Many of us got interested in homesteading as a way to escape the rat race only to discover—surprise, surprise!—you still need money on a homestead.…
My engineer friend in Dallas said, “This is the third year my health insurance has gone up. It’s now over $550 per month just for…
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…
Repeat after me, “Blocking, blocking, blocking!” If there is one thing on a rent-to-own storage building to cabin conversion that will break your heart if…
“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…
Not that long ago, before I started a goat farm, I thought I had it all. I had a cushy, well-paid job making innovative musical…
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…
My 20-year-old daughter called at 8:00 pm on a 95-degree Texas Sunday night. “Dad, the air conditioner on my RV went out. I’m hot, frustrated…
Every day as we read our newspapers, scan our internet forums, or click through the channels on our television, we witness scenes of a decaying…
In life, it doesn’t seem to matter what undertaking you do, be it getting married, changing careers, going into business, starting a family, buying a…
“This is the Yadkin Valley. The wind never stops blowing. That’s why we can grow certain crops here that don’t do well in other parts…
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…