Cottages & Cabins
VIDEO: One Simple Mouse-Proofing Idea
Published onSeptember 2nd, 2016
If you've had any experience at all in rural areas, you know that autumn is the time of year when mice start looking...Continue Reading
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LIFE: Gardening Delivers More Than Food & Flowers
Published onJuly 30th, 2016
As I was growing up in the suburbs of Toronto in the 1970s, the municipal government in charge of my home town did...Continue Reading
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SELF RELIANCE: The Five Habits of Highly Successful Home...
Published onJuly 8th, 2016
Over the last 25 years I’ve seen more than a few homesteaders try to build a life of self sufficiency but give up...Continue Reading
Practical Homesteading
VIDEO: See Pasture Management Trick in Action
Updated on December 12th, 2017
Over the last few years I've been increasing the productivity of the cattle pastures on our Manitoulin Island...Continue Reading
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GARDENING: Food, Sunshine & Mulched Vegetables
Published onJune 10th, 2016
As I was growing up in the suburbs of Toronto in the 1970s, the municipal government in charge of my home town did...Continue Reading
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VIDEO: Cedar Rail Fences Tell the Story of Hope
Updated on December 12th, 2017
Each spring since 1987 I’ve maintained a nearly forgotten part of Canadian heritage that’s still a working...Continue Reading
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PODCAST: Turning a Lawn into a Vegetable Garden
Published onMay 12th, 2016
It's not as easy as it looks turning an area of lawn into a successful garden The tough and tenacious nature of...Continue Reading
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SMALL COUNTRY BUILDINGS: How to Create Good Ones That Last
Updated on December 12th, 2017
Q: How should I build the first small building on my 15 acre country property I don’t have a lot of experience,...Continue Reading
Homesteading
Free Plan Download: Build this Backyard Chicken Coop
Updated on December 21st, 2016
There's nothing quite like fresh eggs from your own hens, and this backyard chicken coop lets you make that happen I...Continue Reading
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CASE STUDY: Earning a Homestead Living
Updated on December 12th, 2017
Whenever I tell people that I live deep in the country, on an island at the end of a dead-end road, two hours from the...Continue Reading