Here’s a riddle for you: What do you call a Dutchman living in Sweden who visits an American living in Finland? A new friend! Actually, calling him a “new” friend is a bit of a stretch, as ...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/the-trying-woodsman-visits-finland/
I thought I’d begin this post with a brief explanation as to my lack of posts here this summer. Besides keeping my nose to the grindstone at work, I have been working hard on the cabin and old ...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/cabin-restoration-project-the-final-episode/
If you have been keeping up with my blog, you know that I have been spending just about all my free time working on getting the homestead site into shape and have not been able to do much bushcra...
For the past several weeks, the building contractor has been working hard to get the century-old brand-new cabin into shape and ready for occupancy. Since my last cabin update, all the windows ha...
Toward the end of March, I spent a weekend exploring the old farm woods and the surrounding area, finally locating all the boundary markers of the property and discovering some other interesting ...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/belated-overnight-trip-report-march-21st22nd/
After being on the back burner for several months due to other larger jobs, the building contractor has resumed work on the cabin! As you can see in the pictures, the windows are at varying stage...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/cabin-restoration-project-the-rebuild-has-resumed/
A little over a year ago, when the Woodsboy turned 5, I bought him his first knife. While this may seem too young an age to some people, I think this is largely a 1st-world viewpoint. From eviden...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/the-woodsboys-first-knife/
It appears someone in Canada has purchased the domain name http://www.weekendwoodsman.com, is calling himself “Weekend Woodsman” and has been running a blog of the same name since July of 201...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/will-the-real-weekend-woodsman-please-stand-up/
I don’t often talk about personal issues here at the blog, but I feel compelled to share a little information about why it has been relatively quiet here for so long. Almost a year ago now, my ...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/ob-la-di-ob-la-da/
Progress on the cabin has been going at a snail’s pace because the contractor has been tied up with larger projects, but I wanted to give you a mini-update on what has been going on. The “ves...
For the past 5+ years, I have regularly worn a pouch on my belt for convenient access to small, frequently used items (and emergency items) while in the woods. While convenience is great, a more ...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/my-diy-canvas-pouch-for-pocket-carry/
“Another cabin post? Hey Weekend Woodsman, why don’t you just change the name of your blog to ‘The Cabin Restoration Project Blog’?” I know, I know. The simple truth is that I haven’t...
https://weekendwoodsman.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/cabin-restoration-project-a-cabin-is-reborn/
Hey guys and gals. It’s been a while! Since the last installment of this series, I have finished renovating the interior of the sauna building, so I thought I’d give you an update on that, as...
Although I don’t post as often as I’d like to these days (still dealing with some major life changes), I do want to keep all y’all updated on what I’ve been doing in the outdoor/country a...
It’s been quite some time since I’ve mentioned the cabin restoration project (“Introduction“, “Out with the old“) because frankly, nothing had been happening with it. Well, that all c...