Category Archives: Homesteading

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

“Every Last Drop”: Trying Not to Waste Water

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

One would think that the homesteading life is one of hard-headed pragmatism, but ours seems to include more than its share of tilting at windmills (ah . . . as it were!). All too easily, I “get a notion,” and … Continue reading →

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The Family’s Whole Again

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

Our family is whole again; Michelle came home Monday from a week of caring for friends’ children in town. We arrived  home at dinner time. Michelle was free to resettle into the cabin while Aly and I heated up leftover … Continue reading →

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