*DUST COLLECTION: See how my the system I installed works
*HAND WATER PUMP: Learn why it doesn’t freeze in winter
*CHICKEN MITES: See how we get rid of them when they show up
*CHEAP LUMBER: Great furniture wood at low prices

See backyard chickens in winter, learn how to build with structural insulated panels, watch how I mill trim and molding here at my place, and listen to our 8 year old “Ella Fitzgerald” sing one of her favourite new songs….

Manitoulin Island, Canada, is the place where my family and I live our homestead lives, and in many ways it’s the land that time forgot. There were no roads leading anywhere near to Manitoulin until the late 1950s. Until then…

Click to watch a glimpse of wintertime beauty on Manitoulin Island (two glimpses, actually). See a trick for cutting correct angles on the ends of long, round pipes. Watch how a spade bit makes a great paint stirring tool.

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…

See a full-size tractor that costs the same as a walk-behind snow blower. Learn how hand railing is milled in a home shop. Watch a heated jacket in action. See the start of a unique stair-building project.

See a turkey being deep fried outdoors. Watch threads get cut by hand on a steel pipe. Explore a unique hazard of Manitoulin pastures. Learn how to build an outdoor table using of TREX.