Neil Shelton

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Chains I Love — Using Log Chains on the Homestead

If you live in the woods, then you absolutely, positively gotta have…

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My Life After the Chickens

Lately, I've been watching some of the goings-on as a handful of…

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Super Tuber! Sweet Potatoes: Superheroes in the Garden

Sometimes we Americans can have some pretty lame attitudes toward food. We…

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Horror Among the Hickories

It’s hard to turn on the tube or pick up a paper…

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Sticky and in Your Face: Spiderwebs

It’s a common occurrence this time of year. You’re walking through the…

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We’re Being Mugged by Mother Nature

One of the biggest reasons I enjoy living out in the woods…

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The Adze-Mattock

The adze is among the very oldest of stone-age tools.  It was…

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The Turkey-manure Manifesto

Lately, I’ve had the satisfaction of launching into a new project that…

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Pit Vipers Need Love, Too

The other day I was driving along one of those little two-lane…

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The Complete Sissy-boy’s Guide to Pickup Trucks

The illustration above is from a 1949 Studebaker advertisement... that Never Never…

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Portable Persuasion: Using Levers on the Homestead

It’s certainly no secret that farm work frequently requires some heavy lifting,…

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Black Walnuts: Pennies From Heaven

Here at Exclamation Pointe, autumn is a tranquil time when the subtle…

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