Ask a small-farm owner what eats their day, and the answer is rarely the big stuff. It’s the ten-minute jobs that quietly become an hour: hauling water by hand, wrestling a stubborn gate, waiting on a machine that should have…
For people living in the country, getting water usually involves electricity, a pump, tank and a bunch of fittings. Lose electricity and there goes your water, too. Boosting the reliability of my homestead water supply is why I installed a Bison…
Anyone who has priced a kitchen has had this experience. Same room, same layout, three companies, and the numbers come back at eighteen, twenty six and thirty nine thousand. The instinct is to assume somebody is overcharging. Occasionally somebody is….
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, suggests homeowners save time and energy by locating their laundry appliances in kitchen. Now that’s multitasking!
Hi! I’m Katherine, Steve Maxwell’s daughter. Growing up at the house on Bailey Line Road, I always felt the urge to create things. It might have been a drawing or an old yogurt container turned into some sort of toy….
The world is faster, more demanding, less free and more competitive than it used to be, and I find that staying sane in the 21st century requires mental and lifestyle strategies to match. Then there are personal issues which are…
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 comes an analogy worth exploring: what farm fields can…
I’m a big fan of keeping older vehicles going for the long haul, and tender loving care can go a long way in this regard. My F-150 pickup truck, for instance, is a 1990 model, and our family van is…
Cottages and rural retreats are great, but not if you have to work on them all the time. Read five simple strategies for ensuring your cottage doesn’t become an expensive ball and chain in your life.
Steve Maxwell talks about laser engraving, a terrific way to personalize all kinds of workshop project items that hardly any homeowners know about.
You’ll be amazed at the stunning countertops that can be made with concrete. Steve Maxwell offers key points to consider when putting one in your kitchen.
The citywide number is the one everybody quotes and the one least useful for deciding anything. A market described as balanced can contain a neighbourhood where units sit empty for months and another where nothing lasts a fortnight, and an…