I have been working on wood for the past couple of weeks and I have to say I need the exorcize! I have been struggling with myself on...

Well, it's another rainy Tuesday morning in upstate New York. The last few days have been cloudy so I can hear the generator running in...

Wow, this week has been a busy one for this lazy guy! The gray skies have made it interesting to be off-grid, as well as adding a water...

After much deliberation and thought on the problem, I am going to make some changes to the blog you are reading right now. Before I get...

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"Here comes the rain again, Falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a new emotion." Boy, the Eurythmics understood the...

It is not very often when I feel like I am over my head. Problems arise on the homestead all the time. There seems to be a never-ending list of projects that have to be done with an ever-dwindling amount of cash to do them with. Unlike most of my homesteading friends, I am not crammed for time, for the most part, I have a pension that I depend on every month that affords me The luxury of knowing my bills are paid. Even if there isn't much left over at the end of the month.

I try to write my weekly blog posts before Tuesday mornings, but lately, it hasn't worked out that way. As I look out the window right...

It has been a busy couple of weeks on the homestead. It hasn't been the same old gardening and animal work either! If you will recall, My June 27th Blog from this year was about the huge issue of my dug well going dry. Water is a necessity for life, and water on the Homestead is vital in so many areas. Though I was prepared for a short-term water shortage with my summer six-hundred-gallon reservoir totes and my nine-hundred-gallon rainwater catchment system, I Have to say t