Life on an Off-Grid Wilderness Island

Welcome to My Wild Holm. We’re Ryan and Melodi, and in 2022 we bought a 62-acre island on a remote lake in the Canadian wilderness.

Since then, we’ve been building an off-grid homestead from the ground up, one project, one mistake, and one hard-earned lesson at a time.

We’re not trying to disappear from the modern world completely. We’re focused on building a life that brings together wilderness freedom, practical self-reliance, solar power, internet access with as many of the modern comforts that will make this place livable for the long haul.

Follow along as we turn a raw wilderness island into an off-grid home, with all the work, weather, wildlife, setbacks, systems and everyday learning that comes along with it.

Mailing Address:

My Wild Holm
PO Box 282
Station Main
Nanoose Bay, BC
V9P 9J9

Email: hello@mywildholm.com


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😂🤣 Oh my goodness… WHERE do little ones come up with these things?!
She was singing “Down by the Bay” when she suddenly had to think of her own rhyme… 😂 (This is my grandbaby a few years back)
What she came up with had us all laughing! 🤣🐶 #mywildholm #shorts #shortsvideo #downbythebay

🎶 You HAVE to hear this one! 👇❤️
youtube.com/shorts/Oov4mamhASY

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We're live right now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMw_4... We invite you to join us for some fun!

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NEW EPISODE IS LIVE! ❤️
Sometimes it’s the smallest changes that make everyday life so much easier.
This week Ryan tackles one of those little projects I’ve wanted for a long time — getting our microwave and toaster oven/air fryer/convection oven up off the counter so we could finally reclaim some much-needed workspace in our tiny cabin.
He’s also back outside making more progress on the dock… although that one still has a ways to go! 😂
Come spend another week with us on Bird Island. #mywildholm #offgridliving #offgridlife #retirementadventures
https://youtu.be/IEz9TCN0oEE

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We’re LIVE right now over on My Wild Holm – Open House ❤️

Tonight is just a good old-fashioned catch-up — Off Grid Life Lately — chatting about our week, island life, and some fun old memories.

Come over, say hello, and join the Holmies in the chat.
youtube.com/live/p50nZb-ONws

We’re LIVE now!

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Well… this one got serious pretty quickly. 😳
What started as a routine trip to get Pepper serviced turned into something we definitely weren’t expecting on the side of the highway.
And somehow, that was only the beginning of the episode.
Season 5, Episode 5 is up now. #mywildholm #offgrid #offgridisland #retirementadventures🌲❤️ https://youtu.be/_Ucn26Ml-zg

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WE’RE LIVE! 🚪❤️

The door is open over on My Wild Holm — Open House and we’re settling in for our Thursday night visit with the Holmies.

Tonight we’re talking about WHAT YOU DON’T SEE — all those little pieces of island life that never make it into the Sunday episode.

Come on over, pull up a chair and spend the evening with us. 🌲

👉 WATCH LIVE HERE: youtube.com/live/lYRMamFQXvQ

Ryan, Melodi & Opal

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Tonight over our livestream channel: My Wild Holm - Open House ❤️

You normally see about 30–40 minutes of our week on My Wild Holm.

But there are roughly 6,720 waking minutes in that same week.

So tonight we’re talking about WHAT YOU DON’T SEE — all the ordinary, funny, frustrating, quiet and completely unfilmed parts of our life on the island.

Come spend the evening with us and the Holmies!

LIVE TONIGHT — 5 PM PT • 7 PM CT

👉 youtube.com/live/lYRMamFQXvQ

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New episode is up! 🌲🚜

The Last One Got Flattened... So We Built Another | S5 E4

Ryan is back on Pepper, we’re pushing ahead around the sawmill area, and another temporary solution goes up on the island… although we’re already wondering what we’re going to do with it when winter arrives. 😅

And before long, we’re getting ready to leave the island again for a trip that’s a little different from our usual supply runs.

Come along with us for another day of projects, changing plans and life on our remote Canadian island.

👉 Watch the new episode here: https://youtu.be/9RoHFvOtOZ8

And tell us in the comments — would you reinforce a temporary shelter for winter, or take it down before the snow comes?

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Something pretty wonderful has happened over at My Wild Holm — Open House. ❤️

Come take a look: youtube.com/@MyWildHolmOpenHouse

When we created Open House, we wanted it to be a special place for you all (Holmies) — somewhere a little more relaxed where we could spend more time together, share some behind-the-scenes moments, go live, answer questions and simply enjoy this amazing community we’ve built together.

And now there are already 196 Holmies over there!

We know there are probably many of you here who haven’t discovered Open House yet, so we wanted to extend the invitation.

If you enjoy being part of the My Wild Holm community and would like a little more of the behind-the-scenes, the conversations, the laughs and the time we get to spend together, we’d love to have you join us. #livestream #offgrid #mywildholm #offgridisland

🏡 My Wild Holm — Open House

It’s a little different over there.

A little more personal.
A little more relaxed.
And very much for our Holmies. ❤️

Come on in. The door’s open.

Ryan & Melodi

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I HAVE AN IDEA… 👀

There isn’t much left of this old cabin anymore, but somehow that makes it even harder not to imagine what it could become.

Could we someday build something new inside these old log walls and give the ruins one more life?

That’s only one little part of Episode 03 — Ryan is also clearing a new area for Pepper and the implements, we check in on the garden, and we head down to see whether the lake is finally starting to behave itself. 😄

Our NEW EPISODE is up now: Could These Cabin Ruins Have One More Life?

https://youtu.be/UGzAyTRzyBg

What would you do with these ruins? #mywildholm #offgridlife #offgridliving #offgridisland

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