We grow lettuce, spinach, greens and different herbs indoors all winter long for our eating enjoyment. We also start our garden seedlings indoors, transplanting them in the garden when it gets...
Posts by John Brownlee
Firewood is a renewable heating energy resource. Carefully managed, a five acre wood lot can give firewood for a 1500 square foot house for a lifetime. Many homesteaders use wood heat as the...
A wood burning stove needs a chimney to allow the smoke and gasses to go up and exit the house in a safe and approved manner. Most wood burning stoves use what is called black chimney pipe from...
Wood Stoves – Valuable Buyer’s Guide (Choose The Right Size)
For nearly 20 years I have lived in homes that had wood stoves for heat or supplemental heat. In some of the homes the stoves heated just fine. In other homes there were rooms the heat did not...
You have located a great piece of property for your dream homestead. But one problem is there is no electrical power to it. You are considering a Grid Tie Solar or an Off Grid Solar...
As someone who has lived on both country and homestead property I am often asked what the difference between the two types of property is. What is the difference between country and homestead...
