Category Archives: Homesteading

Water systems, outhouses, heating with wood – alternative lifestyles that move us toward more self-reliance and self-sufficiency.

Something New to Worry About

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Mark Zeiger

We find ourselves facing potentially lifestyle-changing events here in our off-the-grid neighborhood. About 400 acres of forested land on our peninsula, some of it directly adjoining our property, has been offered for logging. A lot of detail and history goes … Continue reading →

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Homo Homesteadus: Homestead Man

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Mark Zeiger

Eons from now, if they dig me up, if they can use their technology to reconstitute me from my funereal ashes, and create an adequate reproduction of what I may have looked like in life, let them designate me and … Continue reading →

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