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Trucks, land, trades and the work that starts before the sun does.

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Split it in March, burn it in December

Firewood doesn't season in the stack you built in October. The work happens in spring, and the stack you build decides whether it dries.

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The unwritten rules of having neighbors in the country

Nobody hands you the list when you move out past the last streetlight. You find out by breaking one.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

The real cost of a dozen backyard eggs

Chickens are easy to keep and easy to lose money on. Run the numbers before you pour the slab.

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What Freezes First on a Property and How to Stop It

Wellheads, hydrants, pump houses and stock tanks all fail in predictable places. Find yours in October, not at 4am in February.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Running a chainsaw without ending up in the emergency room

Kickback and falling wood cause most of the damage. Both are predictable, and both are avoidable if you change how you stand and how you cut.

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

What a Well and a Septic Really Cost to Keep Running

Nobody bills you monthly for water out here. The money still comes due — just in lumps, and usually at the worst time.

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GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The corner posts decide whether your fence lasts twenty years

Most paddock fences fail at the ends, not in the middle. Build the assemblies right and the rest is just wire and patience.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Buying a used tractor without inheriting somebody else's problem

Hours don't tell you much. The front axle, the loader welds and the hydraulics tell you everything.

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The Questions to Ask Before You Buy Your First Few Acres

Access, water, septic and power decide whether land is usable. Most buyers ask about none of them until after closing.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideWes Dunbar15 Sept 20262 min

Buying a used truck without inheriting somebody else’s problem

Rust, service history and how it was actually used. Most of the rest is negotiable.

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Your High School Has to Let You Start a Bible Club

The law is mostly on your side, the paperwork takes one week, and the first meeting needs four friends, a room and a dozen donuts.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Cut the word sorry and speak in the first eight minutes

The apology on-ramp, the interruption you don't have to yield to, and the one sentence worth writing out word for word.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Decide your smoke number before the sky turns orange

When the air goes bad, you don't want to be negotiating at 7 a.m. about whether soccer practice is still on. Set the rules while the air is clean.

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GuideChristian BroAde Fisher23 Sept 20265 min

Find a Church by the Third Sunday or You Probably Won't

Nobody loses their faith in a lecture hall. They lose it by sleeping in, twelve Sundays in a row, until it stops feeling like a decision.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

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Filters buy you time, the talks do the actual work

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The first week after your father's stroke

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideChristian BroCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your Youth Group Doesn't Need a Fog Machine

Teens come back to the thing that stays the same, feeds them, and knows their name. Everything else is decoration.

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Start over at fifty with a runway, not a leap

A new career, a new town, a new chapter. Do the arithmetic and the insurance first, and the second half stops feeling like a gamble.

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