An audiomagazine of useful information for urban folks who are thinking about moving to a rural location. Advice on land, house construction, managing a homestead and more "hands on" stuff for you DIY types, offered with a mix of bad puns and good downhome music. http://www.TexasMusicForge.com/goingtothecountry.htm DIY/Homebuilding/Rural Copyright 2005 and 2006 TexasMusicForge.com TexasMusicForge.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us 5 December 2006 17:33:30 -0600 5 December 2006 17:25:21 -0600 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.1.0) unlicensed version This show's topic is where to begin looking for land for those planning their own version of The Great Escape. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/podcast/GoingToTheCountry1.mp3 Tio Ed 1 Oct 2005 15:45:07 -0600 Continuing our quest to find the right piece of rural property, Ed offers some useful tips on ways to help narrow down your search to just a few targeted areas. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/podcast/GoingToTheCountry2.mp3 Tio Ed 1 Nov 2005 15:45:07 -0600 If you have narrowed your search for land to build your house on to a couple of different candidates, Ed offers some great tips on things to look out for which can tell you a lot more than a real estate agent ever could (or would). http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry3.mp3 Tio Ed 1 Dec 2005 15:45:07 -0600 Tips on coping with extremes of weather in a rural location. Tips on what to look for on the roads where you are scouting for rural property. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GTTC4.mp3 Tio Ed Fri, 1 Feb 2006 15:45:07 -0600 This month's topic is keeping your love and your relationships healthy when moving to where the paved roads run out.. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GTTC5.mp3 Tio Ed Fri, 1 Feb 2006 15:45:07 -0600 You've found your property, you're spending lots of time driving to and from your chosen location and have your first close call with hitting a deer out on a dark country road - Uncle Ed tells offers some valuable tips that could save your car or your life. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GTTC6.mp3 Tio Ed Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:45:07 -0600 This month we'll take a broad overview of some of the leading alternative home construction methods available to DIY builders. Straw bale, ICF, SIP, modular, dry stack block, rammed earth and other technologies and materials are discussed. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry7.mp3 Tio Ed Sat, 1 Apr 2006 15:45:07 -0600 Fire ants to coyotes, scorpions to wild hogs, this episode will tell you how to keep common rural wildlife in the wild where it belongs. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_8.mp3 Tio Ed 1 May 2006 15:45:07 -0600 An overview of design changes to consider for your new country house that will keep it cool without running the air conditioning 24/7 during the hot summer months. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_9.mp3 Tio Ed 1 June 2006 15:45:07 -0600 Hot weather chores and checklists to keep your house, land, plants and animals healthy and happy. Contains the usual combination of good advice, bad puns and down-home music. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_10.mp3 Tio Ed 1 July 2006 15:45:07 -0600 The care and feeding of your chain saw is our topic as we learn how to spank the plank, avoid dismemberment and craft a curmudgeonly legal disclaimer. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_11.mp3 Tio Ed 1 August 2006 15:45:07 -0600 Chainsaws, shotguns and wildlife are a homesteader's companions. Tips for managing them instead of vice versa are discussed this month. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_12.mp3 Tio Ed 1 September 2006 15:45:07 -0600 Herd of cows? Are chickens fowl? These and other egregious puns are posed as we take stock - ahem - of animals to raise on the homestead. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_13.mp3 Tio Ed 3 October 2006 15:45:07 -0600 If you're in the northern hemisphere, it's probably starting to get cold where you are. We warm to the subject of alternative heat sources for your DIY parochial palace. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_14.mp3 Tio Ed 1 November 2006 15:45:07 -0600 We look at a few non-traditional methods of farming and ranching suited for small family homesteads. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/GoingToTheCountry_15.mp3 Tio Ed 5 December 2006 15:45:07 -0600