Doug Smith

Razor’s Edge Extreme Knife Sharpening

Learn How to Sharpen Knives at Home - Basic Knife Sharpening It only took me about 40 years to learn…

2 years ago

Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead

What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for supper, field dressing wild game, butchering livestock, or…

2 years ago

Homestead Heating Safety

You’ve made the decision to live a simpler life in the country… no corporate ladder climbing, no tense lengthy commutes,…

2 years ago

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

About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who specialized in rural properties, I was contacted by…

3 years ago

Pint-size Plow-horses

I climb on the seat and ease in the clutch pedal.  Then I slip the choke forward, make sure the…

3 years ago

Vegetable Gardening: Your Next Step to Self-Sufficiency

You've made the big decision to cut bait and leave the rat race behind and move to a happier place.…

3 years ago

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Three: The Animals

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery There’s a…

4 years ago

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery

If you haven't yet, read Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings   Based on a recent survey—i.e.…

4 years ago

A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 3

Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own. A place to escape to for relaxation, fresh…

4 years ago

A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 2

Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil), or more specifically bonne terre (good soil), to…

4 years ago

Cutting Through the Mystery of Knife Types: Know Your Blades

Whether it be the kitchen, workshop, in automobile emergency-kits, or simply junk drawers around the house, shop, or barn, having…

5 years ago

An Illustrated History of Log Cabins

  Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made from hand-hewn logs with a low ceiling…

5 years ago