DIY Projects

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...

How to Build a Predator-Proof Automatic Chicken Coop Door

Anyone who raises chickens is familiar with the usual list of daily, weekly and monthly chores. Clean and check the waterer, clean and refill the...

NEVER Throw Away These Items! (Do This Instead)

If you're anything like me, you've got a corner of the garage or barn where random stuff just piles up. Old jars, bent screws, a cracked garden...

DIY Smokeless Fire Pit: How to Build One That Actually Works (Step-by-Step)

If you have ever sat around a backyard fire pit and spent more time moving your chair away from the smoke than actually enjoying the fire, you...

Hurricane Ties: The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Home

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida with winds exceeding 165 mph. When the devastation cleared, investigators made a shocking...

9 Practical Toilet Paper Alternatives for Emergencies and Off-Grid Living

Take a second and try to remember the last time you thought about toilet paper. Probably your answer is “not that recently,” and this is totally...

This DIY ‘Ghost Fence’ Works Better Than Electric Fencing – With No Power Needed

If you’ve never heard of a ghost fence, that’s no surprise. Most fences are defined by barbed wire, chain links, or are electrified. They’re all...

7 Amish Blacksmithing Skills That Will Save You $500 a Year

Blacksmithing is a skill that the Amish have embraced for centuries. It’s one of the key skills that enables their self-sufficiency and provides...

DIY Herbal First Aid Kit

Let’s face it: no one ever plans to cut their hand while doing household tasks, come down with a nasty cough after a weekend trip, or wake up with a...

10 Ingenious Uses for Flour Around Your Home

Usually when we think of flour we think of bread, biscuits, pie crusts and cookies. But flour has some surprising characteristics that lend it to...

The Pioneer Way to Dig a Well by Hand (No Equipment Needed)

Water is survival. Without it, even the toughest homestead will fail at some point. Long before power drills or modern rigs, pioneers dug wells with...