Becky's Homestead 17: How To Build a Log Cabin Part 1

[1776MoneyRevolution]

Where do you guys find such nicely wooded land that you can actually afford after purchase and property taxes?

[mikeg103002]

your voice reminds me of kip from napoleon dynamite.

[MrMostellar]

@mikeg103002 omg your hitting the nail on the head there.

[asimov13647]

YOU dug the footers? YOU laid the blocks? Are there any more at home like you?

[MickScarborough]

There are 70 million Americans who would murder her to have a $580 per month mortgage and she thought that was alot.

[Status129]

OMG Her voice is so annoying!!

[parkert51]

@Status129 I am with ya there!!!! I could never deal with part 2!!!

[tuber2444]

a dream of mine :) thanks SOOO much for posting the video.  gives me hope I can make it a reality!

[loki1066]

Oh Becky ! Are there any other plots close to you?

I'd love to do this, but even if I could get palnning permission to buld a cabin in Bury St Edmunds, most 'one acre' plots I've seen are the equivalent of about $150,000 !

[joejibblets]

This video changed my life.

[TheKeseyBear]

This is awesome way to go!!! I love that people get back to their roots and take on a project that shows their hard work and tears!!!! keep the good work up and I am def going to look into doing my own project like this. I am tired of all the B.S here in the city need to get back to mother nature!!! Thank you for showing me this is a possible dream!!! Thank you and bless day!~harmony

[Hexxedchild]

@TheKeseyBear Cut the "back to their roots" shit. They've bought a flatpack log cabin set, I don't see any reason to show respect, if they're going to do something they should stop cutting corners.

[oarfrost]

@Hexxedchild "They've bought a flatpack log cabin set..."

Well, I wish the lass well and that sort of thing is hard graft, but at the end of the day all she has done is put up a garden shed.

[beckyshomestead]

@Hexxedchild What do you live in?? Did you build it?? I don't call it cutting corners because I don't want to spend my hole life building a cabin from scratch. Cut them, drag them, dry them, fit them. See ya, I'll be trail ridding. You can build from scratch. My main goal was to not have a mortgage, not to have the best cabin in town.

[fluffychick19]

do you no where she got the kit???

[deepwater1974]

Where is a good place to find land cheap?

[jardail]

@deepwater1974  Eastern Montana

[funnyvote]

Lately I am always looking for a new project. I think keeping busy is how I am dealing with my father's recent passing. I wonder if my neighborhood association woud allow me to build a small "playhouse"... okay large getaway house in my backyard. Probably not. This looks wonderful. If I were as daring as you and sold my house, then I would want at least 2,000 square feet of house. You need to build a pond now! I may have free access to trees at my husband's work.

[djkingpersia]

good move on the house swap but the 30gs on the kit is not worth it, like the previous commentator i would have used the logs that you cleared or just build a regular home and use hardi plank

[dulcimerhawaii]

Aloha Becky-your videos are very informative to us homesteaders. Great work on the log cabin~dulcimerhawaii

[tomlacovara]

Well isnt that special ...and what was the hoe's name you mixed the cement with.....just kidding. So you both quit your jobs to build this and talk about squeaking enough money out of your budget. Hmmmm lets think about that one.....quit job ....no income.... OK then well thats one approach ....oh crap ...theres a part 2? No way !!!!

[venusm61]

The foam tape helps to keep the seal between the logs. Just wondering why you didn't use some of your trees in the building process? Builing a log home is alot of work but so worth it. Building a hand scribed log home in Canada.

[beckyshomestead]

@venusm61 It's smart to know your limitations. I LOVE my cabin and when they drop off a pile of logs, you still have to get it up before it all rots on the ground. That's hard, but I did it.

[raven246]

hahahah

[hinder4lifep00nz]

I can't wait to build my own. Probably going to be in Colorado or something.

[Segler133]

Voll auf Drogen !

[antonmellor]

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dasgemuse]

i have 400 acres and a school bus. no house. just a school bus.

[mydeardiaries]

isn't that 40 acres and a mule.

[beckyshomestead]

@mydeardiaries I want a mule!! Have you ever watched extreme mules on youtube. Love to ride

[Deralict55]

lucky! I've been trying to get land but the only labd cheap enough and remote enough for me is way up North. No work up there short growing seasons and hard winters

[adkfengshui]

@Deralict55 The north is not so bad. The growing season can be expand with a greenhouse and the winters allow for extra freezer space...LOL. You can even add compost to the greenhouse in the winter to create heat without adding the typical heater. Our winters have reached -40 but I wouldn't trade it for the humid south, been there done that.

[xGURICAx]

@dasgemuse would love to see a vid.

[busterbrownpt]

@dasgemuse you are my hero.

[telemarker77]

ha, ha, i bet husband did most of the wk!!

u the mind he is the muscle!!

good job.

[beckyshomestead]

@telemarker77 No, not at all. He can't work a screw driver. He is the nerdy type, but he is loving enough to live in a tent while I build my dream. Thanks baby!!

[rotxee]

aww i just love you!

thanks for sharing your experience!

i'm working on mine too!

=)

[Sherri119]

Smart thinking on getting rid of the mortgage. Good for you!

[rtyees]

glad to see you're still strong & healthy !

[Nilyentaraka]

Uhhmmm... dude... We're in 2009 now. Enough with all the Dixie stuff.

Becky, your videos are encouraging and have great bits of information for those of us longing to return to the land. Thanks for posting!

[Jodiebirdinabocks]

haha, this is what happened when the video started:

Her:"THIS!!!!!! is a two part series..."

me: Woah.

I really want a home like that.

[traindizzle16]

kool

[b2mic1]

looks nice to me, but seems too expensive.

[rondeau9840]

great instruction. disregard the comments of the immature. Great job.

[y2knoproblem]

Great video. I'm more confident and motivated after seeing this to build my own log home.

[JimmyRiotNY]

Very informative & nice personality-- thanks!

[ilovearcher2]

nice

[odin422]

Becky rules!