A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 3
Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own.…
Homestead Prepping: Buying a Bug Out Location (Buying a B.O.L.)
About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who…
A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 2
Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil),…
A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 1
Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Begins Dick Proenneke is a name familiar…
Green Burial: The Frugal Funeral for an Ecological Eternity
We spend our lives trying to get back to our Earthly roots,…
Razor’s Edge Extreme Knife Sharpening
It only took me about 40 years to learn how to really…
Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle
There's something romantic or heartwarming about seeing a home in a clearing…
Homestead Gift-giving Guide: The Best Gifts for Homesteaders
I remember at least one of my Christmas gifts from 1970. I…
Homestead Woodlot Management
You might suspect that when you say farewell to the bright lights…
Heating with Wood on the Homestead
I wake early on a Saturday morning to a chill in the…
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings
Winter is a lot like death and taxes… it’s one of the…
Go Nuts! Squirrel Away These Savory Snacks
Just like the squirrels I watch as I jog near my rural…