Instagram Photos and updates from the land Field notes and build updates from @innorthernwoods. RSS feed 49 posts · click any item to view Today we finished planting our first garden. Our friend gifted us the garden bed, while our mom and her partner helped us fill and plant the… View post 20000 lbs of concrete delivered this morning followed by a flash flood! A quick trip to Home Hardware secured a pump to ensure our newly cur… View post We are pouring concrete this week. While it’s incredible to see the foundation finally taking permanent shape, it is very hard work! A full… View post We've formally passed our first inspection! Next week we'll get to pouring concrete to actually build the real base of our new house View post A look back at a quiet canoe ride across the pond, tucked under the forest edge with summer still heavy in the trees. View post A look back at septic framing taking shape in the woods. Slow, careful work between roots, rocks, and trees before anything could move forwa… View post A handful of our piers - ready for concrete. We're waiting on final word from the inspector who came out today to check on the site. From th… View post As we wind down the week, we are ready for our first inspection (minus a handful of braces which we will add this weekend). It’s been a wild… View post Making steady progress towards a solid foundation. The slowest part of the build, but the most important to get right. We're hoping to have… View post Our freshly engineered roof trusses nestled along the forest edge, ready for the next part of the build Quiet and methodical work under the… View post Lowering the footing box into the hole. A little bit of light rain doesn’t stop the progression. Using a plumb bob to mark centre and figure… View post While our main house and build will be fully off grid, we have decided to install hydro service at our sea can. This will allow us to power… View post We screened in the front of our bunkie shed this week. It was a small day job, but affords us some better bug free entry into our office and… View post Digging through roots and rock in the spring woods, one careful bucket at a time. Slow work under the trees, with the ground giving up only… View post After checking out commercial options we decided to hand build an outdoor couch, though it turned out that premade high density cushions wer… View post We had 3/4" clear gravel delivered as close as possible for our foundation build, but that still left quite a distance to transport. Luckily… View post A look back at the bunkie coming together in the summer woods, fresh cedar walls tucked under the trees while the last pieces of the build w… View post A look back at reshaping the driveway slope in the woods, widening the approach one bucket at a time. Quiet land work, muddy tracks, and a l… View post Scribing the forms to the underlying bedrock, and stabilizing them so we can pour concrete in the coming weeks View post Drilling out holes in the bedrock for rebar, which will reinforce the concrete against the bedrock and provide protection from frost View post A look back at a goose family moving down the gravel lane, goslings gathered close between the adults and the tall spring grass. View post A look back at the land tools gathered in the woods, ready for clearing brush, smoothing ground, and handling snow when the season turns. So… View post 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 × ‹ ‹ › Comments Open on Instagram ›
Today we finished planting our first garden. Our friend gifted us the garden bed, while our mom and her partner helped us fill and plant the… View post
20000 lbs of concrete delivered this morning followed by a flash flood! A quick trip to Home Hardware secured a pump to ensure our newly cur… View post
We are pouring concrete this week. While it’s incredible to see the foundation finally taking permanent shape, it is very hard work! A full… View post
We've formally passed our first inspection! Next week we'll get to pouring concrete to actually build the real base of our new house View post
A look back at a quiet canoe ride across the pond, tucked under the forest edge with summer still heavy in the trees. View post
A look back at septic framing taking shape in the woods. Slow, careful work between roots, rocks, and trees before anything could move forwa… View post
A handful of our piers - ready for concrete. We're waiting on final word from the inspector who came out today to check on the site. From th… View post
As we wind down the week, we are ready for our first inspection (minus a handful of braces which we will add this weekend). It’s been a wild… View post
Making steady progress towards a solid foundation. The slowest part of the build, but the most important to get right. We're hoping to have… View post
Our freshly engineered roof trusses nestled along the forest edge, ready for the next part of the build Quiet and methodical work under the… View post
Lowering the footing box into the hole. A little bit of light rain doesn’t stop the progression. Using a plumb bob to mark centre and figure… View post
While our main house and build will be fully off grid, we have decided to install hydro service at our sea can. This will allow us to power… View post
We screened in the front of our bunkie shed this week. It was a small day job, but affords us some better bug free entry into our office and… View post
Digging through roots and rock in the spring woods, one careful bucket at a time. Slow work under the trees, with the ground giving up only… View post
After checking out commercial options we decided to hand build an outdoor couch, though it turned out that premade high density cushions wer… View post
We had 3/4" clear gravel delivered as close as possible for our foundation build, but that still left quite a distance to transport. Luckily… View post
A look back at the bunkie coming together in the summer woods, fresh cedar walls tucked under the trees while the last pieces of the build w… View post
A look back at reshaping the driveway slope in the woods, widening the approach one bucket at a time. Quiet land work, muddy tracks, and a l… View post
Scribing the forms to the underlying bedrock, and stabilizing them so we can pour concrete in the coming weeks View post
Drilling out holes in the bedrock for rebar, which will reinforce the concrete against the bedrock and provide protection from frost View post
A look back at a goose family moving down the gravel lane, goslings gathered close between the adults and the tall spring grass. View post
A look back at the land tools gathered in the woods, ready for clearing brush, smoothing ground, and handling snow when the season turns. So… View post
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
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