In May, we received a very large and tall pile of mixed old hay and cow manure. The pile was so large that we couldn't conceive using it...

Another pair of shorts ruined. One of the hazards of rehabbing a house is the wear and tear on clothing. I have old tee shirts that I...

It was a short conversation. As I was was walking to the garden, I waved to our neighbor. He asked if I had any luck finding morel...

In a few weeks, the native morel mushrooms will start to appear in our woods. In the meantime, we started a shiitake mushroom garden. Our...

“The Simple Life” means different things to different people. Paradoxically, for us it means doing away with many of life’s...

I recently called our propane cooperative because I could have sworn we had a propane leak. We had only used 135 gallons of propane from...

Backpackers like to use the phrase "hike your own hike". Simply put, everyone on a trail is going the same direction, but how they choose...

The good news was that when we checked our maple sap pails, they only had a bit of ice and were full. The bad news was that we had nearly...

This weekend we tried our hand at making maple syrup for the first time. After we got settled on Friday night, I took a walk with Maxie...

A couple of weeks ago we walked through our front woods and tagged a few maple trees to tap for syrup. I was able to find four Sugar...

As we wait for the calendar to flip from February to March, an important milestone is fast approaching. We will have owned our property...

We are trying to be as natural as possible in our selection of finishes and materials in our farm house. (Both to avoid chemical...

My perry (hard pear cider) is complete, and the verdict is a bit mixed. Only some of the bottles carbonated. I read somewhere that pear...

Well, the floor is finally in for the living room, dining room, and kitchen, and the tung oil finish has been applied. Here are some...

The perry (hard pear cider) is nearly done! I switched recipes for the completion of my perry, as it provided more detail:...

Cutting up a downed tree is a lot of work. I always say that you do not appreciate how much space a tree takes up until it is on the...

This is my kind of homesteading. As I've written previously, I am not a big fan of hoppy beers. Over the past few years I have focused...

Our driveway weeds are exhausting me! I want to keep how we address them as natural as possible (especially given that we get our water...

Me writing about life being short and suggesting that you need to live the life you want to live now, is a bit of the pot calling the...

I’m debating about maintaining a landline; to date, we have. My original thought process has been that I want a way to phone if our power...