising theirs here as well. Good simple healthy living. Keep your families together.

GOOD JOB KIDS YOU WORKED HARD HELPING DAD AND MOM YOU SHOULD BE PROUD !!!

Not to discredit any of your children, but your eldest boy (can't remember his name) sure put in a hard shift here, from what I saw no complaining whatsoever, just a willingness to help his Mum and Dad, made my day you can be really proud of him, well done young man.

Maybe you should cut hay again and the rain will come. :D

Love the irony of preparing for heating the home during the hottest day of the year so far. But it's gotta be done, and I really admire your skills at prepping and planning ahead. Some super important lessons for the kids, too.

I am an avid outdoors person. Was a Boy Scout Leader. Took a survival course. My Son tried to follow in my footsteps. Due to other circumstances he died July 25th 2020 I just started following you. Hug your children when ever you can. Life is short.

Nice looking wood.. Team work, BEAUTIFUL.. Getting firewood is a yearlong chore.

You guys have such a great dynamic together.

Nothing better in the world than to feel the heat from burning wood. I did not know it was more expensive to vent through the wall verses the ceiling Humm...Always learning... Poor little Bambi😢

you and your family are such GOD gifts to watch especially at times like this

The kids were like what we have to drain out our mobile pool ! LOL ! it was nice to see the stove go in, that's one more step to completing your tiny home! 😊👍💕💕💕

use cement board were the exhaust go's thru ceiling

" you can never have too much wood", wise words.

Boy, you are a family of hard workers. Love a wood fire, they are mesmerizing 💜💜

What an amazing place to raise your family!

Good idea professionals know what they are doing especially with wood fire burning stove great choice. 🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍👍

Hope you guys are drinking plenty?..keep that wood coming!.....😉 all the best to you all,loving the vids..

Love the unity in this family. Love watching your video's.

Oh the memories. This was definitely a childhood chore that I had as a kid. Split, load, stack and repeat. I should show my kids my wood splitting skills someday. I think I might surprise them. FYI you saved so much money moving that stove with you. My parents have lived in their property for 43 years and burnt through 2 stoves. They are on their third one now. Canadian winters as a kid where a bit colder. YES- you can cook pizza, soup and buns on top of wood stoves. Definitely have cooked on top of one during power outages. Definitely a great backup when needed. I remember feeding the neighbors because they couldn’t cook with the power outage and we had a wood stove and we’re cooking on it.

Wood splits a lot easier when it is frozen...lol My boys thought I was nuts when I would go out and split at 15 degrees. Split usually with one stroke. Made it look simple to the boys who never split wood before. Thought they could do it to. It took them LOTS of practice to hit the wood in the center...lol Don't forget to store about a 2 week supply in the bard, it will stay dryer and burn better. about 1 1/2 chords.

There is an old saying for people that heat with wood "When you think you have stacked enough wood for the season you are only half done." Bless you guys

This is a dream you all are living and I can’t wait to start my own homestead soon. Taking notes and enjoying seeing the family unit living healthy, happy and not in the jungle cities. God bless you all 🙏🏼

Winter will be a learning curve. You will do fine. Wood heats several times. When you cut it, when you split it and when you burn it. I think you will like it. Hang in there, you are dong fine.

I see a power log splitter in your future guys....lol

I used to carry fire wood in to the house since I was four years old and all my siblings had to help as well. It build up character!

Melissa, Its you music that brings me back.

The best channel in KZfaq! I'm having soooo much pleasure watching your videos. Thanks!

I love wood heat. It can be a lot of work but so worth it. You guys make me smile.🌻🌻🌻🌻

Hard work but it is all worth it .What a happy family

I love watching everyone work together!

Love the pickup - pool. Great fun for your very Blessed children!

We heated an old 2 story with old windows in ohio with a wood furnace and blower. Whole house 80 non stop. Used about 10 cords a year. Yours is way better insulated, so 6 probably pretty close to right. I cut during the summer as well. Take a random day to knock out a tree at a time, no rush and no freezing to keep up with the needs. Love to see the family working together!

those big round metal cattle watering troughs would make a great pool for your kids

Way to build family unity through the satisfaction of completing a labor intensive mission as a family. That momentary glimpse on Nevaeh’s face of “hard labor (in the blazing heat) sucks” said it all. At least it wasn’t done in body armor!!! Which, if any, electrolyte drinks do you use to stay properly hydrated? I love the contrasting attire, Melissa in a tank top and Jeremy in a long sleeve sport shirt. Which shirt works better to stay cool?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh the firewood we are still doing that........we are your neighbors to the south in Sandpoint. Lots of hard work......it will all be worth it in the end. Hang in there and perhaps our paths will cross sometime. Keep up the good work and love each other...........D. Harper

When I was living at my parents house younger, my father made me bring all the wood inside for the winter, with a wheelbarel, I did hate it. Been on the road for about 16 years, and now I have my own place in the mountain me too ( not as big as your ;) ) for the past 19 years, guess what, I have two wood stoves at my place. One in the basement and one in my living room. Make about 15 cords of wood per year and one thing I have learn, less you handle the wood, better it is.... I also did build a simple wood shed that keep my wood always dry. So next time, maybe instead of throwing the wood on the ground from the pickup, take it and cord it right away, so ! you will manipulate it one less time ;) I just discover your videos today and I have been sending a part of the day watching them ( good thing it was raining outside ) :) :) love them and I will keep watching your stories. Thank you

It's been unusually hot this year in most of the country! I'm in Ohio and don't remember a summer this hot in about 23 years or so! My little window air conditioner has been getting a real workout this year and I hate air conditioning but it's been that hot since June!

Radiant wood heat just can't be beat! I've found a nice, thick rock wall behind the heater/stove will keep the place toasty for hours after the fire is out. And I love MY almost 10 year-old Farm Boss...can't beat those either! 👍🏻❤️📹#BackTheBlue