I have seen the change in your walk as a coup!e and I see the love you have for each other growing. Working together as a couple has been a joy to watch. Working together for your homestead is starting to come together. Keep up the good work.

Love the “walk of shame” comment when Greg ran out of gas in the chainsaw. That’s why you got to love Katy, quick witted.

I always enjoy seeing the variety of chickens and random scenes in the opening. I particularly like the goats, they are always so entertaining. Ned cracked me up with the tool belt and surprised me with how quickly he seemed to get used to it. It didn't take long for him to be strutting around the yard like the boss 🤪 You guys moved right along and got a lot accomplished. It's two bad I don't live closer as I have a large (68" X 48") gas filled double glazed, dual pane, sliding vinyl window that was mismeasured when I replaced all the window in my house, and I"d love to give it to you but there is no easy or affordable way to get it up there to you. It's new and just leaning against the house out back waiting for me to find someone who needs it. I love watching you two working together on your projects. Katie, you have grow so much, need very little guidance or help and are such a good worker. Greg is lucky to have you and you both compliment each other. Looking forward to the next update, have a great week and be safe. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.

Gutters draining into an IBC tote would be an awesome water catchment for providing water to your animals.

Crosses in constructions can be made in several ways. You can make crosses on both sides of the windows. Chipboard or plywood board also acts as wind bracing. You can cover the inside of the gables with boards and cut holes for the windows. You can make wind bracing between the vertical posts. Crosses do not need to go across the entire gable half, crosses between all posts do the same. When you use wood for bracing, they take forces both ways, pressure and tension.

The barn looks huge!! Bummer the windows don’t fit with the all important bracing!!! Flowers are looking so pretty. Nice way to end the day with a hot soak… aaaahhhhh😎

Quite a transformation over the last several months!😄

Working under the roof with all that rain had to feel great!

Katie, please wear safety glasses! Love you and Greg to pieces.

Katie and Greg!! No worries!! You are living your best life ❤️!! Flexibility and adaptability is the name of the game!! We love in a 1500 sq ft ranch home on a tiny yard and I can't keep up!! Got just go with the flow. 😊🎉😊

Katie, they’re call milk windows and yeah you’re right those are the kinds of windows they use for the bathrooms so that if there are any peeping toms, they can’t look in 👀..🤣😂

Been watching your journey since the beginning, absolutely love 💕 you guys.❤

Hey I keep watching you work is fantastic. You are amazing. God blessed you. I never got tired watching you .

As another option for your wind bracing, old barns had the siding run on a 45° angle that would work for sheer strength. As long as your bottom kick boards are firmly anchored to your concrete posts they would act as a strong contact point. As someone else noted the bracing doesn't need to go from top of post to far bottom of opposite post. The 45° siding would allow you to install your windows where you want them. Just a thought.

We have bought or had too short of boards before too and had to fashion them together like that. It all works, just being efficient with what you have! ! Nebby was having way to much fun today :D Barn addition is looking great! and so true, so many priorities changing all the time, gotta work on what you can when you can! Katie, I wanna be as good on the sawmill as you! #goals - Jen

I love how Greg lets Katie's craftsmanship shine. They are such a great team. Having a workshop is going to be so awesome for them. Watching Ned in his tool belt is a special treat. He is the boss for sure 😊

Building the walls of a 12x40 barn extension room with sawn timber and reclaimed windows is a perfect example of creativity and durability. Every line of this project reflects respect for resources and the environment, creating a new and sustainable space.And I am Floating Village Life.

Good job guys I watched this a couple time on the big screen in our house 🏠 unfortunately the only way to comment is on the cell phone but . I'm always watching . Thanks for sharing with us.

Enjoy watching you guys working together

I would say you guys adapt to real life well! Thanks for showing us that you do take time to relax and rejuvenate. The homestead is looking and progressing so beautifully!

Ned wearing the tool belt cracked me up 😅

You two are absolutely adorable! I love watching your interactions. Your animals all look so happy that it makes me happy watching❤️ Your property is beautiful. The work that you do is so inspiring!!! I’m a retired RN watching from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA👋

If you want an opening window but only have a non-opening window just take that window and build a frame around it using 2x3 lumber. Next, slap some decent hinges on the new frame and hinge it to the 2x4 material around it. run a wire to the new window frame and this will prevent it from swinging wind. It would depend on whether you hang it to swing to the side or out and up or down. to know where the wire needs to be attached. Windows and door frames are always built with king AND jack studs. The jack studs help transfer the load of the window opening to the foundation. On another thought, if you run gutters from the lower side of the new shed area and transfer the input thru a skein and into an IBC tote (350 gallons each!! and cheap, just get ones from former food use). This would be a massive and free water supply for the animals. This way you only need to pipe from the tote to the pens. If you raise the tote on a strong platform you can drop the water to the animals with simple gravity feed.

It’s looking Great you guys!! You two work so good together and you make me laugh!!! Can’t wait to see it finished it’s going to be great and so useful. Keep it up!!

Shorter bracing around the window will help stability too, your siding will aid stabilizing also.

when using a nail gun to build walls shoot the lower nail first, that is the best way to protect your hand. then you can remove your hand and shoot the upper nail. shooting the top nail while holding the board risks shooting your hand if you skip off the board by bad aim, splintered wood or a double bump. I know this first hand because I had this happen to me.

Doug Fir is first class. It'd cost a fortune over the counter!

There is always something to do, and it keeps on changing, so I know how y'all feel! But keep up the hard work 💪🏻

You two are smart hard working and aren’t afraid to take chances I love watching your videos. But now I watch because I love those goats

You guys are doing a fantastic job. I love to see you working. Way to go !!!!

Another awesome video Greg & Katie ! You have to love that lumberyard right out back :) Yard animals can be so funny with some gives you a good belly laugh lol, looking great :))

You guys have the best life ...... love it! TJ

I love that hot tub setup you got there I got an old 15 man hot tub in my backyard that I used to use as a cold cup I sealed up all the holes with fiberglass and then painted it blue and then I had it my son learned how to swim in it because it's up it's 4 feet deep I think it's about 6 foot or 8 foot by 8 foot square Now I got it out there turned upside down and the turkeys use it to roost on it it's pretty heavy I had a hard time moving it I didn't used to move it around no problem not anymore must be an old age but that would be neat to set up that old 15 man hot tub into the wood burning one the only reason I turned it into a cool tub because it would cost too much to heat it I got it from a friend of mine that used to have a hot tub business and that was one that used to tow around on a trailer and rent out I think I gave him $100 for the complete unit it had a heater in the pump with it Pump works good still but the heater don't because it was a plastic heater and I had the heater plugged in one night and it I guess the pump shut off in the heater kind of sucked the walls of the plastic tank in I'm kind of glad it did that because it would have cost me too much money to run it

Hi Katie and Greg. You can also use your sawdust around your flowers and plants.

When it is raining in your area it is just the same in New Westminster, BC we get those long days of rain because were right on the Fraser River.

The barn is coming along good God Bless from your Canadian Friend.

The barn is looking great. This barn is going to be a game changer- especially in the Winter months .

Ned the carpenter, funny 😄, good continuation

You two are doing a favorite job,looking so good.😊😊

Quality time watching your videos 👍🇩🇰

Very funny with that goat going around with the tool belt.

Beautiful in the rain

you know Greg and Katie. i do watch many couples that do the same as you do. build a house off grid. other couples spend money if it is growing on a tree. and you both must do it much less. i love you both

Get a pair of tonges and a chain to pick the logs off the pile and put them on the mill gently!! I watch you struggle every time you load a log on the forks! TONGES AND CHAIN. GEORGE, PHOENIX AZ

Things are looking good, are you going to put eavesdropping on the new side of the to collect rain water for animals? Might be handy 🤔 You two work so good together. It's nice to see.

For the sake of safety, you really should have a deck and stairs for that stove hot tub...All the sawdust I generate from my shop becomes pellets and mini-logs for the stove. You should consider doing something like that.

Really nice progress you guys. You got this, get your boards cut so you can close in the barn for the goats.. nebbie needs to get back to work and limit the grass breaks.. lol

nice ending in the spa and the building going very good you have to buy new windows you need more

Your newest employee (Nebs) is f@cking USELESS!! 🤣🤣🤣 I’m sooooo excited to see this giant barn get closed in, this is going to be so awesome!! And the birbs will probably appreciate more room in their little barn as well! Love you guys! 😊❤

Is Ned a union goat. Just love how you guys always have fun. Not always smooth sailing I know but there are always smiles and you both have good laughs. Your intros are just the best

Looks like some real decent usable space once you put up the wall studs. Going to look real nice once completed. You will have to charge the goats rent once they move into the renovated new pens. That work belt suited your goat real nice so when does he start working on the job? Amazing to know what all that looked like before you removed the cement and other garbage. On with the dream guys!!! Me southern AZ (USA)

dig some Rain Trenches...just to keep the water away from the inner parts of the barn.

Nebby (sp?) the foreman, haha. Soooo cute!!!!!

You can always use a 4x8 sheet of plywood or osb in lou of diagonal bracing or a metal cut in on a steeper angle than 45° or if your siding is horizontal or sheeting you dont need an angle brace..

Greg under the window you should have two support coming up on each side you should remove that leg 6" out which will not do the job properly.

Wish you best of luck I've gone through all your videos once now going to watch second time

Can’t Waite to see baby goats😍

frame casement window and add hinges to top, now you have an opening awning window

Loved watching the framing go up. Wow! Looking like an almost finished building.

Hey Greg. it seems that fuel is your Achilles' heel. So I think that you should get for yourself a 50 gallon barrel so that you can stop having to run to town to by fuel because you forgot the you needed some. Then set a reminder alarm on your phone to check how must fuel you still have from time to time.

For windows, are there any salvage stores in the town/city? For the end of the building, you can either make the wall like a tall truss, window in middle. So multiple diagonals. Our run horizontal bracing that matches your bertical studs. If you verticals are 24” on center, then start from the bottom going up every 24” for horizontal studs. It’s like how blocking in floor joist strengthens the floor, and around the window openings, double up on the studs.

Always great to see you guys. stay safe!

Thanks for sharing.

Cool guys thanks for the share

It is good that you have a window in the barn even if you don't have any walls yet. Lol. you both work so well together. I bet the hot tub was really soothing for you.

Treated wood will eventually rot due to the soil's dampness. Normally add a concrete pad between the soil and the wood. Also burn the wood or tar treat it. But it's a barn. Lots could change over the next 10 yrs.

this is really cool the way you are putting the walls up loving your videos thank you so much dave from ct did the goat help

Love the work on the window framing, y'all! The hard work you guys continue to put in is always a pleasure to watch. Y'all are killing it!

2 small diagonal in opposed corners can replace 1 long diagonal brace. note how many long braces you have on post and beam section.

If you ran the braces in a V pattern you could get a window in the wall. 😊

Good job, it is Looking Really Good you Two

❤ nice to meet you 😊

Yall are doing great with your milled timber and the repurposed items, the barn shed is looking great!

There is nothing like a hot tub dip after a hard day of labour! ❤️🇨🇦

Cool great job you work well together have a great day 😊

Great job guys the barn is looking good and thats the best way to end the day❤🇨🇦

You guys do work hard❤️

Shorter braces leaving room for your windows will still work as your cladding also works as bracing. You are doing a great job and i enjoy watching your achievements.

Awesome video

That barn is going to be great when done! Good luck finding some windows.

Great video 😊

I always keep checking as to when your next video comes out, you guys are doing an awesome job

Gutters and rain catchment!!

Love your apprentice❤❤❤❤❤❤

Great video....:) A lot of Authenticity in this video and it was very enjoyable....:)❤

Great job yous are doing with the barn

It was great to watch

I love the music you've been playing lately... it seems different... it's really catchy and tasteful

Good afternoon

..braces don't have to go from corner to corner. Just hafway to corner will add extra strength..

Hi guys, the new barn/work shop will give you a fair amount of rain catchment,nebby looked so funny wearing the tool belt❤

Looks good!

Getting there! 🎉🎉🎉

nice hot tubbing in the 'forest' ‼GoodLuck with the barn walls, and completion. The trickle effect of 'chores' is ongoing and you do a good job of going with the flow💚...Always look forward to your videos, love the progress💚Thank You for sharing‼

Looks like installing that metal roof is ideal for your weather changes. Making all those 2X4 is so nice. Looks like that hot tub comes in very handy. That addition is looking super nice. Hugs from Santa Barbara. 🤗😘🌹💕👏😎🍷

Neb is so funny. He could be of benefit to you guys if he would only learn to listen. 😂😂😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️

Funny 😂😂😂nebs with your tool belt, love you guys. ❤❤❤❤

This is looking amazing and its such a great size, i say it every time and im sure you get fed up of it but, here i go again, the two of you work so effortlessly together and i love your banter this workshop is going to be epic xx

I absolutely love that Nebbie he’s the best 😂 such character 😂

Nice job