DIY Waterproof Attire (Including Shoes) No one wants to be wet and cold, that is just a fact. However, you also can’t purchase everything you wear already waterproofed! If the disaster scenario that turns our world upside down is widespread there could be a scenario where waterproof anything isn’t available anymore. Especially if your plan A …
Heat Your Greenhouse Without Power This almost sounds like a no brainer. Greenhouses are intended to convert solar power to heat. But what if you want to grow during the winter months or if the weather is rainy and gloomy for a long period of time? Unconverted solar just isn’t enough at that time. Unless …
Recipes for 5 MIY Sodas Updated to 8! When I was a kid, my dad made his own homemade root beer. With young taste buds and a kid’s attitude regarding homemade anything… I didn’t appreciate it the way I should have. It seemed way cooler to have a bottle of store-bought sugar water! Now older …
DIY Wet Pot Irrigation Systems (Video + 2 links) I had personally not heard of a wet pot irrigation system. I’ll be honest and admit I have my own DIY irrigation system, so I hadn’t paid much attention until I came across this one! See how it works at the video below Well of …
Stop Shopping and MIY Items I know I have removed more than 5 items from my own shopping list by MIY (make it yourself). If you make it yourself, I am sure you have too! But if you’re new to the MIY process, then these might be the first 5 items you too could scratch off …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY 55 Gallon Barrel Projects I have seen so many awesome pallet projects that it is about time the plastic barrel got its turn at being the recycle reuse and renew royalty. That’s what this particular article is all about. I wish that these barrels were available here inexpensively …
DIY Wool Boots Not just cute and practical but because YOU made them inexpensive! Reason enough to learn how to make them today. Add that after a SHTF event there aren’t going to be BOGO sales or shoe repair shops, but you will still need to protect your feet and it becomes even more …
DIY PCV Gravity Aquaponic Garden Aquaponic gardens are becoming more and more popular. I always say they are mini little eco systems and they are! So actually, aquaponic gardening has always been around, but we are just beginning to bring them into our small corners of the world… our homes and gardens. But building one …
Alternatives to Potassium Iodide I personally can attest to the shortage of potassium iodide after the Japanese tsunami and the nuclear fallout disaster. Here on the west coast of the USA where it was coming ashore, you couldn’t find iodine anywhere in any form for months after. Then we had the North Korean threat of nuclear …
A Working Urban Farm I have always wanted to do an urban homestead or farm. I just always assumed I didn’t have enough property to do so! Wow has this family showed me I was wrong. With great planning and creativity, they have turned 1/10th of an acre into a working farm in an urban area. …
