Life on an Off-Grid Wilderness Island.
Welcome to My Wild Holm! Ryan and Melodi here, and guess what? In the Spring of 2022, we bought a 62 acre island on a lake in the wilderness of Canada and we're building our own homestead!
Follow every step of our build as we turn our wilderness island into the off grid property of our dreams!
Things have definitely changed over the past couple of years. It's made us realize that life can 'take a turn' pretty quickly. It also made us want to build our own off grid self-sustainable life in the beautiful Canadian wilderness. Of course we know that it won't be without its challenges but that's never stopped us before!
We would love for you to join us as we escape to the backwoods. Please hit our SUBSCRIBE button and we will try to upload a new video every week.
Mailing Address:
My Wild Holm
PO Box 282
Station Main
Nanoose Bay, BC
V9P9J9
Email: hello@mywildholm.com
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HELP US NAME OUR BARGE 🚤
Our barge has hauled just about everything — materials, machines, supplies and us — but it still doesn’t have a name. We have Milton, the Sawmill, Alvin the Chipper and of course Pepper our Track Loader... until now, we have hesitated to put a 'name' on our beloved barge because it's a big deal for us and kind of hard to make a final decision...
Sooo we’re turning it over to you.
How to enter:
• Drop one barge name idea per comment
• Browse the comments and 👍 like your favorites. We count likes only.
How it works:
• No Repeats - the first person to think of a name will be the one to claim it
• We only count the 'likes' - so repeat suggestions are not counted
• After a few days, we’ll take the top 5 most-liked names
• Those 5 will go into a final vote to Subscribers only
• The winning name becomes official — painted on the barge and everything
The winner gets 'bragging' rights and a My Wild Holm 'original' cap
(one of the very last 3 remaining)
Keep it fun. Keep it island-appropriate.
We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
#offgrid #offgridlife #mywildholm #homestead #offgridisland #wildernessisland
— Ryan & Melodi
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I forgot that we have a little Birthday celebration today (Melodi's) and so we will have to postpone our livestream - back to regular time next week though. Thank you for all of your support for our channel and our community. We really really appreciate each one of you! We will be leaving for the island on Sunday! #mywildholm #homestead #offgridisland #offgridlife
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ATTENTION: Holmies
For those of you that attend our livestreams you all know our friend Charles A. He is working on an amazing project in East Texas and he's opened it up for viewing for any of the Holmies that are interested to see the progress. We suggest you go take a look. It's definitely worth seeing! Please e-mail us and we'll send you the link. Our e-mail can be found in our 'Description' on the channel home page. Here's a sneak peak!
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To the very BEST YouTube community out there! We’re so sorry to have to cancel this week’s livestream. We were really looking forward to spending time with you all tomorrow, but it seems we’ve picked up a little “Christmas bug” with the busy days, visitors and late nights. We wish you the happiest New Year, and we’ll see you next week. Our next video will be out very soon!
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Our new video is coming out on Friday, December 19th!! We apologize for the delay 💚
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🔦 NEW REVIEW!
We tested the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi Camera for use on our Remote Island Homestead — 4K quality, 180° dual-lens view, night vision, WiFi 6, smart detection, and no monthly fees.
For the price, this thing is really impressive.
🎥 Watch the full review here:
https://youtu.be/Kk83-6rDRUE
🛒 Learn more or check current pricing (affiliate link):
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🛒 Reolink’s Amazon Storefront of gear we actually use:
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Thanks for supporting our little off-grid dream. ❤️ You can use the link at no extra cost to you - we may get a small commission.
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REMINDER: For those of you that would like to have a visit with us tonight. Grab a hot drink and relax from the festivities of the day while we learn more about our guest: @thompsonscabin He bought 12 acres of land, went off the grid and is in the process of building a sustainable home. He shares his experience of transforming his land into a thriving and self-sufficient homestead. Welcome in! Tonight at 7:00pm CST (5:00 PST).
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🦃 Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends!
From an island in Canada to your tables today — wishing you warmth, gratitude, and a beautiful day with the people you love. 🍂❤️ #mywildholm #happythanksgiving
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Hello to you all!! Tonight is typically the night we usually have our livestream but we don't think we'll have power to do one so we'll try to do one in the next few days. We had a pretty good snowfall and we are just in the process of trying to make a 'graceful' exit (it's not working out that well at the moment). Episode 6 comes out tomorrow at noon CST. Pass it along to your friends and family. Add more to the Holmie club! 💚 We love you guys!! We'll talk to you soon.
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We've just had a really great visit with Greg Ovens from @OvensRockyMountainBushcraft and we'd like to invite you to check out his latest video where he heads out from our island out to have a bit of a wilderness adventure (2 day survival in winter temps). He had quite a time out here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Wg2...
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