Paying Attention: The Most Important Skill on Your Homestead
In the grand scheme of acquiring, establishing, and running your homestead, you…
Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Bringing Home the Bacon So You Can Afford to Feed the Pigs
Dreaming about living in the country is easy, even when you’re not…
Livestock Guard Dogs: Just Like Lassie, Only Better
When I had my dairy goats in Wisconsin nothing bothered them, and…
Homesteaders vs Survivalists
Homesteaders vs. Survivalists: Conflicting Interests or Alternative Routes to the Same Destination?…
The Unsung Benefits of Homesteading (There’s a Perfectly Good Reason for the Egg in My Pocket.)
Oh sure, we all know the perks of growing our own food,…
Living in the Sticks (and the Single Girl)
Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy. …
Gimme Shelter (And I’d Like it to Look Like…a House, Please)
There are several options available to the new landowner-slash-rural-inhabitant, some appealing, some…
Natural Building Colloquium of Kerrville, TX: Getting Down and Dirty with Mother Nature
If you are thinking and have been reading about Alternative and Natural…
The Actively Passive Home — New Construction Using Old Rules
“Wait. You forgot to draw in the HVAC closet”, said the young…
I’m From the Universe and I’m Here to Help (Regretting “Rethinking Everything”)
My family and I attended an unschooling conference recently. We were pumped,…