Awesome DIY Picnic Table Constantly inspired by the creativity of the DIY-ers! If I could have or build every awesome design I see my deck would need a deck to hold the deck I had all the awesome creations on! 😛 I can always imagine the wonderful parties, picnics and bbq’s with each new design. …
Why Another Great Depression Will Be Very Different Many of my generation know the stories of our parents and grandparents who lived through the great depression in the USA. I am no different, but my parents and grandparents had very different stories I was raised prepping because of those stories and the scars they left …
Recycle Swingset to Chicken Coop! Once again I am amazed by the ingenuity of the homesteader. If you have children, in all likelihood you either have or have had one of the triangle style swing sets in your back yard at some time or another. Now days they are much more complicated then the back …
Making Your Life Easier With Dawn Dish Soap! Not Just For Dishes One thing about living a simpler less reliant lifestyle is that it takes a bit more time! Instead of machines doing our daily chores, we are doing them ourselves. The point isn’t to work harder but smarter. Leaving more time and especially more …
DIY Corner Cabinet Drawers Project This is a totally awesome project that can be retrofit into your own kitchen! We all dislike that wasted corner space in our kitchens. I know a lot of folks make use of them with the lazy susan trick in the cabinet in the corner. Frankly I don’t really like …
Folding Canoe I came across this awesome canoe on Design Boom in their DIY section. Now this DIY section is for designers and not us everyday Joes. So, there are no step-by-step directions, actually no directions at all. This project was submitted by an Israeli designer Ori Levin. Who created this prototype in his own …
Testing Door Lock Gadgets Our favorite hacker is at it again! This time the Russian Hacker is testing added security door lock gadgets as only he can. Watch the video below and see how the following items did! This is an aggregated site. Please be aware some of the sites we link …
Gardening Hacks Will Change the Way You Garden! We want to be as self sufficient as possible, many of us also would like to go as natural as possible as well. Gardening is a big part of doing that. But gardening is time consuming and takes more energy and knowledge than one might first assume. …
Especially when you first begin to prepare it can be expensive. I am always being asked by the new prepper “How can I prepared for tomorrow, when I am struggling financially today?”. I always recommend you start slowly with the basics and learn as much as you can before you spend a dime. Make …
Save Money Using Vintage Homemaking Skills One aspect of homesteading that tends to be a bit romanticized are the chores that come with it! The ideal vision is setting on the big old front porch in a old rocker sipping home squeezed lemonade while watching the sun set. This image in the mind can become a daily fact of …
