Aaron looks a little uncomfortable on screen. But if it helps, tell him that as a widow watching his tips and knowledge helps me out more than he knows. Like a son. Thanks Aaron…..we all need a good man, thank you for sharing yours Jessica.

That view from your kitchen is to die for, and makes this Mississippi girl so envious in a good way.

We owned our own fireplace company for almost 20 years, so we're EXTREMELY familiar with cleaning chimneys, and seeing house fires from the amount of creosote you have there. Besides not burning pine in your stoves, one thing I recommend is a more efficient cleaner. We use the CLLVGOKD Chimney Sweep kit. You can get it off Amazon. You use a hand drill and it spins and "sweeps" everything clean. The wire one you're using will ruin stainless steel and we always recommended against using them. Good job cleaning! We just did ours this week. Ugh! Such a dirty job! But so worth having wood heat!

Aaron,Calab,Wyatt,Jess great job.

Congratulations Jessica and Aaron on the success of your first year on youtube! It has been a blessing to all of us!

One of my favorite things about your family is how much you all love the dogs. We are a dog family too, we have four, and they live the good life.

I am so thankful you did make that comment, because I so so appreciate your family

You have a very hard working husband. But I love that all of you work together.

I remember waking up to the aroma of breakfast while on vacation here when we were growing up. Granny started her woodstove 4:00 a.m. every morning. My Sister & I, our bedroom was off of the kitchen, next to where my Brothers slept. I think we were the 1st 4 to join Grandpaul at the table. Then Dad & Mom slowly rolled out of bed & joined us. Homemade biscuits, sausage, bacon, gravy, creamy oatmeal, cream, milk, scrambled eggs, butter, grape jelly, King syrup, coffee. Breakfast stuck with you all day. It was the best. All food coming off the woodstove was the best! Grandpaul kept a woodstove going in the living room too. We often found him on the porch swing in the dead of Winter 'cause it got too hot in the living room. I never knew what was all envolved with upkeep in a woodstove other than stocking wood, cleaning the ashes out. I went to invite a neighbor to come eat with us. The sight of him when he answered the door, I blurted out " Oh, are you trying out for a part in Mary Poppins as a Chimney Sweeper"? Thank you for showing how you clean a woodstove, & pellet stove.

Hubby needs the gloves -son has them on 😂

Congratulations on your 1yr anniversary as a KZfaq vlogger, its been a joy to watch you and your family, thank you for your hard work. This vlog just warmed my heart seeing Aaron and the boys working together and doing a fantastic job, well done guys. Jessica you look a lot better and sound better in yourself. Love to you all xx

Wow! What a chore! Several people I know have 2 complete sets of pipes including cap. They take all down put up the second set. Gives them time to clean, inspect repair paint store until needed again. Of course older people and do not have young kids to help. They take their time to clean and repair and stove isnt down long. You are lookin great Jessica! Love each and every video.❤️❤️

My 60 lb bulldog is almost 5 years old and he still acts like a toddler!

Jessica you are looking so much better. Gratitude today, thankful for my family

Congradulations Aaron and Jessica.

Good morning Jessica

I love coming home after a full day of working and relaxing by watching your family!

When my husband was alive we lived with a wood stove…loved the heat….

Aaron does such a good job on camera. Good teaching on the stove.

That was one messy workday. It must have been so satisfying in the moment when you could finally wipe fresh oil on a scrubbed cook stove.

One job I hated as a kid helping to clean up after Dad and Grandpa cleaned the wood stoves. Great idea with the plastic bag, we didn't have them growing up. We used gunny sacks or feed bags to catch the mess then sweep up and mopped up. I don't miss the cold weather at all, high today 82 in RGV TX. We do have cold fronts, but not the below zero you have.

I don't currently have a wood stove or even a fireplace but I grew up with both. I never paid attention to how my dad took care of it so I really appreciate you showing us. Thanks so much!

Great job cleaning the wood stove and the pellet stove. I had both, when I had my home, so I know how to clean both. My late husband never had to do those jobs, as he was much older than I, and was unable to physically do it. Plus, he was a financier for GE company, and his job was always wearing a suit and tie. I did all the appliance maintenance, but had to phone the propane folks for my kitchen stove, as neither of us had that knowledge. In my first marriage, (where I had the 9 children) I did gardening, canning, household duties, chopped and split wood, and had to work outside the home, as ‘he lacked energy’, if you get my drift. Aaron, great job cleaning both stoves….. Jessica, you have what it takes to apply elbow grease to the cook stove. I used to apply stove blackening to my stove…..it worked great. Have you ever made brown bread on stovetop, while you had beans baking at the same time? Topped off with apple pie for dessert, it’s a very typical Saturday night meal, here in Maine. Of course, home made biscuits and Cole slaw and pickles topped off the meal! I really enjoyed this vlog…..find them very interesting…..must admit, I wish I was back doing it. I truly miss those days. Hugs, Bev in Maine

I have a pellet stove, an yes they have to been cleaned. I clean mine.

I thought I would give a tip I've seen people gather pine cones and just build a box in there wood shed to throw them in to use as a fire starter...I will be watching this New Year love ur channel..

I am super grateful for your videos. I learned so much from watching you guys and I can live vicariously through you in Alaska. Thank you.

Great video!! Really enjoyed this video. Aaron did a great job explaining the stove cleaning process and showing what's involved. I learned a ton. Those boys look like adults - so grown up and helpful.

MUCH MUCH LOVE GUYS! You're my Alaskan peeps!

Love a hubby doing home maintenance, he is a keeper 😊. You will be toasty warm!

Good to see the boys helping there dad.xx

Congrats Jessica on your 1yrs as a KZfaqr., Aaron is such a great provider for his Family, Hi Aaron we love you as well as Jessica & Family 1-10-2023👍🏽👍🏽❤️. My neighbor just Traveled to Alaska but I don’t know what party went to. He said it was nice and sunny where he was at. I think he stayed for 10 days, he went with his Son, I live in a Senior Complex Appt. You live a Interesting life so sweet and friendly and nice lotta love emitting from your family., Aaron is always more then willing to help you

Roberto loves Aaron, so much

I remember y'all installing it. For 2023 shall say let's help you get to 20,000. Great family video and even this Texas girl can learn a thing or too. I remember my dad cleaning our wood stove. My job was cleaning oil lamps and refilling and trimming wicks. Usually 3x a year with my sister's. We had around 15. On our farm we always lost lights for weeks. Congrats on one year it's been fun. Glad you feeling better. Still take it easy with head injuries takes awhile. God bless

Love videos where Aaron makes an appearance, he really helps you and I can tell is the glue to your amazing family, seems very much like my hubby who is quiet! Congrats on a successful year of growth and amazing journeys, these videos are worth a million weight in gold for your kids and grandkids some day! Love you all!

Happy 1 year anniversary to the Milnes family, You have created wonderful content, and warm memories for your family.

Thank you for your video’s one of my favorite’s. Really enjoy them. Jessica your chickens, Aaron keeping the neighbors mobile by ensuring they aren’t snowed in and ensuring that Kodie’s able to get out. Too Kodie making her Christmas treats. Yummy

I am so grateful for my job

Jessica, Thank the Lord you were blessed with a few men. Not saying women couldn't. Just saying your 🙌 blessed! CALEB, WYATT, AND KODY! GOD Bless yall for being their for your mom and dad!! Wow,what a job!🙂

all that's going through my mine Mary Poppins chim chimney chim chim charoo lol

Roberto is so cute! Blessings to the family.

Oh yes, the cleaning of the stoves, what a messy job, but always feels better knowing it is done and safe. But I would like to say the bag is a brilliant idea. Congratulations on this milestone for your channel, you all have worked hard at it, and I just want to say thank you. I love your channel and your family. God bless!

Hi sweet one! Happy 1 year Anniversary!!!! That went by quickly! Cleaning the 2 stoves was so interesting. You are so blessed to have a husband who is so talented and able to do so many things...what a blessing!!! I look forward to another year of great content and family fun!!! Big hugs and many blessings!!

You have all been such a joy to watch! I look forward to your videos. ❤

Aaron you are AWESOME 👍👍👍 Really interesting video Jessica with all the family and Roberto ( the supervisor and love bug ) 🥰👏👏👏👏 Love from the UK x

I really love that green hat on you, it’s your color! Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary

Congratulations ! Cleaning a fireplace is tough too… the whole house gets dust everywhere. Y’all are such a good family… work together well!!

Congratulations 🎊 to you and your family for making these videos to share with us. Have a blessed day.

Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary. So exciting. Can't wait to see what the next year bring for you all xxx

thanks for the idea with the plastic bag, have to show it to my hubby. big hugs from france

Congratulations on your one year...I can't believe it been that long! Aaron your information on cleaning both is so helpful!

Congratulations on one year Vlogging. Whoooohooooo. Thanks for sharing all those tips on cleaning stoves. I didn’t know that you needed to do all this.

Wow, that was a lot of build up! Messy job, but it must be done. Well, happy 1st anniversary on beginning your YT journey! Fun to watch you all work together to get all of that cleaning done! Love you guys!!

I love being on this adventure with you. Here for te journey

Wow! It's crazy how much creosote builds up. Great job and boys on getting the heating systems all cleaned up. Do you have creosote burning logs there? They help get rid of the build up apparently. Congratulations 👏 🎊 💐 on your first anniversary of your channel ❤️ 👏 Cheers to many more videos about your modern homestead and the Alaskan adventures you bring us along for. Thank you Milnes family for allowing us to be a part of your lives and for inspiring us to do more at home no matter where we live. Take good care, Blessings 🙏

What a day of dirty, but crucially needed, work! Creosote is so dangerous. A couple of houses ago we had a fireplace insert. Annually cleaned by a chimney sweep, but it managed to have two chimney fires and once caught the roof on fire! Glad that chore is done until spring! Keep warm up there. Until our next visit. ❤️ Momma G

CONGRATULATIONS!!! So glad I found your vlog - I really enjoy every video you post.

You can get a flexible chimney sweep and attach to a drill then put that through pipe. The drill works awesome because it spins fast and it drops debre to bottom to be removed

This is what a good man looks like, and raising boys to be men. Take note. Look after your wife/Mama, and she'll look after you. Love the videos @modernhomealaska. New to the channel, but love the content. Love from Far North Queensland, Australia.

Pellet stove is interesting. Love your cookstove . We have a gas fireplace . Here in Alberta lots off gas . Thanks for your video have a great evening ❤🙏🕊🙏💞🇨🇦

Congratulations to you all. Such a lot of work for a dirty job. If you can sew a calico or a canvas bag to catch all the soot from the chimney. This is what chimney sweeps use. Good luck I hope next years is easier. I’m new to your channel. I live in Queensland Australia in all the heat !!!xxx❤️❤️

Congratulations on your you tube anniversary...I love all your video's. Thank you for sharing your life with us. ❤

Congrats on this last yr and the huge growth your channel has made. I’m so happy to have stumbled upon your channel just a few short months ago. Love watching you and your family. You have a wonderful family and amazing homestead. Thanks again for sharing.

Congratulations on your KZfaq anniversary. Your eyes are looking much better now Jessica, great to see how the boys pull together with the dad to clean the stove xx

Happy Anniversary for your KZfaq channel. I am so glad I found your channel. I feel like we are long lost friends. I am from Colorado Springs. Born and raised there. Now I live in Phoenix and my daughter graduated from ASU! My great grand mother had a wood burning stove. I found it very interesting to watch the cleaning process.

Hi Everyone! I never knew it would build up so quickly! Good to see teamwork and Jessica looking better!

Congratulations on your 1st anniversary! I like the cleaning of stoves being a hands on family job! I’m looking forward to following along on your journey this year! Jessica your blood pockets are looking so much better- I hope you feel better too! Blessings Sister-Friend! 💜

We are on the same stove clean out schedule ~ twice per year. We live in North Idaho but have had the snow and temperatures comparable to Alaska 😂🤣😂😂🤣

What a chore, but good you can still clean them yourselves. I live in Australia and have a combustion wood heater that we use in the winter. We are in our early 60's and we now have to get a chimney sweep in to clean out the flue and that is quite expensive. We only use dry red gum or blue gum wood. The creasote doesn't build up as much as yours. By the way I absolutely love Roberto he is such a loyal dog and loves his dad.

Hello Roberto, you are a sweetheart! A lot of work there, but what a great stove.

Good job guys on cleaning the stoves and making sure they are safe. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST YEAR ON U TUBE. I believe you going to have more viewers this year, that is my positive note. Until next time may you all be Blessed. ❤️

Thank you for sharing the clean outs with us. Hubby and I are looking at adding a wood cook stove to our home. Your whole family is awesome great working togeether. Happy Anniversary on KZfaq. ❤

So looking forward in watching your family’s journey for 2023!! Jessica and Aaron really enjoy you two! 👍👍👏👏

Congratulations on 1 year on KZfaq!! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed you sharing your home and family life and am looking forward to everything to come.🥳🥳🥳

There is a lot of work. People don't think about all the jobs there are. It is wonderful to see the family working together.Congrats on your KZfaq growth. Here to stay. Love you all, take care and God Bless

Happy youtube anniversary!!! Love this video and love how you and your family work as a team! I love how supportive your husband is and his thank you message! Super sweet! Verry informative video. I want a cookstove in the future thank you for sharing how to maintain it. Thank you for sharing! 😊

Good video ❣️

Good work, you guys👍 God bless to you all from the UK 🇬🇧 Paula

wow 1 year congratulation on a year well done you look so good i can only imagine the mess dont envh years

I can’t thank you guys enough for this video, specifically the part about the pellet stove. We have one but have never been able to use it since it hasn’t been cleaned in a long time. I’m going to give it a good vacuum with my shop vacuum now that I know what to look for. Also, we have some really old pellets that I was going to use in it but sounds like they will just cause a bunch of dust. Guess I’ll buy some new ones. Anyway, thanks again for the help!

Love your channel. congratulations on your year, I've cleaned many chimneys over the years. We don't burn much soft wood. Our wood is 97% hardwood and usually a year old, before burning. Less soot in the chimney.

Great job guys. James always saves a couple of the heavy bags the pellets come into use to put under the chimney when cleaning, they works so good. Your stove will burn so much better with less smoke now that it’s clean. Sadly sometimes we can’t just have a straight run in our chimneys and the more angles, the more it slows down the smoke. But I know you can’t always avoid it. Love that stove, can’t wait to get mine. Cheers ❄️🇨🇦❄️

Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary! Love your channel!

Aaron seems to becoming more comfortable with the camera, this is a good thing, he has a lot of wisdom he can share with the community. Jessica you are healing beautifully 🙏

Congratulations and thank you so much!

Congratulations on your KZfaq anniversary. You grew nicely. Awesome. And that cleaning looked like a lot of work I wouldn’t wanna do haha But I could not have wood stoves. Smoke makes my head feel like it going to blow up.

Starting @35:08 🐶 omg he totally hears you😆...and the way he looks at you 💜 My sister's dog knew the rule "Can't wake the people up" he would fake sleep on their side of their bed if they got up for any reason "Nope, can't wake me up!" Smart AND funny

Congratulations. And yet again a very interesting video. We do not have a woodstove and heat our house and water with central heating on gas (very expensive now in Europe) . Our house is not build to have any other kind of heating but it is allways good to learn what there is out there. Looks like a messy job but very necessary. Wel done.

Congratulations on your KZfaq anniversary!

Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary! I know I say this a lot, but it’s true. Your family is awesome! Handy, knowledgeable, hardworking men are worth their weight in gold! I say this as a single older woman who can’t find anyone to hire to do things I can’t do, so I truly admire Aaron and how y’all are raising your kids. ❤️

Thanks Jessica. What an interesting video. I had no idea of how much work it is to maintain your heat for your home. And the cook stove, WOW. Loved watching Aaron and the boys carefully clean out the stack. Great job everyone. Hugs love and prayers for you and your beautiful family from St Petersburg Florida. Jessica, you are looking great since your accident. Keep up the good work. ❤❤❤❤❤

We have a coal stove.Ive been here for just over 2 years and my husband hasn’t cleaned it.I have had a wood stove and had a chimney fire,not fun.These are good things to know.We get coal dust everywhere and on everything,yuck.God bless.

I love your striped stocking cap! With your braid, it looks like a perfect Christmas elf hat! I love hats and caps but living in Texas limits me to mainly baseball caps or cowboy hats. 😆

Looks like outr house when cleaning out our stoves and pipes.. we clean out the front of our pellet stove (pot and ash pan area) everyday. Then vacuum at least twice a week. Our full cleaning and taking it apart is every ton/ pallet of pellets.

Congratulations on one year!!🎉

The cleaning of the stove was so interesting to watch! I am also going to go back and watch any of the old videos I may have missed! Happy KZfaq Anniversary!

Very interesting……

Happy Anniversary guy’s, love your channel!!!!

Congratulations!!!

Great to see you all working together, as always.😊

Congrats to this family hopefully more people will become aware of you guys god bless