Doug Smith

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Friend, Anybody Can Weld

Some of my earliest memories were of gluing paper together to make…

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Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead

What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for…

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Homestead Heating Safety

You’ve made the decision to live a simpler life in the country……

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Homestead Prepping: Buying a Bug Out Location (Buying a B.O.L.)

About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who…

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Pint-size Plow-horses

I climb on the seat and ease in the clutch pedal.  Then…

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Vegetable Gardening: Your Next Step to Self-Sufficiency

You've made the big decision to cut bait and leave the rat…

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Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Three: The Animals

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead…

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Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery

If you haven't yet, read Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One:…

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A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 3

Our Portable Building Cabin Adventure Continues A place to call your own.…

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A Better Cabin, Quicker and Cheaper – Part 2

Who doesn’t long for their own piece of terra firma (or soil),…

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Cutting Through the Mystery of Knife Types: Know Your Blades

Whether it be the kitchen, workshop, in automobile emergency-kits, or simply junk…

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An Illustrated History of Log Cabins

  Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin…

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