DIY An Amazing Chicken Coop If you have a great coop your chickens will have a happier life and that means more eggs 🙂 I found a great DIY tutorial over at tinkeringlab.blogspot.com and if I am honest, it’s probably the best I have seen. The plans are free and the cost is low. This homesteading project …
A Simple DIY Compost Bin Now is a great time to start a compost bin. Take all of your lawn waste and make use of it. In a matter of months when you add your food scraps and biodegradable plant life you will have soil so fertile your veggies will be thanking you. Check out the full tutorial …
Planting and Growing Potatoes Potatoes are just a yummy staple we all should be growing. Did you know that growing potatoes is really easy and you can start growing them with old potatoes? Crazy huh! I found this great article that shows us how to plant and grow them with a great tutorial that is …
How To Build A Straw Bale Garden Straw is an ideal substitute for soil. Many of us have bad soil so rather than purchase dirt, why not use straw and get some great veggies in a ready made raised bed. The hollow tubes of the straw are designed by Mother Nature to suck up and hold …
10 Raised Bed Garden Ideas I am happy to report that spring is very close and it’s time to prepare and make your raised beds… I have 2 raised beds in my garden and I will be preparing it in the next few weeks. Plants can be spaced closely together, so yields go up, water-use …
15 Foods You Can Regrow From Scraps Did you know you can get free food from scraps? This is a great way to save some money on your grocery bill… Fun to do and teaches the kids lessons on food and gardening all at the same time. Most of us throw away our scraps but …
DIY Drainage Canal for Downspouts As we head into spring and rainy season in many parts of the country now is the time this household project should be done on all of our downspouts. I for one am sick of having puddles and flooding in the area’s around them. Drainage is needed to protect the foundations …
Coconut Oil Secrets We all know coconut oil is one of the best oils we can use in our daily cooking routine. New studies have uncovered more amazing secrets about this oil we all should know. I found a great article that reveals the new found secrets and further more proving the fact that we all should …
MIY Vanilla Extract From Scratch It’s easy to imagine that a lot of the kitchen items we now take for granted will be scarce if SHTF and since I like to bake, it’s important to me to know how to make some of my own staple ingredients so that I’m not left in a lurch. …
DIY Long Burning Survival Candles Long burning survival candles can get costly when you’re stocking up! But since making them yourself is really easy, having a stockpile of these can make power outages or SHTF events easier. Giving you light, a little heat and the ability to boil water or even cook if you set them …
