Anyone who burns wood for primary or secondary heating has had to come up with a system for keeping their firewood dry and easy to get to. I know a lot of folks are satisfied using a combination of pallets and tarps, but this just wasn’t working out for me any longer. We live in […]
Category Archives: Homesteading
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Jan
Jan
Here in the Adirondacks, many businesses and people seem to close up shop in the Winter and the same goes for the garden. Well just because the temperatures are dipping doesn’t mean you can’t get a harvest of fresh veggies all year round. Elliot Coleman, in the “Year Round Harvest,” reminds us that growing heirloom […]
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Jul
Jul
Today I have an easy homesteading project that anyone can accomplish in a few days with very inexpensive materials. In the hopes of reducing, reusing and recycling, nothing could be better for the planet than composting your kitchen scraps, lawn clippings, hay, straw and even old bones as long as it’s done right. One person’s […]
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Oct
Oct
When you gotta go – to compost or flush seems a popular question on the farm. So what I’ve done is build a DIY composting toilet. Years ago I read the Humanure Handbook by Joe Jenkins and was intrigued by it’s premise that you can easily and ecologically compost human waste. This was now our […]
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Aug
Aug
Glamping (or glamour camping) I’ve heard is quite a big trend in luxury accommodations. While our glamping garage is not luxurious, we like to joke that it is! At this point in the journey we’re thankful just to be able to camp indoors. Any time that can be spent at the farm working in the […]
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Jun
Jun
We had to start somewhere, so we decided to start with the garage. It’s a quaint and beautiful structure built in the 1950’s that many folks pass by on their way into downtown Willsboro. It’s pretty full of assorted stuff (not necessarily junk) and the clean up has begun. Garage Clean Up Relics As […]
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May
May
With land now under our feet, I’ve embarked on a whole farm planning mission to see the bigger picture and gain insight into the living farm as a whole. Surely no small task and one that cannot be fully explained in one blog post. Rather, I thought it useful to share my humble beginnings in […]
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Apr
Apr
Land Hoe! We got ourselves a farm! The journey that started in January 2013 has hit a major milestone. The one thing we needed to put down roots has finally come! Perhaps the power of positive thinking has prevailed after all… Our Future Farm I’m happy to tell you that we just purchased 80 acres […]
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