Friend, Anybody Can Weld
Some of my earliest memories were of gluing paper together to make…
Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead
What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for…
Homestead Heating Safety
You’ve made the decision to live a simpler life in the country……
Homestead Prepping: Buying a Bug Out Location (Buying a B.O.L.)
About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who…
Pint-size Plow-horses
I climb on the seat and ease in the clutch pedal. Then…
Vegetable Gardening: Your Next Step to Self-Sufficiency
You've made the big decision to cut bait and leave the rat…
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Three: The Animals
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead…
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery
If you haven't yet, read Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One:…
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),…
Cutting Through the Mystery of Knife Types: Know Your Blades
Whether it be the kitchen, workshop, in automobile emergency-kits, or simply junk…
An Illustrated History of Log Cabins
Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin…