Container gardening is a great way for those who lack growing space or who want to improve their growing skills to get started with gardening. We’ll show you how we’re working on our skills with a cheap and easy container garden and provide links to a boatload more resources to get you started.
March Update: Life Happens!
We’ve been far too absent in the last several weeks because, well… LIFE KEEPS HAPPENING TO US! Perhaps you’ve felt like this too. You start feeling like you’re catching up and you can actually juggle everything and then everything comes crashing in again. We totally get it. While the setbacks we’ve faced lately aren’t the worst…
January – February Cordwood Homestead Building Update
It’s been a little while since I’ve given a full homestead building update. It’s slow-going during the winter when we’re both teaching during the day, so what have we been able to accomplish?
Buying Land: 5 Critical Things To Do Before You Purchase
Buying land and building a homestead is easily the biggest thing we’ve ever undertaken (well…at least besides parenthood). It was a stressful process, but it wouldn’t have been if we had known this crucial information. If you’ve found the property of your dreams, make sure you do these FIVE things before you pull the trigger and…
18 Things to Look For In Your Perfect Homestead Property
Everyone has different needs and wants when it comes to starting a homestead. If you want the best place for you and your family you need to consider these big items before you buy your land.
Natural Homebuilding and The Code: A Quick-Start Guide For Owner-Builders
Do you want to build your own house? Maybe you want to build with a natural homebuilding method like cordwood, straw-bale, cob, or earthship. Or maybe you just want to build a house off the grid. Find out what you need to know to get started building your own home safely and legally.
How to Prevent Rot in your Cordwood Walls
I’ve fielded a lot of questions in various Facebook groups over the past several weeks about common myths and misconceptions about cordwood masonry. In this post, I hope to address some of the most common concerns people had and provide helpful information for all of you curious cordwood enthusiasts out there.
November – December Building Update
Now that the cordwood walls have officially been finished, we’ve gotten to move on to some other projects that will let us close in our home and make keep the critters out for winter. There are a lot of little parts to this side of the project that most people probably never even think about in…
Homesteading: Going From Dreaming to Doing
You dream of having your own homestead but maybe you lack the time and resources to do it right now. Maybe you’re stuck in an apartment or are drowning in debt. We’ve been there! Here are key ways we’ve changed our thinking to help us to go from broke in the city to building our…
Cordwood Homestead: September – October Progress Update
For anyone who has been following along on Facebook and Instagram, you’ve seen some pretty cool changes happening to our house since the last update. If you missed it, read the August – September Update HERE. Also, here’s the June and July updates if you want to see how this house rose from the ground….