DIY Projects

Plastic Water Tanks – The Complete Guide

Once you commit to storing your own water, whether for drinking, irrigation, livestock, or just backup security, you'll run into the same question...

5 Surprising Ways to Reuse Graywater Around the Homestead

You already know graywater is worth saving. And you've seen the same short list a hundred times. Water the flower beds. Run the washer out to the...

Easy DIY Candle Making at Home: A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Candle making is one of those homestead skills that pays for itself fast. A pound of wax and a few basic supplies turn into candles that would cost...

How to Get TV Reception When You’re Miles From a Tower

This is one of the most annoying homesteading problems. Your TV has no signal. You’re not able to watch anything without interruptions. And this...

DIY White Oil for Your Homestead

You probably love tomatoes, but they can be some of the most difficult vegetables to grow. Why? Because pests love them as much as you do. Maybe...

Homemade Dish Soap – Recipes, Ingredients, and Everything You Need to Know

Every homesteader reaches a point where buying another plastic bottle of dish soap off the grocery shelf starts to feel wrong. It is one small...

How to Make Bricks at Home, Step by Step (4 Methods That Actually Work)

Paying store prices each time you want to edge a garden bed, line a fire pit, or shore up a wall makes no sense and I have some good news for you....

Parchment Paper Substitute – 10 Real Alternatives That Work in the Kitchen

You are halfway through mixing a batch of cookies when you reach into the drawer and find an empty roll. No parchment paper. This happens more often...

DIY Food-Generator in a Box

What if you could grow a whole season of food out of one big pot just by watering maybe twice a week? What if you never had to feed your plants and...

DIY Closet Farming Guide

It may seem unusual, but a closet is an excellent location for an interior garden. Many people who try to create garden spaces indoors, especially...

How to Prevent Garden Runoff from Reaching Your House Foundation

This is one of those mistakes that you notice when it's already too late. Maybe you spent years building a beautiful garden and then you discover...

I Tanned a Hide With Nothing but Eggs and Animal Brain

If you raise livestock or go out hunting, you might already be familiar with the butchering process. The meat goes in the freezer, the bones go in a...

The Most Overlooked Resource On Your Property

There is a high chance that you also have that one shed where you toss the things you don't know where else to put. Broken tools, half-empty paint...

5 DIY Wax Projects for Your House

I got into all these beeswax projects purely by accident. I was trying to find a way to use less plastic. I was tired of plastic bags, plastic...

Leftover Firewood? Here’s What to Do With It

I’ve been heating with wood almost my whole life and if your first choice in terms of heating is also wood, then you know that as soon as spring...

What Happens If You Boil Flour

I never thought much about what happens when boiling water and plain flour are mixed. I just imagined it sounds like something that makes a mess on...