Steve Maxwell

Steve Maxwell and his wife Mary live on a 90-acre modern homestead on Manitoulin Island, Ontario in a stone house they built with local materials beginning in 1985. Steve is Canada’s longest-running home improvement and how-to columnist and editor of Home and Property. He divides his time working on the land, building things large and small, and creating articles and how-to videos that teach sustainable, self-reliant, hands-on living skills. www.baileylineroad.com

Backup Power

Aug 3, 2018

Easiest Way to Connect a Generator to a House

Old Pickup Truck Story

Jul 6, 2018

Watch the story of two trucks and 30 years on a Canadian homestead #SteveMaxwell #HarrowsmithMag #F250

How to Drill a Water Well

Jun 8, 2018

Watch a deep well bored into limestone bedrock with Steve Maxwell

Manual Labour a Great Teacher for Kids

Apr 13, 2018

In the mid-1970s, my mom and dad hired a builder to add a garage onto our cookie cutter bungalow. The man’s name was Andy Steier, a Hungarian Jew...

Frost Seeding

Apr 6, 2018

Watch this 5 1/2 minute lesson one way to improve pastures in cold climates. It’s called frost seeding, and you’ll see it happening with a 65-year-old classic tractor.