This one is going to cost us. Even if we do it ourselves (which I believe we’ll need to do for it to be cost effective). The only viable...

I guess I have a little bit of the “prepper” mentality; I’ve had it for while. Even so, it’s not anything that I’ve acted upon (yet)....

In terms of off-grid laundry back-up goes - I think I’ve got this one covered. Regardless of being on or off grid, I eventually plan on...

While I plan on hanging our laundry out to dry as often as I can (and in the basement during the winter), I know we’ll want an on-grid...

I’ve been making my own laundry detergent for about 6-7 years now. I started doing this to be cost effective and to get back to a simpler...

I’m so thankful that there’s still an old-time mercantile store like Lehman’s Hardware Store. Lehman’s offers retail in Ohio's Amish...

We currently use an electric dehumidifier in our city home’s basement and I can really tell when we’re using it during the summer months,...

For a couple of years leading up to our property purchase, I was a regular viewer of an “off grid” homesteading YouTube channel. The...

When we first purchased our property, it was the end of winter and our gravel driveway looked a little bare. One of the first things I...

Water is a relatively high priority item from my perspective given water’s absolute necessity to our lives; It is one of the first things...

Downsizing Downsizing has been an on-going process for us these past 2 years, yet we still have a long way to go. We’ve made countless...

It was not an easy decision to make; but, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the 11+ pine trees (most of which were...