Multi-purpose Chicken Tractors
Our poultry tractors used to sit dormant in between bird batches, now…
Rescuing Rural Churches
Rural areas of North America are punctuated at measured intervals by small…
Nothing Simplifies Rural Life Like Fencing
Excerpted from Neil's book LandBook - An owner's manual for rural land…
Gotta Getta Ger: Buying a Yurt for the Homestead
We have the land. We have a house we are selling. Our…
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…
Pros & Cons of Living in an Alternative Home: Steel Quonset
There’s something special about building your own home, whether you build it…
