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Image source: YouTube No matter where you live and what the heat source for your home, you may encounter a time when you need a backup...

Image source: Pixabay.com Drilling a well is a rather expensive operation, often costing several thousand dollars. But if you're going to drill your own well, the...

YouTube screen capture Before the invention of the sawmill, cutting logs into flat boards was a tedious, time-consuming and physically intensive process involving the use of...

Image source: Pixabay.com Keeping livestock healthy without the use of antibiotics or other off-the-shelf products is much easier if you understand the primary role of sub-therapeutic...

Image source: Pixabay.com Living close to nature in the great outdoors is an appealing lifestyle to many.  Fresh air, sunshine, privacy, simplicity, old-fashioned values, freedom from...

The modern, industrialized world revolves around a myriad of electrical and electronic gadgets. Little is done anymore which doesn't require electrical power. We've harnessed this power...

Did you know that run-off from road salt can affect soil and water in a similar way as acid rain? According to a study by University...

Image source: Pixabay.com Living off the grid used to mean roughing it, but not anymore. Now you can live just as well as any grid home...

Image source: HowToSpecialist.com My brothers and I years ago came across an old wood-burning stove in the garage of my Grandfather, who had passed away. We...

Image source: Pixabay.com My rudimentary grasp of mathematics tells me I have done the homesteading world a big favor.   According to the law of averages, high...