Last time I wrote about home schooling, I told you how I led my kids in learning while also keeping up with my work supporting a family and running our 90 acre homestead. The trick, as I’ve discovered, is letting […]
Continue ReadingVIDEO: How to Freeze-Proof Household Drain Lines
If you’ve got drain pipes that aren’t completely protected from frost, you may have a huge problem waiting to happen. Click to watch how I installed two kinds of heating cables to freeze-proof an exposed drain line on a soil-poor Canadian […]
Continue ReadingHOW TO WORK: Mastering the Most Important Homestead Skill Ever
In October 1986, I cut through a tumbledown wire fence and drove my 18 year-old pickup truck onto the vacant rural property I’d just spent my life savings to buy. I was a 23 year-old dreamer back then, with a […]
Continue ReadingAn Outhouse, a Misunderstanding and Some Laughs
I’ve come to realize that the ability to laugh is the most valuable home improvement skill of all, especially when you’re laughing at yourself. I was reminded of this when I left the city in 1986 to create a home and […]
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Episode#5: [email protected] Line Road
This week on [email protected], discover an easy way to insulate floors, watch a video review about the world’s best dryer vent, learn why Steve likes and trusts spray foam, and spend a minute with Steve on one of his snowy pastures.
Continue ReadingEpisode#3 [email protected]
Steve Maxwell talks about the three tips he’s used to keep this chainsaw running perfectly for 28+ years. Watch how he repairs a leaky chicken waterer. See a super-fast wood splitter in action. Learn how to make a freeze-proof water line.
Continue ReadingWHAT’S NEW: Automatic Backup Generators Get Better
Where I live in Canada we get about a dozen electrical power failures each year. Some of these are short, lasting only a few minutes. Other failures are 8 hour-long “scheduled” power interruptions that shut down entire business sectors for […]
Continue ReadingEpisode#2 – [email protected]
This week on the Bailey Line Road homestead we’ve been doing some welding, woodworking, door installation and cedar fence rail work. Click to watch all four “glimpse of life” videos.
Continue ReadingLIFE @ Bailey Line Road – Episode#1
This is the first of the weekly “video visits” you’ll find here on BaileyLineRoad.com. Each episode highlights four of the things we’re up to at our Manitoulin Island homestead/farm/workshop/country life. I hope you find it all interesting. [email protected] Bailey Line Road is […]
Continue ReadingTHREE VIDEOS: Cutting, Splitting & Stacking Firewood
Every year for the last 25 years I’ve cut firewood at our rural Manitoulin Island home, and over the years I’ve settled on an approach that works for me. I used to cut firewood alone, but these days I’m lucky to […]
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