BaileyLineRoad.com is an unusual website and that’s why it takes a little explaining. It’s named after the rural road where I live on Manitoulin Island, Canada, and this website is a window into my varied, hands-on, modern homesteading life.

One morning I might be earning some money at my laptop creating an article, video or how-to course.  By the afternoon I could be working with cattle on our small farm. The next day I might be working on a building a shed or shingling a roof. Then there’s always machinery to be maintained and repaired, gardens to be worked, or a lake to swim in. All of this is what happens down at the end of the real Bailey Line Road. Entertaining and enlightening you is what this site is all about.

On a personal level, I’ve been writing, taking photos, making videos, building furniture, houses and working with stone for more than 30 years.

Steve Maxwell and His Family

I live with my wife, Mary, and our kids in a stone and timber home we built ourselves on Manitoulin Island. We became grandparents for the first time on May 1, 2014 when our daughter, Katherine, and son-in-law Paul, became parents.

Feel free to say send me an email to say hello or to ask a technical question or make a comment. My direct email is [email protected]. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!