Posts Tagged ‘How-To’

Build It Backwards! Jumpstart Your House in the Country

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The most useful things built on land are built last. I propose reversing that approach. Build it backwards. Small structures provide big comfort and improvements relative to their size and cost. Their return on investment is high because the investment is small and the return is relative to the ‘nothing’ of vacant land.
Building backwards [...]

Knots for Life – Part 2: Wide Before Deep Practice List

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

As said in Three Knots and the Truth it’s incredible what can be done with three knots: The Bowline, Buntline and double sheet bend. If you’re content to learn only these three then get two pieces of rope and start practicing. For those who want to learn more it’s helpful to [...]