I originally wrote this blog piece in the spring of 2018. Things have changed a bit since then. On a personal level, life happened. Putting that aside, I am pretty safe in saying to those who are still reading that we’ve gone through a pandemic, and global climate concerns are on the minds of just…
Category: D-I-Y
Hummingbirds
There are tons of instructions all over the web, on Pinterest in particular, about how to make your own hummingbird feeder. Personally, for something like that, I didn’t think it was worth the effort, and I refuse to use plastic if at all possible in our homestead. At our homestead, named the Sanctuary, I believe…
Homesteading Things to Do While Waiting For Spring
It’s been a few weeks since I last posted. There’s been so much to do for clients and here at the homestead in recent days that inevitably, I’ve lost track of time. Still….that’s no excuse. Today we are waiting for another late in the season snowstorm. Unlike the one of the last storms where we…
Finding & Using the Perfect Wood Burning Cook Stove
Sooner or later, nearly every homesteader thinks about the possibility of heating and/or cooking with wood. It is certainly more labor intensive than what most modern houses have for heat and cooking. There is nothing in the world quite like the ambient heat coming off a wood stove in wintertime, or the smell of freshly…
Homesteading Resources to Help You Get Started Wherever You Are – RIGHT NOW!
So…..Do you like my SEO-friendly, click-tastic title there? Nah. Me neither. Personally, I don’t have much use for hyping up a blog or webpage, and that may very well end up being my undoing. The truth of the matter is, my goal is to give readers the kind of information that they can use to…
Winter & Holiday Inspirations
The cold has set in much earlier than expected this year. But the sound of hammering and sawing and the prospect of all new and energy efficient replacement windows and ceiling fans being installed earlier this month has given this old cabin a new lease on life. My own projects have been following a similar…
Real World Homesteading 