What to “Invest” in . . .
If you invest in something, the expectation is you'll get a return - as in of money. Cars (and trucks) typically cost you money; i.e., they depreciate. For that reason, to...
Duck Smiting
Some people call it "harvesting." Others - more directly - "butchering." We call it smiting. As in, smite the ducks. As in what the pharaoh did to his various enemies. We...
The Truly Mobile Home
Mobile homes are the punchlines of many jokes about rednecks, but the real joke is that they're not really mobile homes.
They can be moved, certainly - but that is not the...
Strategic Debt?
Normally, it is wise to live not just within but below your means. To try to spend less than you earn, in order to be able to save.
In order to be...
Pace and Lick
If you've been trying to prepare for what seems to be already here - as by making provisions to provide your own food when you can no longer afford to buy...
Another Variant of Devaluation
Nature sometimes echoes government in that both can suddenly devalue what you thought you had.
Last Monday, I had a flock of 12 chickens - which gave us plenty of eggs each...
The Cost of Lost Opportunity
One of the reasons I'm no longer married is because I didn't want to "plan" for "retirement" - by putting more or even any of my money into a "401k" or...
How to Cool When the Power is Off?
Having some birds in hand beats having them in the bush - as the saying goes. Especially when there aren’t any in the store. Or you can’t afford to shop at...
Off Grid – but not in The Woods
Is it necessary to live in the Woods to live off the grid? Not at all. Or at least, not all the way.
What is the "grid," first of all?
The term refers...
Coop Errata
I have learned a few more things over the past month or so about what I did right - and what I didn't do, at all - when I built my...