Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Mini Bar from a Jerry Can This is a really cool project! How fun would it be to have this on your next camping or hunting trip? A terrific way to recycle and reuse a jerry can. I know I would be thrilled to get this as a …
Brilliant Ways To Use Five Gallon Buckets Along with pallets, PVC pipes, and 55 gallon barrels, 5 gallon buckets are among the DIYer’s favorite materials for useful projects. Often obtained for free from delis, bulk grocery outlets, restaurants, feed stores, and even ice cream parlors and other local industries. They have a ton of uses …
Now for Sale on Amazon a Completed Container Home and Tiny Home Kits! (8 links) Preppers have discussed the creation of container homes for their bug out location for years on survival sites. Now MODS has a completed model for sale! Others have gotten into the tiny house movement to simplify and downsize as well as …
50 Reuse and Recycle Ideas I love to reuse old items to make new ones. First I hate to throw away anything that could be usable, secondly I just think they look cool! 😛 I enjoy articles like this one because of the ingenuity and ability to visualize out of the box, a talent needed by homesteaders …
Reuse Commonly Thrown Away Items Part of the lifestyle of both preppers and homesteaders is to become self-sustainable. That can also mean to help sustain our planet as well. One way to do that is to reuse items rather than sending them on to a landfill. If you can save some cash while doing so, …
DIY Convert Old Freezer to New Smoker I really hate when an appliance stops working… I have no doubt we all do. First is the expense of any damage done prior to our realization that the appliance has quit functioning. In the case of a freezer that could alone be devastating. But then you have …
Tips On Reusing Containers For Water Storage Recycle, reuse, and renew! But when you do so to store water for the future do so with caution. Reusing plastic containers is good for not only your pocket book but our planet. Just make sure that you’re using the right plastic for the right job. For tips …
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 …
Couple Builds Glass House For $500 Preppers and homesteaders are some of the most creative people around. This is just one more creation that shows off that versatility. This young artistic couple built this glass house on their own without the aid of contractors and architects spending a mere $500.00 USD using found and donated …
25 DIY Survival Items When I first read the featured blog, I thought “oh no, they are going to tell me being a gear junkie is a bad thing!” 😛 But mercifully they didn’t. The blog actually talks about necessary survival items you can make yourself. Basic supplies that many of us stockpile. If you make these …
