After 25 years of sharpening chainsaws with a file by hand, I don’t do much of it any more. Not since I discovered how fast and effective pro-grade electric saw chain sharpeners can be. Here at our country home on…
Want to boost your turkey dinner game? Watch how we deep fry turkey’s at our place. I shot this video back at Christmas 2016. Our gear is a little different than most, but the procedure is the same as everyone…
In this week’s video episode, see why a terrific DEWALT air compressor stopped working, see why it makes sense to fix things rather than throw them away, and learn a few little tricks can make a big difference when it comes to repairing things.
Vehicle choices and management decisions have a big impact on your financial health. Sounds extreme? I don’t think so. True vehicle costs are not only large, but many of them are hidden, at least for a while. But eventually, every…
State-regulated online casino markets are entering a more mature phase, where long-term growth depends on the quality of the digital experience as much as market access. Players now expect online casino games to load quickly, offer familiar formats and provide…
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…