9 DIY Garden Building Projects Now is the time to begin planning and preparing for next year’s improvements and additions. 9 awesome DIY building projects for your garden from across the web sought out and shared with us by The Thrifty Couple. Some basic skills, some basic and reclaimed materials and a whole lot of can-do …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Automatic Chicken Watering System The good folks at Pet Helpful designed and built this watering system to ensure their chickens always have access to clean fresh water even when they aren’t able to be there all the time. Just like our pets, livestock require constant care to be …
Difficulties Taking Yourself Off Grid The majority of us are tired of being at the mercy of the big power companies with their outrageous rates and frequent outages. It is the dream of many to not only take their own homes off the grid but to actually sell their excess power back to the big corporate company. Making …
How to Tie 20 Essential Knots Source Outdoor life By Tim MacWelch converted from photo carousel for easier reading. You can see other great survival and prepping articles on their site OUTDOOR LIFE The Square Knot is a classic for connecting lines and tying knots. Whether you are tying two ropes together to make …
DIY 1000 Watt Wind Turbine We built a 1000 watt wind turbine to help charge the battery bank that powers our offgrid home. It’s a permanent magnet alternator, generating 3 phase ac, rectified to dc, and fed to a charge controller. The magnets spin with the wind, the coils are fixed, so no brushes or …
6 Ways To Build A Rocket Stove Updated from the Sastainablog/Jeff McIntire Please be sure to note the safety issues and precautions with any wood burning stove. 1. The very, very simple 16-brick rocket stove. This one requires no more than stacking some bricks… though I’m guessing they would need to be made of a …
State Rainwater Harvesting Laws Is your state one of the states with legislated laws on how much, when , or what you can harvest rainwater for? At this time none of the states ban rain barrel collection of rain water for personal use… but should something provided by nature that falls upon your …
DIY Bio Water Filter This is a great project to have at home for that just in case moment. Bio-filters, a Great Alternative ,Another option, instead of buying expensive commercial filters and stockpiling them, is to build a bio-filter. This simple filtering system is used worldwide to purify water for drinking. While it may not get …
2 DIY Flower Pot Smokers Not only is smoked meat delicious, but smoking has been a method of preserving meat with out refrigeration for generations. You can purchase a large or small home smokers and change the flavor of the meat with the wood you use. But why spend that kind of money when you can …
DIY Paracord Rock Sling A paracord rock sling can be very useful when SHTF. With practice, a sling could be used for hunting small game or even in extreme cases self defense. You’ll also have about 15 feet of cord which can be reused for lots of other SHTF needs. Once you have …
