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    Lifestyle Outdoors

    Home Standby Generators Explained: What to Know Before You Buy

    BySteve Maxwell March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Reading Time: 13 minutes

    Key Takeaways Thinking about a home standby generator? This guide explains how standby generators work, what an automatic transfer switch does, how load shedding can reduce generator size and cost, and when a portable generator may be the better backup…

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    Lifestyle

    Nitrile Rubber Gloves for Workshop Work: Stronger, Safer Protection

    BySteve Maxwell March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 Reading Time: 7 minutes

    See Steve explain the difference between nitrile and latex gloves; understand how to choose disposable work gloves so they can be reused; watch unboxing of biodegradable disposable work gloves; recognize why protective gloves make sense in the workshop

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  • Tray of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
    Lifestyle

    CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES: Homemade Family Recipe Video

    BySteve Maxwell March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Making delicious chocolate chip cookies in our homestead kitchen!

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  • Smiling girl by pastel green truck, countryside background.
    Lifestyle

    Better Days – Original Music Video from Bailey Line Road

    BySteve Maxwell February 21, 2026February 21, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

    There are seasons in life when the best moments seem to live behind us — when memories feel closer than the people we miss, and yesterday feels warmer than today. “Better Days” grew out of that space. It’s a simple,…

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  • Installing blue water pipe connector indoors
    Lifestyle

    Freeze-Proofing a Water Line (Real-World Retro-Line Installation On Bedrock)

    BySteve Maxwell February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    In this week’s video episode, see how a seasonal cottage property is converted for year-round running water; watch a smart heating cable is installed directly inside a shallow water line; see how
    pipe insulation and an outer protective casing is applied to the pipe; learn how more or less heat is applied along the length of the cable, depending on temperature.  

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    Home Exteriors Home Interiors Lifestyle

    Simple Portable Off-Grid Power for Cabins, Cottages and Blackouts

    BySteve Maxwell February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Off-grid power technology is getting better quickly in surprising ways, and this means it’s never been easier to enjoy running water and electric power for lighting and small cooking jobs in cabins and lakeside cottages that can’t connect to utility…

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  • Worker on National Tradesmen Day, construction site.
    Lifestyle

    It’s Time to Make the Trades—and Tradesmen—Cool Again

    BySteve Maxwell February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, discusses the decline of people entering trade jobs in Canada.

    Read More It’s Time to Make the Trades—and Tradesmen—Cool AgainContinue

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    Home Exteriors Home Interiors Lifestyle

    Why Restoring an Old House Is Nothing Like Building a New One

    BySteve Maxwell February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    I’ve built houses from scratch from foundation to roof peak, and I’ve also managed and worked on a number of older home renovations and restorations. Because of that, I can say with confidence that these two types of projects are…

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  • Bride and groom entering a stone chapel
    Lifestyle

    RELATIONSHIPS: Marriage and Farm Fields — What One Can Teach About the Other

    BySteve Maxwell January 29, 2026January 29, 2026 Reading Time: 9 minutes

    A couple of years ago, at a community dance, I found myself thinking simultaneously about the soil in our pasture fields and the condition of human relationships — and from that juxtaposition comes an analogy worth exploring: what farm fields…

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    Articles Not Categorized Lifestyle

    Why BaileyLineRoad.com Exists — and What Happens Next With This Newsletter

    BySteve Maxwell January 24, 2026March 9, 2026 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    The BaileyLineRoad.com newsletter has been part of my life — and many readers’ lives — for a long time. The email newsletter has gone out every week without fail since 2007. For all of those years, the newsletter has never…

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  • Red chainsaw on stacked logs outdoors
    Lifestyle Outdoors

    TOOLS: Watch This 18-Volt Cordless Chainsaw in Action

    BySteve Maxwell January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Back in 2018 I got the chance to try Milwaukee’s then-new 18 volt cordless electric chainsaw. You can see me cutting some hard maple firewood logs using this saw in the video below. I know cordless tool battery technology has…

    Read More TOOLS: Watch This 18-Volt Cordless Chainsaw in ActionContinue

  • Cordless impact wrench on wooden workbench
    Lifestyle Workshop

    TOOLS: Three Up-and-Coming Cordless Options

    BySteve Maxwell January 21, 2026January 30, 2026 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Power tool technology is the same as every other kind of advancement in the world. New stuff is expensive and exclusive at first, then it gets cheaper and more widely available over time. So what kind of new and interesting…

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