FALL Day in the Life! Cabin Addition | Homeschool | Restocking Firewood + DIY Fall Garland...

#HomeFreeAlaska #OffGrid #Alaska Fall is upon us & I couldn't be more excited. After the hustle & bustle of the summer season, all the projects, work & adventures, I know that in about a month it'll all slow down. Winter is that way isn't it? Ready or not, here it comes & it forces you to slow down & hunker in more by the fire. I'm grateful for the seasons changing as a lot of us would just keep going full steam ahead with no slow down amen? But the slow down is desperately needed, even if we don't realize it. Besides who am I kidding, there's still a lot of work to do once the temperatures drop. Spend a couple days with us on our Alaska homestead as we continue work on our cabin addition, cook a delicious sausage sauerkraut soup for dinner, homeschool + I'm feeling artsy/crafty & decided to make a beautiful, easy, FALL garland for the kitchen window in the cabin. Thanks for joining me for another video friends, Happy Fall season! Cheers... 📌 ITEMS USED IN TODAY'S VIDEO (Amazon): 1. Stainless steel french press: https://geni.us/yULaDZ 2. Electric glass water kettle: https://geni.us/mPxKVm 3. Bamboo drinking glasses: https://geni.us/ZlDRj5 SAUSAGE & SAUERKRAUT SOUP Ingredients: 1 lb sausage (I used mild Italian sausage) 2 tbsp of butter 2 small onions or 1 large onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 3-4 white potatoes (peeled and cut into small bite sized cubes) 3 tbsp tomato paste 2 carrots, grated 5-6 cups beef or chicken stock (preferably homemade) 1/2 tsp caraway seeds (optional) 1/3 to 1/2 cup of pearl barley 8-12 oz/225 grams of sauerkraut (liquid drained off) Salt/pepper to taste 2-3 tsp Italian seasoning DIRECTIONS: In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter. Adds onions & garlic to the melted butter and cook until onions are translucent. Dice potatoes into bite size pieces and grate carrots. Add potatoes and carrots to the pot with tomato paste, barley, caraway seeds, and chicken stock. Cook for 20-25 minutes. Meanwhile, in a separate frying pan, cook sausages & set aside to cool. You may deglaze the sausage pan with a bit of warm stock to add some extra sausage flavor to the soup. Add the sauerkraut to the soup pot and cook soup for another 15-20 minutes until the barley is tender. Once the sausage is cool enough to handle, slice it into small rounds and add to the soup. Taste to adjust for salt, then serve. 🎼 Music by Epidemic Sound! Get your royalty-free music & sound effects here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... SONGS PLAYED IN TODAY'S VIDEO: 1. Intro song: Chemistry by Tape Machines 2. Repurposed: Cody Francis 3. The River's Gonna Cry When You're Gone: Loving Caliber 4. On A Wire: The Eastern Plain 5. Today Is A Good Day To Live: John T. Graham 6. Beautiful Place: Colton Walls 7. Mimicking Your Breathing: Harper Rey 8. It Really Makes me Wonder: Loving Caliber 9. Brittle Bones: Sunfish Grove 10. I'm Not Over You: Victor Lundberg 11. What I Can't Recall: Constellate 👍 Let’s Connect! Follow Home Free Alaska on your favorite social media: Instagram ➡️   / homefreealaska   Facebook ➡️   / homefreealaska   Pinterest ➡️   / _created   👉 https://linktr.ee/homefreealaska Email 📧 [email protected] SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL through our affiliate links: 1. TOUPS & CO. organic skin care & makeup! Use my link for 10% OFF your entire order! 👉 http://www.toupsandco.com/homefreealaska 🏷 USE COUPON CODE: "HOMEFREEALASKA10” 2. GRUBTERRA dog treats for your fur babies! Use my link ➡️ https://bit.ly/3gUjBjk 🏷 USE COUPON CODE: "HFA" for 10% OFF your order! 3. 🛍 You can also SHOP Amazon using our affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2Uy6sEW 4. To learn more about ESSENTIAL OILS & how YOU can get your oils 25% off: 🎁 Check out my Doterra wellness link here: https://www.doterra.com/US/en/site/ti... 5. 🛒 Check out our Amazon storefront to see ALL of our favorites: https://amazon.com/shop/homefreealaska 🥇Show us some love over on PayPal at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/homef... Paypal username: @homefreealaska 🎬 Welcome to the official YouTube channel of HOME FREE ALASKA! We welcome you into our home where we share our LIFE with you! In 2022 we sold everything & moved across the country, relocating our family from city life to off grid freedom in Alaska! Trading in the hustle & bustle of city life for the wilds of Alaska. We're an independent family with faith values that pursues a self-sustaining lifestyle as much as possible! We're a homesteading, homeschooling, from scratch kind of family! We enjoy hard work; building up our homestead, delicious recipes with homegrown food, gardening & preserving for a natural, wholesome lifestyle! Mail: HOME FREE ALASKA PO Box 1317 Willow, AK 99688 📚Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases (at no additional cost to you). I ONLY endorse products that I personally use & love!