Doug Smith

24 Articles
LandLifestylePrepping & Safety

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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Portable Building Cabin
ConstructionLand

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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Portable Building Cabin
Construction

A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 1

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

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EcologyFrugality and Finance

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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Learn How to Sharpen Knives at Home, Basic Knife Sharpening, using a strop, using a honing steel, homesteading
Machinery

Razor’s Edge Extreme Knife Sharpening

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

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Home-Winterization
ConstructionFrugality and FinanceHousekeepingLifestyle

Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle

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

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Gathering wild nuts
FoodHealth and Diet

Go Nuts! Squirrel Away These Savory Snacks

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

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Morel Mushrooms In Warm Spring Sunshine
FoodLifestyleOutdoor LoreVegetables

Mystical Morels

Different portions of society consider differing seasons as the "busy time".  For…

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Attract Wildlife to Your Property
GardeningHobbies & CraftsHomesteading PetsLandLifestyleLivestock

Attract Wildlife to Your Property

Living in the country means you have to deal with fewer people. …

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Spring Turkeys
LivestockPoultry

Spring Turkeys

Whether you’re a follower of the “Good Book” or not, the time-honored…

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welding helmet learn weld
ConstructionMachinery

Friend, Anybody Can Weld

Some of my earliest memories were of gluing paper together to make…

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Knives on the homestead, types of knives for different uses, knife types, best knife for the job
Hobbies & CraftsHomesteading LifeHousekeepingMachineryPrepping & Safety

Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead

What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for…

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