Okay, I just returned from my punishment of 1,000 lashings for not finishing this series on time…funny thing is that one of the reminder requests was from a link-posting service trying to get a free link-back that they were waiting for the remaining articles. Thanks for your patience and for not burning down the interwebz. [...]
DIY: Rain Barrels
Today’s DIY comes to us from Christine Hennessey at “The New Me’s” blog. I particularly like the spigot that they were able to attach to the barrel to access the water easily. I’ve also heard of self-tapping spigots for closed-head drums like the ones I use for my drinking water storage. Still gotta find those! [...]
Inspirational DIY: Modern Covered Wagon (plans to come)
We’ve got some inspiration for ya! Today’s DIY doesn’t exactly have the plans ready yet, but they are working on it. The moment they are released, we will have them available here. When I found this wagon of awesome-ness, I knew we had to share it. So many of us who are DIYers thrive off [...]
Turning Snow into Drinking Water
Today, one of our fans on Facebook asked us the following question: We just got a snow storm last night…Do you know anything about melting the snow and using it as water? Many of us are familiar with the phrase, “Never drink yellow snow”. While that’s an easy truth to remember, the contaminants that we [...]
DIY: Ice Tires for Mountain Bike
Today’s DIY was created by someone with WAY too much time on his hands…but we’re happy he decided to share his solution! What do you think? Is his solution practical? Would you be willing to put the time in to make this for yourself? Under what conditions would you see yourself needing to hit the [...]
DIY: Homemade Seed Planter
Today’s DIY Seed Planter is sure to make Jethro Tull proud! It is made entirely from PVC & some metal components you can pick up at your local hardware store and is: expect[ed to] work for medium to large-sized seeds like beans, corn, peas, pumpkins, squash, and, most importantly…sunflowers. A seemingly simply invention, seed drills [...]
DIY: Hot Caps from Used Milk Jugs
Today’s DYI will teach you what a “hot cap” in case you don’t already know. A sudden frost can ruin crop that has been a while in the making. I’ve seen gigantic heater-fans on strawberry fields throughout Oxnard, CA, as well as other fruit fields. Sort of puts things into perspective when my computer crashes [...]
DIY: Hanging Gutter Garden
Today’s DIY is awesome for two reasons: It maximizes use of vertical space. It allows you to re-purpose your rain gutters for something beautiful & nutritious! Click on the image below or Click HERE to visit today’s DIY.
DIY: New {Old} Foyer Table
foyer- noun \ˈfȯi(-ə)r, ˈfȯi-ˌ(y)ā also ˈfwä-ˌyā\ However you wanna pronounce it, today’s DIY is (1) cool, (2) easy, & (3) looks GREAT-(adjective \ˈgrāt, Southern also ˈgre(ə)t\)! I tip my hat to all the women who write such useful blogs & share tips that make us men love y’all even more! Today we give a shout-&-a-holler [...]
DIY: Your Very Own Freshwater Well
Our friends at Backwoods Home Magazine provide today’s DIY. Some of us don’t have immediate access to undertake this kind of project…but it’s still AWESOME nonetheless! I’m interested in hearing from some of you folks who have had success using a “dowser”. Surprisingly, I’ve had many conversations with folks who have had success with dowsers. [...]
