The long weekend was spent controlled burning & cutting downed limbs & trees into firewood. There have been a lot of grassfires lately &,...

The wood stove setup got a couple upgrades. As I previously mentioned, when I put the stovepipe through the wall, no one had the correct...

The stovepipe for the wood stove has, up until this point, been temporarily run though a window. This was accomplished by cutting plywood...

Spent the day demo-ing an old barn to salvage supplies for a chicken coop. I always get black hens so 11 wants me to paint the hen house...

Search for a very long time to find the sink that I wanted at a reasonable price & have finally managed it! Because I like to reuse as...

Living in a space while it's still under construction is a bit like those tile puzzles where you have to move a dozen tiles in order to...

When I got the wardrobe, I mentioned my friend's suggestion that I add an enchanted scene to the back, rather than replacing the missing...

Whenever possible, I like to reuse materials. After all, it's not very sustainable to just buy new everything plus I enjoy finding items...

It's been a minute since I made an update, not because work isn't being done but because it's been small progress towards larger goals...

The Cabin finally has a roof, thanks to my second son, who spent his morning off work in my yard, throwing around galvanized panels.

This whole homesteading & sustainable living thing works best if you’re flexible & creative, rather than boxed in by conventional ideas...

While out taking measurements for the next big project, I met this guy:

Almost every day, someone asks me what new progress has been made on the homestead where The Cottage is located. And, usually, when I...

I really hate to quote the epitome of capitalism, Steve Jobs, but he was right about one thing: “if you are working on something exciting...

The silence in the blogosphere of late is because I went on vacation. A real vacation, where I didn’t take ANY work with me—which is...

Last time we mentioned showering, we were all still staying at Blue. Since the young ones & I have moved to The Cottage, though, some...

Not much has been done to The Cottage or Blue because we’re waiting on supplies. Blue is in line for septic work & The Cottage is...

Teetering precariously at the very top of the ladder, to reposition a solar panel & replace a screw on the roof & felt a mosquito bite....