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Determining Whether You Want a Property  Rethink Rural

Determining Whether You Want a Property | Rethink Rural

When you have looked at a property and asked all of the right questions, there comes a point when you have to answer one question: “Do you want it?”

How to build your first treehouse

How to build your first treehouse

Remember when treehouses were just for kids?

Hunting fashionably

Hunting fashionably

Fashion has sneaked into outdoor sports quieter than a black snake into a robin’s nest. Somewhere along the way, we switched from army fatigues to...

Small Acreage  Big Possibilities

Small Acreage = Big Possibilities

Living the country life doesn’t require loads of land. You can make any size property special and specific to your needs by thinking through what you...

Living on vacation  Rethink Rural Blog  Country Life

Living on vacation | Rethink Rural Blog | Country Life

Some places and things just remind you of vacations. If you grew up going camping, it’s a tent. If you grew up vacationing on a lake, it’s a boat. On...

How to tell you're freezing

How to tell you're freezing

Hypothermia is no laughing matter, yet in a number of ways, it’s a funny ailment. For starters, it doesn’t have to be freezing for you to be...

The  ahem  pee factor of buying country land

The - ahem - "pee" factor of buying country land

I love living in the country. I am writing this article from a shooting house on our land overlooking several hundred yards of food plots we planted...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Do the lyrics, “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” instantly put you in the Christmas mood, or is it just me? It could be the middle of October but...

How to build a pond or lake on your property

How to build a pond or lake on your property

We interview a permaculture design expert about installing a water feature while avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes.

The mystery behind this Texas lake? It's Uncertain

The mystery behind this Texas lake? It's Uncertain

Northeast Texas's Caddo Lake is the only naturally formed large lake in the Lone Star State. You'll find it in the town of Uncertain.