I have done construction almost 40 years and can say that when you set timelines for projects you will often be disappointed so loose the timelines and enjoy the daily journey. accomplishing even a small thing in a day is progress. you have a lifetime to achieve your goals so finding joy each day is job one. as my time here grows shorter, I am so happy that I learned this when I was still young.

Guys, you have years ahead of you to accomplish all your goals..... dont sell yourself short in a few months. Whats 10 months, compared to the next 10 years, or 20 years, or 30 years? Concentrate on what is most important and expand from that point out. You have done so much and it is all beautiful!!!!

What i think is stupid is the state will let you live in a camper but not the cabin which is built 10x better than a camper

Give yourself 5 years. It will be shocking how much you have done. I am amazed!!

When it comes to Farming, Ranches, Gardens , Homesteads, there is NO end. !!!!!! There is NO finish line, no ending. It ends when we go into the other world when we pass. The work is still waiting for another human to do it.

I bought an old house 5 years ago and then lost half my family and the projects halted. It's hard to keep the lawn mowed but things are settling down.

Enjoy it! I’m 72 and we took over our small 27 acre Kansas family farm. To be young like you guys would be awesome. We lived in a big Texas city so this opportunity came up and we took it. So enjoy your youth. Enjoy seeing what your doing because I can relate being were chores like your guys. Raised bed garden, built a greenhouse. No animals. We do lit one of our farmers neighbors cattle graze out pasture. Good for the land.

We've been homesteading for over 4 years, and we are getting closer to where we want to be. But it's work, lots of work, endless work. We just can't pickup and go. We have livestock, chickens, turkeys, gardens to look after.

Love your channel, you’re real. Your progress and setbacks. Life. You’re a beautiful couple!

You guy's got this step by step, and sit back and just look around , take the time to see it and you will see how great it is , Love you guy!!! and I know you got this !!!

hay you two dont look at the things you havent gotten done ,but look at all the wonderful things you have done ,when your feeling down just walkout side take a breath of fresh air and a good long look around at all the things you have created perfection dosent come overnight ,but it will if you want it to it just takes time.

Some advice from an old off gridder to younger off gridders, treat each day and each project as an adventure and learning experience. My cabin is my home base where I come back to when I am not off on some adventure and I keep it simple and easy to care for. Raising animals is fun but also lots of work and ties you down. Dogs can go with you when you decide to hit the road for a few weeks or months. When you get older and you no longer have an itch to travel as much your homestead will take on more of your time and you can get in to gardening, raising animals and settling down. Hope that helps!

Keep the faith, hold on to your dream, you're living it each and every day. ❤

Your contractors are great! Their names are Matt and Cass. 🤣The shed derailed you for a bit, but you adapted. You are farther along than I thought you'd be, which has nothing to do with your dedication and hard work, and everything to do with the endless list of project needs.

Great video and so relatable! We are 2 months in to living off grid on our raw land and we have done so much but also have so much to do 😂 We keep telling ourselves there will ALWAYS be so much to do, so we can slow down. But slowing down is also hard for us 😅

Y’all have done AMAZING in 10 months! It’s hard to see when you’re working hard every day. I know because I’m doing the same. You’re young and have so much time ahead of you (and energy). Be encouraged! I just stumbled on your channel and have been binge watching all the episodes since the beginning after seeing your video on what happened with your shed (temporary home). I was hooked after that episode and wanted to follow your journey. While I don’t have a homestead, I have a home with a large yard, garden and too many projects ahead of me to name, both inside and out. Keep at it. We will. In the end, we will both be sipping tea on the patio of our dreams. 🫖 ☕️

It makes me sad to see my friends discouraged. I am so very proud of you both. You've come a long way. I know it would be difficult with the chickens now, but maybe a short vacation is what you need. Dust off the van, and let's get Lady May and Millie together for a quick trip. ❤

The first year is always so hard! But y'all have made huge progress! Next year, your garden will be all ready and your fence already up! So it will get easier! And sometimes there is just not enough time in the day to do everything on your list! I have been doing this for 18 years! I just got my outdoor shower that I have always wanted! Lol Life is not the destination, it is the journey! Trust me y'all are doing things really fast! Your big hiccup was the shed they would not let you live in. That really set you back time wise! Find time to enjoy your land! It's beautiful! I remember sitting outside crying one day 6 months into our journey here, feeling so overwhelmed! Lol This journey will make you resilient!! ❤❤

Don’t let the state bring you down , you guys are a hard working couple. You will get there . The information we got from your situation will help others . If you only knew what was allowed. Good luck going forward .

I find your usually cheerful outlook quite uplifting. Don't let slow progress get you down. The journey can be as much fun as the destination.

Happy people are Grateful people …. And Grateful people are Happy People …. Be Grateful to God for how He made you and His Purpose for your lives…. And you’ll be content…. Even when it’s hard.

You guys have done loads in 10mths place looks so much better than when you first moved there

I think you have done amazingly well. Several years ago the property behind me sold. The people were very well off and hired contractors for everything. It took 2 years before they moved in. They also did not seem very happy together but you two seem to enjoy each other and support each other. I think that is very important

Looking at homesteading now, down the backward lens of being in our 60s with (some of) the hard work behind us (been there, built that, grew that, made that beer), I've been waiting for this video . . . it's brave of you to face the internal difficulties of it (and the exhaustion) head-on, and not just have your channel vanish after a year or two, as many do. Here's a little thing that I did years ago that I'm now glad I did: every week (or every day :) I have a short to-do list, the 10 or 12 most important tasks (new coop door, plant beans, clear out garden bed #6, wash rug, etc), on a quarter sheet of paper, crossing them out as I go along. Then one day, not having accomplished everything on the list before I had to make a new list (to say the least!), I taped the old list to the bottom of the new list. Well let me tell you, this has turned into a fantastic thing! That first year, the list grew and grew, and I just kept folding back the crossed-out parts and continuing to add to the bottom. Every now and then I wrote the month and year on it. At the end of the year, the list was more than ten feet long (!!) and, guess what? MOST OF IT HAD BEEN DONE! Not only that, but the next year, when I was wondering, when did I plant those beans last year? there they are, easy to find, all in order. We now have saved these to-do lists of many years---they are the scrolls of our life, and a visual testament to everything that has been accomplished. Hang in, enjoy the small pleasures

I have been watching since you found out you couldn't live in your tiny home. Honestly, I think you two are selling yourselves way short. You have gotten so much further along than most people would. Give yourselves a hand and keep on truckin.

Y'all are being to hard on yourselves. What you have accomplished is simply amazing and i have to admit I'm very envious! Can't wait to see what the future holds for y'all and the Runaway Ranch!

Just consider our forefathers..No power tools,no nearby hardware stores…all the while looking over your shoulders for enemies..and no store for if this fails,how does my family eat..Now that’s “pressure”..off grid is a way of life,not a race..U will get it done( it’s never done completely)..It’s small,well planed ,reasonable expectations,steps..All going in the same direction,as a team..Stop & take the time to look back at far u have come..blessings

Equipment for the ranch. An old Case backhoe would sure help with projects. They are tough as nails. Old ones sell for $10,000 or less. Little paint, new graphics and love can make them look amazing.

You're never going to be done. You'll get one thing done and 2 more take its place. Take joy in all you accomplish. Off grid is living with daily chores, forever. 😊😊😊

10 months of hard work and dedication hardly seems the type of thing to keep you 2 down. the wealth of knowledge you have accumulated over that time is amazing. use your fan base have a building party on the year anniversary and make it a project you would need extra hands. guarantee people would come and camp and give freely of their time and knowledge. stay the course! and keep on Matt and Cass ing it!✌❤

You guys are amazing and an inspiration! You have accomplished so much and need to keep that in mind. Your content is great cause it’s real. None of this is done quickly but the journey is so worth it. I hope you two can find peace and happiness in what you have and keep that creativity and joy alive while you hit struggles. ❤

I think what you have accomplished is fantastic!! When you take things slow and not rush into/ through something just to get it done and move on to next project then things get missed or mistakes happen! When they move slow you have the chance to see errors and make changes before it’s too late. Making the best out of setbacks is another opportunity to learn and improve yourself!! Ya’ll have come a long way and have plenty of time to continue!! Don’t let yourself get discouraged by not meeting goals, things will get done in due time!!

Wow. I have to say that I am truly impressed with what you both have accomplished in 10 months. Your adventure playground might have gotten a little smaller but the adventure is still there! My favorite quote from Braveheart “All men die, but only a few get to truly live” Live On you two. Enjoy each breath ❤ 🙏🏻 🕊️

Thank you for being real! It's a lot of work and effort to acquire what you have so far produced. It's a labor of love and there should be no rushing it. It takes time to see what you really need and what you really want. I'm proud of you both. I've been an on again off again subscriber but I always come back to get caught up. And now I'm not going anywhere cuz I'm going to be doing what you're doing but on a smaller scale. I appreciate the honesty and like I said, for you keeping it real! I'm looking forward to this coming year. And I must confess I'm wondering how close of neighbors we might be lol Kudos to you both and long live your dream!

Such an awe. Inspired video guys. You two should keep a journal and write a book one day. You Are Both Appreciated. 👍💕🙏💕👍

Matt, you are correct in what you said about attaining personal growth. It comes come from accomplishing things that are incredibly difficult. What you guys accomplished in the last 10 months may seem to you that you fell short. But I can tell you that you guys accomplished a great deal. Also the lessons you learned and the knowledge you gained is incredible. Keep moving forward and don't worry about not hitting every goal on time. Best of luck to you both!

Both of you are blessed in so many ways! May your blessings cocontinue.... Joe from Smyrna Delaware

LOVE and LIGHT to you Both Ken & Ute ♥♥♥

We left a in town 1 acre lot, tiny homestead to 75 acre land farm. Oh boy does it need A LOT of work. The house is a tiny 2 bedroom cabin for a family of 5. It's been 2 yrs, progress is slow when you have little ones. Thankfully our teenager is learning the meaning of hard work and working alongside his dad getting things accomplished. We still have a long road ahead of us before we get this farm up and running the way we want and making some really good memories along the way. Y'all will get there. Making memories and having fun the whole time, AND learning new stuff is the best part of all.

Keep it up! You have accomplished more then most and your youth gives you time. Thank you for sharing your journey 😊

Not everything in life is gonna be easy, as you both know. No matter what or how much gets done within the day, at the end of the day y'all have each other. Better than some folks have

From the start I have seen the pride in everything you guys accomplish. There should never be a time limit to ones dreams. Keep on keeping on ✌️ ❤️ 🍻

You are both doing an amazing job, don't get discouraged it does take time, we are still going and it's been 19yrs, just remember to have time to enjoy ur land and each other its not just about work ❤❤

You guys should give yourself some credit for the things you have accomplished in the short time you have. Nothing in life is ever finished. I am so proud of you guys ❤ I wish I could do what you guys are doing.

You both are fantastic animal owners, you have chosen a beautiful homestead land to build just the way you like. Everything you have was done by your love and your hands. It is all long lasting and is wonderful to look upon. Great workmanship all done with laughter and I am sure a few tears, hopefully more of joy. You have made your mark upon this wilderness and turned it into a place of dreams and a place of love. I'd say you have accomplished a whole lot this past year including taking enormous amount of hours entertaining all of us. The Lord bless you and keep you always smiling and lifted up. Its the best adventure having gone homesteading. From where I sit progress looks like: an established home, deck, storage shack, solar, water system, great fencing and garden, well built nice looking chicken shack and chickens and eggs, compost bin to envy, driveway, clearing land, puppies that adore you, health, time to take one day at a time, live, love, and laughter. You have done awesome.

awesome video makes me feel like I'm right there with you and feeling the highs and lows together. keep up the great work you are so inspiring

Loved the narration! Blessings from Oregon. P.S., I think you two have made huge progress with the land!

You guys have done a lot in 10 months I am impressed with all you have gotten done! Excited to see what the next 10 months will bring..

I think you guys are lovely and seriously so BADASS doing it all on your own! And I love the love between you both!

Hello!" You two are progressing very well. I think. You have accomplished a lot of things.. Remember There's only two of you. Don't be so hard on your selves. If any thing there are goals you set. And that's When they come around. I like your videos. You both are real people. Stay that way. Until your next video. 😊

Don't get discouraged, you guy's are going in the right direction. It takes time to do anything worth doing. Love your videos.

Personally, I feel like you guys have accomplished SO MUCH in the 10 months you have been there! You guys are doing a great job of handling the challenges that occur ...with fantastic grace :). We are starting our journey ourselves, and I just HOPE that we can accomplish what you guys have so far in a years time. We are much older that you guys, but we are hard working...just my career gets all that hard work and leaves me little energy left for our homesteading efforts...but we are trying, and we will get there...sometime lol. Keep up the great work! Love your energy, truly inspiring! But from an older generation - my advice is to enjoy the journey! If that means slowing down, do so :)

One question. Looking back, would you be happier as nomads, or are you happier now?: You have a beautiful piece of property. Things take time. Your project list will begin to see the fruits of your labor soon. Be blessed. 🫶🫶

That's a beautiful place by that waterfall I'd make me a picnic area so I can have a picnic under the waterfall love your videos

i went yesterday and got 1 piece of sewer pipe and 7 fittings and ended up w 15 items to finish my septic system for the final inspection and spent 300 bucks. about choked at the checkout counter.

Enjoy. You are so lucky you have each other. Doing things together is half of the battle. We moved to our acre property nearly 7 years ago. My man is not well so everything I do do it myself. Not so easy. Yesterday I did rebuild (temporary wood) a little bridge the 3rd time since we are here. I do wish I have somebody to do it with but still made me very happy to see I can cross over the running water when it is raining. Now I have to start "killing" again the 2nd time the running bamboo. Wish me luck. Enjoy your videoes. You giving me energy to carry on. 🫂👌

Thanks for your content! We are traveling a similar path with many bumps and bruises. While it would be easier to give up we are enduring/struggling forward. I greatly appreciate that you show your struggles because it is easy to feel alone on this journey. Thank you for all you show us, keep moving forward and never quit!

Really well done video -- music, nature shots, and the life experiences were presented thoughtfully -- I so appreciate it! As someone whose life was thrown into crisis relatively early in my marriage, I can tell you that the time you spend together, mindfully learning and loving about each other, is invaluable. Whatever you DO will make such a firm foundation to deal with whatever life sends you -- so I feel as thought you're doing it all so well. Dogs instead of babies seems brilliant! Thanks for bringing us along -- I love to watch you and hope you'll continue exploring life with us along! Blessings sent your way!

I look forward to watching each video that comes out.. The transformation of the land is really inspiring. I really like how intentional some of your decisions/changes have been. Tennessee weather seems to be getting more and more extreme. Stay positive and thanks for sharing!

I can only imagine the rollercoaster of thoughts and emotions. From the outside looking in though … we see you! What you 2 dreamers have accomplished is nothing short of perfection. I’m excited, on the edge of my seat, to see where you are in another 10 months!

Y’all have come a long way,with many projects yet to do,it’s a great thing to have independent freedom from a lot of things.Looking forward to the next video as y’all work around the weather to tackle the next project.❤

A swimming pool scrub brush will work great keeping snow cleared from your solar panels 👍

We learned pretty quick it always takes longer than you think to finish any project! Don’t loose heart y’all have been crushing it! We’re on year two and just started feeling like we’ve accomplished a lot of our “long list” of projects but we still have a ways to go. When you get to your destination it’s the journey where the memories were made!

Great post! And I like how you wrapped it up. Keep on keepin' on!!

Sweet,your place is amazing.

What? You two have gotten a whole lot done by looking at the past videos you've shared. Quit stressing, you're good. Try and enjoy yourselves and go with the flow with the process.

You have amazing lives. ❤

Never give up, it a lot of work and takes a long time. In the end you will be better off with whats coming for all of us and its not good.

That was beautiful! ❤

It's gonna take money, ahole lot of spending money. It's gonna take patience and time oh oh ta do it, ta do it wright. You got the basics, that is great ! Now comes the extras. Straight up Money !!! A cool grand every time you turn around.

So beautiful don't give up 😊

Maybe you should split yout never ending to do list into parts and name each part an adventure name. I know this helps me as I'm still able to accomplish adventures and it helps on the homestead also. Keep on living your dreams and doing what makes you happy!!

Wishing y'all all the best!

Have you guys possibly looked into relocating the cabin onto a site-built concrete pier foundation? From your videos, it looks like you have it sitting on a block founation. Changing to piers would make it non-movable. Just an idea, and still an expensive endeavor -- I'm sorry you guys are going through this.

Tackle one project at a time, winterize camper, go from there

You guys are doing an amazing job. Just remember rome was not built in a day.

Such a beautiful video. I have tears! Love you guys .... God bless you both and the fur babies!!! ❤

Living the dream!!!!

It's the two of you, and what you have already accomplish is amazing. You done most of the things you accomplish by good old Manuel labor. You done a fantastic job so hold your heads high and be proud of what you have accomplish.God Bless you

Use water fall for generating power.

Hello I think your watering system is awesome

It's called patience folks. I've been out here doing it for 16 years the work is never done. Hell you'll spend half your time trying to make things that you've already done better because you found a better more efficient way to do it. Enjoy it while it's good. You know what they say tomorrow is not promised and you never know when it's that last day. I learned that the hard way.

Us country folk say, it all has to get done but it doesn’t all have to get done today.

Great video

Good for you 👍🏽 great attitude, one day at a time

Matt and Cass, working hard, but living free on their own terms, which is priceless. Great things take time. Cheers to Matt and Cass. SphereMotor, the future of electricity

👋👋👋👍😎 Hey Neighbors doing Great

My oh my, the "fun" things you could do with that waterfall 🤣

You bought raw land, it will take time, be patient, there will be no instant gratification. Enjoy the journey!

Love this story ❤

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Just do it!

Very cool , must of took awhile to put this video together

Hang in there. It is hard work but once your infrastructure is done daily chores will be much easier. Achieve the dream.

look at everything you are learning that you'll need shortly

You guys are doing great!

Stupid politicians can make stupid laws. First off I truly love your videos. I envy the both of you. I am 68 years of prime age and I have had dreams of doing exactly what the both of you are doing. Sadly my dreams may never prosper. Please hug each other for me. Just remember, When the going gets tough, then the tough get going! I only wish that I could visit and help out. Ken. PS, Cowards abuse authority

I hate to say it, because i do it too, but its the booze and drugs that are slowing down the progress. When you got happiness in a bottle, you wont find it in your work. Im doing the same thing with weed, i have too much fun smoking it and watching youtube videos, but the things that really bring me satisfaction (my projects) i put to the side. Its ok in moderation but when it becomes the main goal its where you put away your dreams and visions for a cheap quick high or buzz. Its good once in a while to tie you over but only real things bring real happiness.

murphys law......learn them,love them hate them, just remember murphy is NOT your friend lol. priorities always switch around when doing things like this. just dig in yer heels and get that crazy determined look in your eyes. eventually everything will get done. life love and sweat get things done

Try having a full-time job and trying to achieve what you have so far. I do what i can on my 30 acres when I can. I wish i had a stay at home partner to help progress things faster to maybe leave my job to provide more sustainability. Things just take time no matter the project.