Harvesting Aloe From a Plant By Winnie You see it everywhere. If you walk into a store, you can find it in the skin care aisle, the health food aisle and you can even find it in the beverage aisle. When I was a little girl, I remember times when I burned my finger by […]
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DIY Fabric Softener is Natural and Economical
Learn how to make your own DIY Fabric Softener by Winnie Last week I posted about DIY laundry detergent and it got me thinking – is there a good DIY fabric softener that uses natural ingredients and is economical and easy to prepare. I found this great post on the Mother Nature Network that discusses three ways […]
Emergency lighting – Crayons
A quick and simple emergency lighting option Let’s say that the power has gone out. You need to get to your emergency candles but your kids are scared and don’t want to sit in the dark. What can you do? Pull out a box of crayons! But how can the little ones color quietly while […]
DIY – Flint Knapping
What is Flint Knapping? By Winnie Last weekend I had a pleasant picnic along the banks of a river in Wyoming with my family. When we pulled out the salami and crackers, we realized that we had left the trusty pocketknife we usually have with us back in the car. The only thing we had […]
DIY Laundry Detergent Step By Step
DIY Laundry Detergent Saves Money by Winnie I was walking down the laundry detergent aisle the other day and noticing all the different kinds of detergents that are available. There are some that make your laundry smell like a morning by the seaside, detergents that keep your clothes from fading and a myriad of other […]
Outdoor DIY Ideas
How about some Outdoor DIY Ideas? Well if your like me, you better add this to your list of must haves for the backyard. A simple fire pit would work for us but boy would we love to have something of this caliber and size to cozy up to in the privacy of own backyard. […]
Survival Shelter DIY
DIY to Make Your Own Survival Shelter When you consider what you can make if you were out in the wilderness and need to protect yourself and you need to protect yourself from the elements, what would you make? You’ve looked around the area and there is no cave to hunker down in, the weather […]
Trampoline Chicken Coop
We have a trampoline chicken coop at home and when we came across this blog article at Four String Farm it warmed our heart. If you keep chickens you know that there are an endless supply of ideas, plans and DIY projects online to build almost any style or type of coop out there. […]
Inexpensive DIY Greenhouse Project
How would this DIY Greenhouse look at your place? When we saw this DIY Greenhouse we knew two things, we had to share it with you and we want one. We really appreciate all the great things over at Ana Whites blog, she lives in Alaska, so homesteading and DIY projects are a big […]
DIY Pizza Oven Project
Check out this DIY Pizza Oven Project How about the smell of freshly baking pizza wafting through your backyard. Sound crazy, well not after this DIY Pizza Oven Project. Wish we had found this earlier in the Summer but here it is. It’s been said that the best pizza comes out of brick ovens. Well, […]