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The Ever Useful 5 Gallon Bucket

The Ever Useful 5 Gallon Bucket

How useful is the ubiquitous 5 gallon bucket? Let me count the ways. But first a shout out to The...

Leith Run Campgrounds Review

Leith Run Campgrounds Review

We popped in here for one night. Layout The campgrounds is just a few miles from Marietta and has about...

Iron Ridge, Ohio, Lake Vesuvius Campgrounds Review

Iron Ridge, Ohio, Lake Vesuvius Campgrounds Review

Location Ironton, Ohio – Lake Vesuvius Campgrounds, in the Wayne National Forest Description From Recreation.gov: Iron Ridge is one of...

Composting Toilet

Composting Toilet

Nick and Sandy never really liked using a traditional outhouse or porta-potties for that matter; they are just nasty. For...

Wood Stove

Wood Stove

Shortly after the indoor raining fiasco, we researched wood stoves and decided on a Vogelzang Rancher heat/cook wood/coal stove. Since...

Life Lessons From My Foxfire Buddy

Life Lessons From My Foxfire Buddy

A recollection from Sandy’s past. When I first moved to Appalachia, one of my closest neighbors, Sam, was a man...

The Importance of Water

The Importance of Water

Nick attended a military course where a portion of the course was dedicated to the military’s organization of the physical...

Garden Tips & Hints

Garden Tips & Hints

Your garden site should get 6-8 hours sun per day or more on gentle slope. Keep your garden away from...

Homemade Briquettes

Process in a Nutshell Here’s the process in a nutshell: you take shredded paper and ground up leaves and/or sawdust...

A Random Thought On Privacy

I choose to live my life privately, and try earnestly to become more private. The irony of publishing a blog...

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