Preparing for Mules | Live Free or Die

in the wilderness economy doesn’t exist
the only economy we have is an economy
of motion
I have no electricity no running water
if the world came to an end I could
totally take care of myself
my blacksmithing puts food on the table
it’s my main means of barter that’s how
I get most of my stuff primitive
blacksmith Derik has lived in this rocky
mountain cabin for 22 years it’s harder
to live off the grid
than it is to live in society every
spring
Derek transforms his rugged mountain
property into a working homestead with
the help of three mules the mules are
really gonna get a lot of chores tied up
here they’re gonna help me take a big
load off my back over the winter Derek’s
homestead was hit with seven feet of
snow to ensure his mules survived the
bitter cold
Derek moved them to a friend’s covered
stable 15 miles away
this Corral needs a lot of work I got to
get this thing tuned up for those mules
now with spring approaching Derek must
rebuild the Mules corral before he gets
them back to work I don’t get this fence
line down I won’t have nowhere to keep
my mules
just getting these poles ready for
tripods it’s a big project getting this
all tied together I would love to be
able to go to Home Depot and buy all the
cement and posts and hardware that I
need to make a real Corral but I choose
not to buy materials because the forest
gives me everything I hear I put X’s
across crossbars and then I put a ton of
debris on it this will totally keep
those meals in check it’s highly
intimidating real pokey dangerous ain’t
gonna try and jump that solid all the
work that I do is the price you pay to
live free