In our book The Doable Off-Grid Homestead, we talk about our progressively built home. What I mean by that is that we started with a 400 square-foot cabin built under an existing roofline. To that we added a kitchen and dining area just shy of 300 square feet. Those were the days when it was…
This is the time of year that things can change on a dime, as they say. I was about to put up a blog post about this dry and thirsty land we live in, but, Lord willing, we may get rain so I’m just gonna’ wait on that one. It’s well into the 90s today,…
For the first time in seven-and-a-half years it seems as though it is possible to complete some things. That count goes back to four months after we moved across the country to some raw land and little Annabelle was born. Ever since then, I’ve recently realized, I have not been but a nose-breadth above water…
Early in the morning I often hear the [thump] [thump] [thump] of Joshua’s (three-year old) feet across our plywood floors. The thumps grow louder as he gets closer and I try to wake up enough to grab a flashlight and hand it to him. We have a daily routine going where he needs to go…
