Category Archives: Homesteading

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

Not As Different as We Used to Be

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Mark Zeiger

2015 has been a year of changes for our “homestead.” Some of these make me feel a bit strange. You may have inferred from the posts on this blog that we kind of revel in the quaintness of our situation. … Continue reading →

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Whittling Away at It

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Mark Zeiger

Slowly but surely, I’m cutting the coming winter’s firewood. Most of my current effort focuses on the far end of the property, in “the Blowdown” where I recently felled a couple of standing dead trees (see A Little Excitement in … Continue reading →

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