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Coop Considerations: Quick-Start Guide to Building a Chicken Coop

Building a chicken coop, especially from scratch, can be exhilarating and exhausting,…

Chris Lesley Chris Lesley

An Illustrated History of Log Cabins

Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

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…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

The Missouri Journal

Like a lot of people who approach middle age, I started to…

Mark Chenail Mark Chenail

A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 3

Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own.…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 2

Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil),…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 1

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

Doug Smith Doug Smith

This Homestead Protected by Mother Nature: Homestead Security

The very nature of living on a homestead is such that it…

Marcus WC Tipton Marcus WC Tipton

Pros & Cons of Living in an Alternative Home: Steel Quonset

There’s something special about building your own home, whether you build it…

Kristin Grant Kristin Grant

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…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle

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

Doug Smith Doug Smith

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,…

Tony Colella Tony Colella

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