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Are We There Yet?

By Tyler Woods AKA "The Bulletproof Pastor" A friend of mine shared that a woman asked him what a ‘Prepper’ was. He replied, “You are.”...

Lawn Mower DC Generator

OK< so I built a DC generator to charge the batteries in my solar battery bank for times of extended lack of sun. This video shows how to...

Hey Canada, You Are Awesome...

Hey CANADA, You are Awesome... SO, we figured out how we can (finally) sell our soaps, beard bombs, lotions, etc to folks in Canada......

Barn Build - The FOUNDATION

We NEED more space for our animals, milking, storage and more, so the logical thing to do was build a new barn. BUT, we've never built...

Snowmageddon

This is from last year... I sincerely hope we don't have a repeat, but if we do, we are far more prepared to tackle the harsh WI snows...

Winter, Cows, and MORE

The BFH crew is dealing with the challenges of learning how to farm in the Wisconsin North Woods winter. Nothing seems to go right and...

Water Powered TRACTORS

The BFH crew went to the Edgar Steam Show in WI and learned that there are many ways of creating alternate power, solar and wind are not...

DC Lawn Mower and Alternator Generator Build

Here’s a video overview on how I built a DC generator out of a lawn mower engine and a truck alternator to keep our solar battery bank...

How to Recharge A Generators Field EASY

OK, the generator is running. You plug in your electronic device and… nothing. No electricity at all. HUH? It appears that the generator...