Thermos Cooking & Recipes Yes, you can actually cook in your thermos! What is better than a lunch that cooks while at your desk working, or dinner that simmers while your hiking or rolling out of your sleeping bag in the morning of your camping trip to find a hot breakfast ready to eat! Energy efficient, low cost, quick and …
How to reuse silica gel packets We find these small moisture absorbers packaged in with almost every thing these days, but can we recycle them? Yes! Not only are there a lot of home uses for these little silica packets but I have been told their life can be extended even further by heating …
DIY Drip System for Your Garden A low-pressure drip system is the ultimate irrigation system. They are so advantageous because they are powered by low pressure and the water input method can be changed from on the grid to off the grid sources. With the biggest cost saving being able to install and build it yourself. Check this one out that …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Cattails: Swamp Supermarket – Includes Recipes If you know how to eat a cattail correctly, you could have a great source of nutrients and much needed energy if you choose to forage now or after a SHTF event. Cattails pretty much grow everywhere, on the side of the …
How to make your own Vertical Planter Whether it is vegetables, flowers or a pretty vine. This DIY planter takes up small square footage with big pay off in appearance and production! See how to make your own at the titled link below. How to make your own Vertical Planter This is an aggregated …
DIY Chicken Plucker If you have ever plucked a chicken by hand or even just seen it done you know it is quite a big job for such a small bird. However, the large commercial pluckers are not cost effective unless you’re doing a ton of chickens at once. Most backyard chicken growers are only …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Concrete Fire Pit Bowl There is nothing better than sitting around a fire on a warm summer night making s’mores, a cool fall evening grilling burgers or after a long snowmobile ride through the snow or after helping your kids build a snow man then warming up while roasting hotdogs over an …
How to Preserve Any Fruit or Vegetable at Home Knowing How to Can, Freeze, Dry and Preserve Any Fruit or Vegetable at Home is a not only for homesteaders, survivalists and people on a budget should be doing it too. I have been canning for years, I love doing it. It’s never a chore and I call …
Mobile Chicken Coop Designs Now is the time to begin looking at designs for a coop if you plan to start raising chickens this spring! Many people have begun or are considering raising chickens but don’t have the space for a large standard full chicken coop. If you’re planning to raise only a few chickens …
DIY Self Watering Alaska Grow Buckets+ Update These nifty grow buckets wonderful for smaller spaces where having a full size garden isn’t feasible. They also extend the growing season for our Canadian and Alaskan gardeners. Add that they are self watering and they go from being nifty to awesome! For the video instructions, additional pictures and information …
