Not Your Father’s Manufactured House
If your image of manufactured housing is a cluster of teal and white trailers lined up in a mobile home park, you need to get with the times. Sure, mobile homes are still great for placing on vacant land or …
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Building an Earth-Friendly, Self-Sustaining Home
Becoming Environmentally Aware What if you could build a self-sustaining home from recycled materials, such as old earth-filled tires, recycled bottles, aluminum cans and reclaimed wood? You’d have to consider that pretty earth friendly. Then what about having no utility …
Steps to Putting a Manufactured Home on Your Property
Manufactured or “mobile” homes that are placed on a foundation will retain their value far longer than a manufactured home placed in a mobile home park. Putting a mobile home in a park is cheaper in the short term, but …
Is a Tiny House Right for You?
According to The Tiny Life, a website dedicated to the Tiny House Movement, a majority of Americans spend one-third to one-half of their income on their homes; and because of that expense, 76 percent of them are living paycheck to …
LAWNS: Should I seed or should I sod?
No, it’s not a song by The Clash, but it is a dilemma facing homeowners who are trying to decide what to do with a scruffily sad, miserable, irredeemable lawn. First let’s look at the difference. Sodding is transplanting a …
Add some adventure to your holiday feast — bag your own turkey
With the holiday season fast approaching, grocers everywhere are stocking their freezers with good ‘ol whole turkey. But have you ever thought about bagging your own out in the wild rather than out of a freezer? Let’s take a look …
Is This Real Life, or Am I in a Movie?
Although the world of Star Wars may seem like a galaxy far, far away, it’s actually a lot closer than you think. Whether you’re looking for an area such as the dry, barren Tatooine desert, or the sanctuary of the …
Top Five Destinations for Your American Bucket List (Part 2)
Do you have a travel bucket list? Does it include places like Ireland, an African Safari and a Mediterranean cruise? No doubt that those international destinations are spectacular, but there are plenty of wonderful bucket list destinations right here in …
Five Top American Bucket List Destinations (Part 1)
Ask people to share their travel bucket lists and they’ll start talking about Australia, Fiji, Machu Picchu, and other distant and exotic locations. But don’t forget about some spectacular bucket-list locations right here in the good ‘ol U.S. of A. …