Want to learn how to build an outhouse? Check out these simple outhouse plans and create a properly managed privy. One of the very first and most important buildings needed on a remote homestead is a ...

FAIRBANKS — There are worse words used for it, but an outhouse is an institution in Alaska. Outhouses are standards at our rest stops along the roads and hiking trails in the state. And for many in ...

Humanure composting is an adventure. There’s the buckets of waste and sawdust to take out every few days, no excuses. There’s the three or more compost bins to build and finding sources of sawdust.

Dan Wittenberg bought about 13 acres of land in the Potomac River flood zone because of his love of sailing and windsurfing. Eight years ago, with no special real estate or construction skills, ...