Category Archives: Homesteading

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

B.Y.O.D.

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Mark Zeiger

We’ve had a long cold snap recently—nothing severe, just daytime highs in the low to mid-20s, but enough to make going to the outhouse a strictly B.Y.O.D. event—Bring Your Own Duff. Our main outhouse is a composter, which means that … Continue reading →

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Soap Lust

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Mark Zeiger

It seems like for us, the hardest thing about making soap is keeping our hands off of it until it cures. We recently made a couple of batches of soap for our household needs. We made a batch of devil’s … Continue reading →

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