Category: Living Tiny

How we have been learning to live tiny and our experiences and advice on it! Happy to hear from others living tiny!!

Skoolie RV Mobile Garden- Year 2!

Posted on April 12, 2019 by TheCrabsHomestead

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Last year I showed off my edible garden to everyone, including Nasturciums and rosemary…this year since we will be stationary a little longer we were able to add Jalapenos, Tomatos, and some other wild and cool flowers because why not?! I added some rods… Continue Reading “Skoolie RV Mobile Garden- Year 2!”

Category: Living TinyTags: bus garden, bus life, chittybangskoolie, garden, landscape, mobile garden, rv, rv garden, rv life, skoolie garden, skoolielife, tiny house, tiny house garden, travel garden, van garden, vanlife

Skoolie Laundry Day!

Posted on March 27, 2019 by TheCrabsHomestead

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Wanna see us doing laundry at the laundromat? See how awkward I get talking to my phone in public..i gotta get over it lol!

Category: Living TinyTags: chores, clothes, laundromat, laundry, skoolie, tinyhouselife, wash

Cleaning the Compost Toilet

Posted on March 23, 2019 by TheCrabsHomestead

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New video out on our YouTube channel…. Cleaning the #composttoilet I just show what I do every week I have to clean the toilet and explain why we chose it and some more info on it! Cleaning the Compost Toilet #tinyhouse #buslife #chores #natureshead… Continue Reading “Cleaning the Compost Toilet”

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Cleaning the Solar Panels Part 1 and 2

Posted on March 22, 2019 by TheCrabsHomestead

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Check out my #youtubelive video(s) today I did #cleaning our #solarpanels! I get half done and Had to stop bc i accidentally #trapped 🦀 in the bus! Whatever…LOL Keep scrolling below for PART 2 Part 2: Cleaning Solar Panels

Category: Living TinyTags: bus life, chores, cleaning, climbing, roof, roof work, skoolie, Solar Panel, solarpanel

Where to Park Your Bus: Article

Posted on February 13, 2019 by TheCrabsHomestead

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Where to Park Your Bus (Article as featured in November 2018 Bus Conversion Magazine) After spending a year and a half converting our ‘99 International Genesis, Chitty Bang, into a Tiny House/Skoolie for our family of four, I started to wonder how hard it… Continue Reading “Where to Park Your Bus: Article”

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Skoolie Life Update January 2019

Posted on February 11, 2019 by TheCrabsHomestead

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Check out what we are up to after our workamping gig ended this winter! We take a nice long break with limited people interactions and really just do what we want to! Time to decompress and get organized for our plans for the year!

Category: Living TinyTags: bus family, conversion, life, minimalism, rv, rv family, school bus conversion, school bus family, skoolie, skoolie family, skoolie life, small house, tinyhouse, update, update on life, van, van family, van life family

Skoolie RV Tiny House Appliances on Propane

Posted on December 20, 2018 by TheCrabsHomestead

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I go over the 4 propane appliances we have been using for 2 years while living tiny in our skoolie conversion. We had the intention while building it of being off grid and boondocking more so we installed mostly propane with the options of… Continue Reading “Skoolie RV Tiny House Appliances on Propane”

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HEAR US @SkoolieToday PodCast NEXT WEEK!

Posted on November 4, 2018 by TheCrabsHomestead

Ryon and I had the honors of being guests on the Skoolie Today Podcast (found on itunes and castbox) a couple of days ago, and will be released sometime next week for anyone who would like to listen! It is a free download for… Continue Reading “HEAR US @SkoolieToday PodCast NEXT WEEK!”

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Composting Toilet Life Hack!

Posted on October 27, 2018 by TheCrabsHomestead

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Living with a compost toilet for 2 years and we have a few tricks that work for our budget, lifestyle, and overall peace of mind! Here are just a couple of many tips on using a compost toilet, the media to use, and… Continue Reading “Composting Toilet Life Hack!”

Category: How-To, Living TinyTags: bus toilet, buslife, compost, compost toilet, composting, lifehack, media, natureshead, off grid, off grid living, off grid rv, peatmoss, rv, rv toilet, self sustainable, skoolie, skoolie toilet, sustainable living, tinyhouse, tinyhouse toilet, toilet

Bus Life: Water Leak, & Another, & Another…

Posted on October 26, 2018 by TheCrabsHomestead

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After getting to our workamping gig a little over a week ago, we found lots of leaks through our water system….Bus life is not Always Glamorous!! LOL

Category: How-To, Living TinyTags: bus family, bus life, bus life solution, bus to rv conversion, frozen, frozen water, full time bus life, full time family, hose leak, house water leak, leaks, problem, problem and problem, reality of bus life, rv family, rv life, school bus conversion, skoolie life, solution, tiny house family, van life, water leak, water leaks, winter, winter work

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