Two Years Alone in the Wilderness | Escape the City to Build Off Grid Log Cabin

One man leaves the city life behind to build a cheap off grid log cabin and homestead in the Canadian wilderness, including a log home, an outdoor kitchen, an outhouse, a woodshed and a sauna bathhouse. Building mostly with hand tools, Shawn James harvests building materials from the forests north...

92 min - Home, Garden & Craft - My Self Reliance

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