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Even people who don’t heat with wood or use an outdoor wood boiler find it interesting to see how heat is delivered underground, from one place to another. That’s what this video is all about. It shows the Danish system…

More and more people are deciding to get proactive about maintaining electrical power at their home, cottage and businesses during an outage, and that’s why home standby generators are gaining in popularity. They provide a secondary source of electricity with…

In a 2022 report, several insurance advisers claim that multiple buy-to-let properties are either underinsured or uninsured. One reason for this is that landlords and tenants alike aren’t well-informed that they should buy insurance after the initial let. The thing…

Sooner or later, in more ways than one, staying sane in this life involves mastering mental strategies. If you’re a hands-on person who values quality, there’s also a chance you battle with perfectionism on a physical, hands-on level. I used…

Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, still ruminates about all the energy information he learned at a conference from Nordic countries.

In part 1 of this blog, I talked about the reasons I see would-be homesteaders change their minds and give up on their homesteading dreams. This often involves rejecting too much technology, but there are other reasons, too. Mistaken ideas…