Home schooling is increasing in popularity across North America, and over the years we’ve done some home schooling here at our homestead at the end...
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. Steve’s website, Bay Line Road, is named after the rural road where he and Mary live with their five kids.
www.baileylineroad.com
Deep Well Hand Pump
Watch Steve Maxwell install a Deep Well Hand Pump alongside an electric pump, for fresh well water anytime.
Rooftop DeIcing, Canadian Style
Watch the installation of a unique system designed in the Great White North, the Edge Cutter System
Eat Better for Less
Are you attracted to the idea of stocking up on bulk quantities of wholesome produce at low harvest prices, then enjoying them for months of savings afterwards?
Woodstove door gasket replacement an easy necessity
Woodstoves and air-tight fireplaces aren’t exactly a high-tech way to heat your home, but millions of northern people happily rely on them for two...
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