What a good feeling it is to take an empty section of Earth and, with your own two hands, create something useful and lasting. I finished cutting and installing the roof rafters on this 12×14 cabin-style shed that I’m building.…
Category: Living on Earth
Tools for building your off-grid tiny home
Good morning from Southern New Mexico! Chuck here with another Living on Earth Podcast. In today’s episode, I cover the basic tools you will need to frame your tiny home/cabin-style shed. You don’t need very much, and once you have…
Why you should build your own tiny home/cabin to general building code standards
Why you should build your tiny home to general building code standards Many people are purchasing prebuilt portable cabin-style storage sheds to live in. Other people are moving to counties in New Mexico because the county does not have any…
Traditional Bow Hunting Black Bear – Another Scout
Traditional Bow Hunting Black Bear – Another Scout I walked into the forest about four miles past the natural spring that I found several weeks back, looking for another place to hunt black bear. I found a seep with about…
Knife Review – Mora Bushcraft Black VS Mora Garberg
I have used both the Mora Bushcraft Black and the Mora Garberg for extended periods of time. If I could only have one knife when heading out into the forest or up into the mountains, I would bring the Mora…
The one-tool option myth – Dave Canterbury NOT using his own knives to skin animals
The one-tool option myth – Dave Canterbury NOT using his own knives to skin animals The online knife community is a strange place, especially in the world…
Living without refrigeration- pressure canning basics
The average American household throws away about 30 to 40% of the food they place in its refrigerator. My wife and I have lived without refrigeration for several years now. We have zero food waste here on our homestead. I…
REAL Emergency Fire Starting
People seem to live in fantasy lands these days. There is a big difference between the backyard bushcraft people watch on YouTube and real forest skills. The survival/ Bushcraft world is saturated with grown children living in fantasy worlds. People…