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

Today's blog is going to be short and sweet. My sister-in-law's transmission went kaput and Trevor needs me to help him this morning. My apologies. In the good news arena, Frank Hunkins (My cousin who drills water wells) showed up on the homestead yesterday and got the rig set up. Talk about memories! This is the same rig I used to run for him back in the early 2000s. So the plan for the day is to meet Trevor in Utica to pick up and deliver a rent-a-car to My sister-in-law

Two hundred and forty-seven years ago fifty-six men gathered together in prayer and purpose to defy a tyrannical and oppressive...

God has a sense of humor. I am proof. No ands ifs or buts. For the uninitiated, my water system was designed to keep me moving while...

It feels like only yesterday I posted last Tuesday's blog post! Time seems to slip away faster and faster even though it is inherently...

When you work with chickens it isn't long before you realize they aren't the brightest crayons in the box. After all, they have a brain the size of a pistachio and peck at their own poop. It is very safe to say that we won't be suffering through a chicken uprising anytime soon. They can be comical to watch, and very entertaining to interact with. I wouldn't change my decision to keep a flock of chickens for anything. After all, They are fairly easy to take care of, and you g

This week has been a monster already and it's only Tuesday! There are a myriad of reasons why but I'll only list a few. It started off...

Can I be candid with you for a moment? Not that I have been false with you before, but I am about to be really transparent with you. I have NEVER been very good at gardening. There I said it. Wendy was always the gardener on the homestead. I also benefited from my father Pa's prowess as a botanist. He wasn't a scientist, Ph.D., or went to school for it botanist, but the man could plant and grow a garden that would be the envy of many a farmer. I hated gardening when I was g

Wow! What a month May has been on the homestead. To be honest it feels like I haven't been on the homestead much at all this month. May...

Any of my followers know that this past weekend I went to Ontario for the Eastern Ontario Homesteading Conference to speak on Do It Yourself Solar Systems. This makes the title of this post accurate. I spoke in another country, and I am sure the people attending had many sensations as did I while I was speaking! It went great! Even when I forgot English (The only language I know). It was one of the best weekends I have had in the last couple of years, and that is God's Hones

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As I sit here at my workstation AKA the kitchen table, I have no idea what to title the blog that is due to be released this afternoon....