Rural areas of North America are punctuated at measured intervals by small churches, steeples rising above the farmsteads. They recall a time when the…
We have the land. We have a house we are selling. Our next step is to move all our stuff and us over TO…
"For I, methinks, till I grow old, As fair before me shall behold, As I do now, the Cabin small, The Lake, the Bay,…
Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made from hand-hewn logs with a low ceiling and raggedly sturdy stone fireplace…
Excerpted from Neil's latest book LandBook - An owner's manual for rural land (second edition) ~~~~~~~~ Some people swear by meditation; others tout the virtues…
Nothing says “log cabin in the pines” like a big solid natural stone fireplace, so when we built our log cabin in the pines,…
Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own. A place to escape to for relaxation, fresh air, solitude, or adventure.…
Our poultry tractors used to sit dormant in between bird batches, now they are used year round, in a variety of ways. Our multi-purpose…
The old house crouched in the weeds, summoning as much dignity as it could, missing parts of its roof, some walls, and some windows. …
Prior to the invention of wire fencing, farmers had to contain their livestock. They used what they had on hand and what was easy…
Today's hottest trend is off-grid living; unplug, disconnect, and get back to your pioneer roots. Bookstores are full of books on every conceivable aspect…
One of my favorite homestead assets is our woodstove. There is nothing quite like the heat of a woodstove on a cold winter’s night. …
Five years ago, my husband and I designed and built our backyard chicken coop. The design was based on photos of a friend's chicken coop…
Once, on a late September day, my dear hubby came home, opened the side door, and jumped back with a yelp. A dense mass…
As some of you may know from reading my Missouri Journal, I have been building a house on my 12-acre Ozark paradise for a number…
There are several options available to the new landowner-slash-rural-inhabitant, some appealing, some viable, some not either one. It all depends on the zoning requirements…
If you are thinking and have been reading about Alternative Building styles, this is one of those things that you see on the ‘net…
A girl about the age of twelve, sporting a French beret, stands to the side with her face tilted, looking over the fields as…
Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil), or more specifically bonne terre (good soil), to call their own? If…
One of the first concerns of new homesteaders is to provide themselves with some sort of shelter. We have all heard the advice that…
