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…
"For I, methinks, till I grow old, As fair before me shall behold, As I do now, the Cabin small, The Lake, the Bay,…
Excerpted from Neil's latest book LandBook - An owner's manual for rural land (second edition) ~~~~~~~~ I’ll bet that, if you’re old enough to read,…
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…
Dreaming about living in the country is easy, even when you’re not quite there. Rural images ripple unbidden through burbling brooks of the mind…
So, you’ve done your homework. Your barn or pasture shelter is ready for its new tenant. You have prepared, fussed, researched the breeds you…
Our number one priority on our homesteads is to pay attention to the care of everything and everyone on it. Proper maintenance is paramount…
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. …
The popularity of keeping chickens is undergoing a dramatic resurgence since the turn of the twenty-first century. Laying hens are making appearances in astonishing…
