🌲 Hi, we’re Joe & Tina — high school sweethearts, married 26 years, parents to 3 amazing kids, and proud retired military veterans.

In 2022, we sold almost everything and traded city life for a slower, more intentional life in Alaska. What started as a leap of faith has become a full-on homestead journey rooted in family, faith, hard work, and freedom. We share real life on our Alaskan homestead — the wins, the struggles, and everything in between. You’ll find:

• Homesteading
• Building projects & DIY
• Homeschooling & family life
• From-scratch cooking & preserving
• Seasonal rhythms of life in Alaska
• Cozy vlogs & honest conversations

We believe in living as self-sufficiently as possible, working with our hands, raising our kids close to nature, and choosing a life that feels meaningful — not rushed. If you love simple living, homesteading, family-centered content, and life in Alaska, you’re in the right place.

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HOME FREE ALASKA
PO Box 1317
Willow, AK 99688



Home Free Alaska

All hands on deck! Check out this week’s video!⬇️⬇️

✨Life in ALASKA: We're Getting Ahead Before Summer Hits
https://youtu.be/SMT_3H2GwRg

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Just some random snapshots of barn life lately. 🥰

Every night — and I mean every night — Sarah sleeps with her head resting on her lamb. It is the sweetest thing ever. 🥹

Naomi has also completely fallen in love with the lambs and regularly curls up for afternoon naps with them. I think it fills her mama heart… and honestly, it fills mine too.🤍

And this bundle of baby goats? Absolutely ridiculous. 😂 They’re so spunky, playful, and full of life — they’re a joy just to sit and watch.

We’re getting about 1/2 gallon of milk a day right now for our family, and it’s so sweet and creamy. It feels good to be back in milk again!

I also made a delicious batch of tallow & goat’s milk soap this week (featured in this week’s vlog 👌🏼) with the coziest woodsy cabin scent using cedarwood, rosemary, and Siberian fir essential oils.

I shared the full soap recipe over on our website:
homefreealaska.com/homemade-goat-milk-tallow-soap-…

It’s been such a beautiful week. The sun has even peeked out here and there, which always feels like such a gift this time of year. 😊

Sunrise: 5:13am ☀️
Sunset: 10:37pm 🌙

And just 12 more days until summer break from homeschool… we are counting down!🙌🏼

These are the kinds of slow, ordinary days I know we’ll look back on someday and miss. So I’m cherishing every bit of it.

Cheers! Tina-

3 days ago | [YT] | 1,056

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Happy Saturday YT fam! Check out this week’s VLOG! STILL rainin’ over here!😂 Thanks for following along!❤️🇺🇸❤️

✨Alaska’s In-Between Season Has Us Stuck
https://youtu.be/Y2s0w7FrtKw

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If you enjoy behind-the-scenes moments with our family, check out our membership community for EXTRA bonus videos like this one!📸

📌 By Request: My Salvation Story! The Story Behind My Faith
https://youtu.be/LH_EL5VeheY

Memberships are always optional — our weekly vlogs will always be free for everyone.🤍

But if you’d like to support our family and enjoy some extra perks with ZERO ads…you can join here ⬇️⬇️
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Thank you for being here, we appreciate you! —Tina🤍

1 week ago | [YT] | 171

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Sharing some very sad news today.

Thank you all so much for the love, prayers, and kind words—we feel them and truly appreciate this community more than you know. 🤍

I also see many of you trying to help by offering ideas, diagnoses, and things we “could have done,” and I understand that it’s coming from a good place. But I just want to gently say this: life on a homestead, especially during lambing season, can be unpredictable and sometimes heartbreaking despite doing everything right.

There’s no clear answer for what caused sweet Faith to get sick, and with Gracie, it was a sudden accident that simply couldn’t have been prevented. As hard as that is to accept, it’s the reality of raising animals.

We love and care deeply for every single one of our animals, and we’re always learning and doing our very best for them. Right now, we’re just allowing ourselves to grieve and process the loss.

Thank you for being here with us through both the beautiful moments and the hard ones. 🤍

📌A Tragic Day on our Homestead…
https://youtu.be/6QOVzfepMh8

1 week ago | [YT] | 1,001

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Check out this week’s video! We are so excited to finally be settled again. After moving 3 times in 4 yrs since being back in Alaska, it’s nice to see our plans all coming together.

We’re excited for the upcoming season & projects on the homestead! Thanks for following along!🤍🤍

✨We Built MASSIVE Garden Beds! 🌱 (Alaska Homestead)
https://youtu.be/ydrGY-YGWH8

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