Instagram Photos and updates from the land Field notes and build updates from @innorthernwoods. RSS feed 27 posts · click any item to view Work doesn't always stop when the sun goes down. In order to avoid the heat, sometimes you'll work into the evening and take an afternoon si… View post A look back at three young birds tucked close in their nest, still soft-feathered and waiting on the next stretch of wing. We kept our dista… View post The first step always takes the longest. Making sure the foundation is level is a time consuming but essential process, otherwise the entire… View post Each pier needs to be cleared out so we can pin the concrete footing to the bedrock with rebar. Our machines can do most of the work, but la… View post Ontario trilliums spot our hills for a few weeks every year. A fleeting reminder of the vastness that is Ontario View post Digging the foundation, one pier at a time View post A look back at the canoe nose cutting across open water, with forest on the far shore and a sky full of soft summer clouds. Some days were j… View post A look back at the shed build taking shape in the trees, still raw pine, open doors, and ladders inside. Even before it was finished, it alr… View post A look back at spring water rising through the woods, with a beaver dam quietly changing the shape of the shoreline. The forest keeps its ow… View post The build site is nearly down to raw earth, roots, and bedrock now. Every stump and pocket of soil tells us a little more about what the hou… View post A look back at one of those spring rides where the forest road had other plans. The ATV could get us there, but the fallen tree made a good… View post The stumps are slowly coming out. It took multiple hands, a 4,500 lb winch on the RTV, and the tractor before this one finally relented. As… View post From humble beginnings to an entire house build. When we first got the property, it was vacant. We only had an overgrown driveway and a well… View post Taking our time to dig up the area to pour concrete piers for the house. They’ll be directly embedded into the bedrock of the Canadian Shiel… View post Woodpeckers call our forest home. They put trees to work: nesting, feeding, signaling and later, their old cavities become shelter for other… View post When you’re moving thousands of pounds of wood, your back will thank you for not deadlifting every pound View post Timber View post Tree felling is a dangerous art. For trees like this we bring in professionals. Unfortunately this tree was right in the middle of our build… View post Receiving deliveries in a rural property takes some effort! We can’t expect a delivery driver to come all the way into the property, so we u… View post Once the septic was done, we could finally bring in the camper. We didn't want a total fixer-upper. We also didn't want to spend a fortune o… View post Not glamorous. Very necessary. For the first few years, the property was still basically camping. Every visit meant packing, unpacking, sett… View post At first, power on the property meant battery packs, small lights, and running the generator when we needed tools or charging. But the trade… View post We bought a forest, then realized we didn't really know how to read one. We knew trees in the normal camping-and-hiking way. We didn't know… View post One winter morning, I woke up cold. I figured the generator had run out of gas. It hadn't. It had caught fire overnight. That first winter,… View post The tractor solved one problem. Then the next one showed up. Most deliveries could only make it to the edge of the property. From there, we… View post We bought a tractor before we built anything. The first big problem on the land was the driveway. Calling it a driveway was generous. It was… View post What if we bought a forest? That was the half-joking text that started this whole thing. We were in different cities, scrolling land listing… View post × ‹ ‹ › Open on Instagram ›
Work doesn't always stop when the sun goes down. In order to avoid the heat, sometimes you'll work into the evening and take an afternoon si… View post
A look back at three young birds tucked close in their nest, still soft-feathered and waiting on the next stretch of wing. We kept our dista… View post
The first step always takes the longest. Making sure the foundation is level is a time consuming but essential process, otherwise the entire… View post
Each pier needs to be cleared out so we can pin the concrete footing to the bedrock with rebar. Our machines can do most of the work, but la… View post
Ontario trilliums spot our hills for a few weeks every year. A fleeting reminder of the vastness that is Ontario View post
A look back at the canoe nose cutting across open water, with forest on the far shore and a sky full of soft summer clouds. Some days were j… View post
A look back at the shed build taking shape in the trees, still raw pine, open doors, and ladders inside. Even before it was finished, it alr… View post
A look back at spring water rising through the woods, with a beaver dam quietly changing the shape of the shoreline. The forest keeps its ow… View post
The build site is nearly down to raw earth, roots, and bedrock now. Every stump and pocket of soil tells us a little more about what the hou… View post
A look back at one of those spring rides where the forest road had other plans. The ATV could get us there, but the fallen tree made a good… View post
The stumps are slowly coming out. It took multiple hands, a 4,500 lb winch on the RTV, and the tractor before this one finally relented. As… View post
From humble beginnings to an entire house build. When we first got the property, it was vacant. We only had an overgrown driveway and a well… View post
Taking our time to dig up the area to pour concrete piers for the house. They’ll be directly embedded into the bedrock of the Canadian Shiel… View post
Woodpeckers call our forest home. They put trees to work: nesting, feeding, signaling and later, their old cavities become shelter for other… View post
When you’re moving thousands of pounds of wood, your back will thank you for not deadlifting every pound View post
Tree felling is a dangerous art. For trees like this we bring in professionals. Unfortunately this tree was right in the middle of our build… View post
Receiving deliveries in a rural property takes some effort! We can’t expect a delivery driver to come all the way into the property, so we u… View post
Once the septic was done, we could finally bring in the camper. We didn't want a total fixer-upper. We also didn't want to spend a fortune o… View post
Not glamorous. Very necessary. For the first few years, the property was still basically camping. Every visit meant packing, unpacking, sett… View post
At first, power on the property meant battery packs, small lights, and running the generator when we needed tools or charging. But the trade… View post
We bought a forest, then realized we didn't really know how to read one. We knew trees in the normal camping-and-hiking way. We didn't know… View post
One winter morning, I woke up cold. I figured the generator had run out of gas. It hadn't. It had caught fire overnight. That first winter,… View post
The tractor solved one problem. Then the next one showed up. Most deliveries could only make it to the edge of the property. From there, we… View post
We bought a tractor before we built anything. The first big problem on the land was the driveway. Calling it a driveway was generous. It was… View post
What if we bought a forest? That was the half-joking text that started this whole thing. We were in different cities, scrolling land listing… View post
