Returning to the land is a desire that has coursed through the hearts of certain people as long as there have been cities to escape…
Something major changed at the end of 2019. You didn’t notice it. Nobody did, really. What changed? That change has led me to believe that…
“There's no way this car will make it the rest of the way home in the dark. The alternator belt is gone,” I said. My…
"For I, methinks, till I grow old, As fair before me shall behold, As I do now, the Cabin small, The Lake, the Bay, the…
"Buying Land at a Tax Auction: Not So Fast..." is excerpted from Neil's latest book LandBook - An owner's manual for rural land (second edition)…
In the 1970’s, my father decided to retire at age 62, the minimum age to draw Social Security. He quit his very small business and…
It got me thinking after I had been to one of the “Retire Wealthy” meetings, and had listened to speaker after speaker telling us we…
Like a lot of people who approach middle age, I started to wish for a simpler life based on the quiet of the country. So…
There is an imaginary picture of "Homesteading" that revolves around being entirely self-sufficient from your land. Chickens for eggs, goats for milk, making your…
A while back, there was a commercial that had people walking around carrying “their number.” The number represented the amount of money each person…
My 20-year-old daughter called at 8 pm on a 95-degree Texas Sunday night. “Dad, the air conditioner on my RV went out. I’m hot,…
Two Decembers ago I was sitting on the porch enjoying the smell of wood smoke rising from our little outdoor cooking grill, and I…
