Category: BLOG

Winter is coming, and that means that life around the off-grid homestead is about to get pretty darn interesting.

Been a bit of a long day, but my fire steels came in, and I’ve started on my fatwood survival lighter project.

A failing vehicle is one thing, but there is so much more going on here. In short, it was a stressful afternoon.

I did it. I made it out to the woods today to look for fatwood and make a video about it. I found a treasure.

Went for a little drive on Thanksgiving to mom’s house. I couldn’t help notice that the trees in here back yard didn’t look right anymore.

People follow codes and trends, and in most places in my country (barring parts of Florida), the main entryway into a house opens into the house. I think this is annoying for an off-grid cabin.

Fat-wood comes in bags filled with little 6 inch sticks. At the start of this winter, I had a handful leftover from last year, but I find myself using them less and less.

So many things in life seem to possess opposite qualities, especially when it comes to hand-crafted tools.

Sorted through my pile of staves today, looking for a good piece to use to cut out a blank for my next axe handle. Since I’ve been cutting planks with the chainsaw, I decided to rip a board out of the stave rather than hacking it down with my hatchet.

After the farmers market two weeks ago, I came home with a litter of baby kittens…