Coop Considerations: Quick-Start Guide to Building a Chicken Coop
Building a chicken coop, especially from scratch, can be exhilarating and exhausting,…
An Illustrated History of Log Cabins
Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made…
Rockin’ Out With the Stones… Homesteader Style: Building a Natural Stone Fireplace Surround
Nothing says “log cabin in the pines” like a big solid natural…
The Missouri Journal
Like a lot of people who approach middle age, I started to…
A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 3
Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own.…
A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 2
Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil),…
A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 1
Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Begins Dick Proenneke is a name familiar…
This Homestead Protected by Mother Nature: Homestead Security
The very nature of living on a homestead is such that it…
Pros & Cons of Living in an Alternative Home: Steel Quonset
There’s something special about building your own home, whether you build it…
Throwing in the Towel: How to Move to the Country Fast and Cheap
"For I, methinks, till I grow old, As fair before me shall…
Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle
There's something romantic or heartwarming about seeing a home in a clearing…
You Can Afford Your Homestead Dream..You May Not Recognize it at First.
Do you dream of one day owning a homestead of your own,…
