News from the Homestead is a compilation of columns detailing my adventures living as a "Modern Day Pioneer" in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. They include my single-handedly (and without power tools) building a cabin in the woods, raising goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, guineas, turkeys, geese, a horse, and an assortment of adopted dogs, organic gardening and raising heirloom vegetables, crafting, and navigating snakes, poachers, severe weather, sickness and death. Some of the stories are h...