what should you bring to a remote homestead?

I do have the book of country living one of the first things i bought when i moved to where i am now i have a billy goat that i raised from a day old he has gotten along just fine eating box wood and bows i also read that chickens can eat curdled milk apartly thats how they used to br kept

Propane weedburner and a 20LB bottle or 2.

What to take?

That's easy. Everything.

Of course, everything depends upon whether your going to be packing everything in by foot, horseback, ATV, or airplane. Start toting a 200lb anvil and several hundred pounds of hand tools, and your getting into some serious backaches. Of course, if your actually going to do something in raw 'wilderness' you already know about backaches.

I don't know if the situation in Canada is the same as it is/was in the US, but every place that was conducive to agriculture/homesteading was claimed a good while ago. I have been 'through' BC, Alberta, and the Yukon a couple dozen times, and would love to live up there. Imagine large greenhouses would be in order. And, if livestock, large caliber firearms to protect them.

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I bought Carla Emery's book in the late 1970s and I swear we would not have survived without it! My copy is in pretty rough shape now but I still use it.

People have absolutely survived without a Sat phone but that was because they did not have the choice. Today they are relatively inexpensive and if you are living remote they can be the difference between life and death. One of the great tools of the modern era. Not for chit chatting but for real emergencies. My Dad was attacked by a Grizzly. Without the ability to call for a helicopter he would have died.

For me, no different than here. I don't go out every time I need something. Make sure you have everything because you can't just run to the store. There are so many variables depending on what you want/need to do/have. And why do you have a billy goat if you only have one, at least if you wethered it you could eat it. Yes, we feed the chickens any/all surplus milk products. Thinking a little more about the question, I probably would have a few more medical supplies, just in case....James

Still lots of untamed land in the Yukon but the problem is that the territory owns it all so opening new areas for settlement is not just a question of environmental impact but of politics. And of course they want to only open land close to the major centres. Greenhouses are a necessity to get the jump on the growing season which is really only middle of June to August but with 24 hours of sunlight you do get amazing produce. And commercial greenhouses are becoming a big deal especially in areas where there is geo-thermal heat available.

Definitley need large caliber firearms and some good guard dogs for stock. I have never seen so many large breed guard dogs in my life. Every homestead, farm and gold mine site has a pair or more. Bison do well in the Yukon.

For myself... a couple barrels of sippin whiskey, for the baby... a leash.... to keep the lil bugger out of my sippin whiskey.

For the house.... a good roof is probably the most important thing. It will insure that the pantry goods dont get ruined and keeps the bedding dry. Enough food in the pantry to last a minimum of a year, for critters you need at least one good steer, a rope and brandin iron, A lot of todays best cattle herds started out that way.

The most important things to take with you is a fair amount of common sense, basic tools to work with and the ambition to put those tools to good use.

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Make that 18 months.

Agreed on the books. Especially plant identification books for the area. Saves trying and dying.

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We bought a billy last year because were going to get nanny goats just happened we had opportunity to buy a baby billy first

Ive got an extensive farm library. The reason its so extensive is, I cant understand what I read. I have to see the idea in motion by someone doing it. IF I was moveing out beyond the beyond, Id try to have vids of everything I could think of. Especially gardening,
Id be looking for the simpliest way to drill a water well, and take the necessareies to do that.

Pappy always used to say to make such deals work, the most important thing nessesary was a strong back, and a weak mind!

I notice on the list from Canada there were..only...5 bars of soap !! Hmm...makes you wonder..eh ??

Not much bathing going on at 30 below zero in the wintere - and mostly in the creeks in summer! One reason I never think of them as "the good old days".

And that reminds me of something to take to a remote homestead. If there is no inside bathroom then you absolutely need a tin bath. There are some on e-bay.

A satellite phone and solar charger.
And enough medical knowledge adn intestinal fortitude to hang on until help can arrive.

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No need for a tin bath tub. We use a cement mixing tub that can be purchased for around $10 bucks at any building supply store. They are large enough to sit comfortably in and light enough for one person to carry out the door - even filled with ~3 gallons of water - to throw out the bath water.

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Try going without internet for a few months. Then decide how far from civilization you want to be.

seeds and plants of what you want to grow, potato fork, trowel, shovel, cookware, untensils for cooking, fire stuff (starters, hatchet, kindling, cooking racks, etc.), shelter of some sort if it isn't provided (tarps, tents, sleeping bags, pillows, blankets)
I'd like to have a generator and fuel for phone charger/computer (and I use a medical device that would require battery), bathing cloths and towels, etc. soaps, shampoos, cleaning supplies, dishes and utensils to eat with, bbq if available or camp stove.
ropes and clothespins, toilet paper, folding chairs and table, food for as long as you'd need it, fresh water or water chemicals if not avail,

you didn't give a lot of details but these would be must haves if i was going to be there very long I think..what I'd have in my go bag

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That is a good idea. Our tin bath was light (not with the water in it though) and we got it for $3 at a flea market but that was over 30 years ago.

steel tools, and cast iron cookware

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Some thing in life are better without the Internet

That being said, it will be what me and the wife will miss.... We can still get dial up or satellite but it sure isn't FiOS....

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