Doug Smith

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A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 3

Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own.…

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Homestead Prepping: Buying a Bug Out Location (Buying a B.O.L.)

About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who…

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A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 2

Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil),…

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A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 1

Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Begins Dick Proenneke is a name familiar…

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Green Burial: The Frugal Funeral for an Ecological Eternity

We spend our lives trying to get back to our Earthly roots,…

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Razor’s Edge Extreme Knife Sharpening

It only took me about 40 years to learn how to really…

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Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle

There's something romantic or heartwarming about seeing a home in a clearing…

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Homestead Gift-giving Guide: The Best Gifts for Homesteaders

I remember at least one of my Christmas gifts from 1970.  I…

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Homestead Woodlot Management

You might suspect that when you say farewell to the bright lights…

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Heating with Wood on the Homestead

I wake early on a Saturday morning to a chill in the…

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Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings

Winter is a lot like death and taxes… it’s one of the…

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Go Nuts! Squirrel Away These Savory Snacks

Just like the squirrels I watch as I jog near my rural…

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