Build Your Own DIY Solar Dehydrator To Preserve Your Summer Harvest…

Build your own DIY solar dehydrator! This project was built using 1 piece of plywood, 10 food grade screens plus a bunch of salvaged materials that were then

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How To Build An Underground / Sunken Greenhouse For Year Round Growing…

This is the first of a series of videos that will chronicle my construction of building a sunken greenhouse, otherwise known as a Walipini or Pit Green house.

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DIY Solar Water Lightbulb Provides 55 Watts Of Light…

What do you get with sunshine and an old plastic bottle filled with water and chlorine? Thanks to Alfred Moser and a group of MIT students, you get

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How To Start A Fire With A Sandwich Bag & Water…

The intensity of sunlight on Earth is about 1300 Watts per square meter. When you focus the sun’s rays using a magnifying glass (or in this case a

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Homemade Air Conditioner DIY – The “5 Gallon Bucket” Air Cooler!

Here’s how to make a non-compressor based “5 gallon bucket” air conditioner. A very simple DIY. The items needed include: a bucket, styrofoam liner, pvc pipe, small fan,

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How To Make Willow Structures For Your Garden…

Willow is very satisfying to work with and lends itself to making rustic screens, structures and supports for a beautiful natural look. No special tools needed! Willow structures

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How To Build Inexpensive 4-6 Foot Tomato & Vine Crop Trellising Cages From Fencing…

You can build trellising cages for your container and ground planted vegetables by using 14 gauge metal fencing. It is easier than you think and it will save

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Top Ranked Kayaker Builds A “Hobbit Van” Tiny Home For Life On The Road…

When Canada’s top-ranked whitewater kayaker Ben Hayward (vanstarter.com) decided to pursue his Olympic dream, he began a life on the road racing in Europe. To afford this itinerant

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Guy Builds A Water-Powered Hammer Using Primitive Technology…

This is a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. It’s used for pulverizing materials into powder. I realize it’s under powered but built it as a proof of

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DIY Homemade Solar Powered Air Cooler For $15…

Using solar energy to generate heat is something that’s common and widespread among those who live an off-the-grid lifestyle. But what about using solar power to cool your

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How To Make & Operate A DIY Soldier Fly Larvae Composting Bin…

The black soldier fly is a common and widespread fly. The larvae and adults are considered neither pests nor vectors. Instead, black soldier fly larvae play a similar role

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12 Creative And Highly Unique Recycling Projects…

We love recycling projects so much, because we are fascinated by the process of creating something new and beautiful from an old and seemingly useless object. The beauty

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How To Make A DIY Worm Tower For Your Garden…

A worm tower goes directly in the garden and provides a habitat for your red wiggler composting worms. Feed them with your kitchen scraps and coffee grounds and

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Making A Mini Greenhouse Out Of 4 Hula-Hoops…

If you want to make a really simple (and cheap) mini greenhouse for your garden, then here’s a really simple project that uses hula-hoops and a few other

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Young Woman Builds Beautiful Recycled Tiny House For US$19,000…

For many, the idea of building a Tiny House on wheels is a wonderful pipe dream, however young kiwi furniture maker Annelies Zwaan has turned that dream into reality

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How To Make, Setup & Harvest From A Flow Through Worm Composter…

In this 3 part series you’ll learn how to make your own flow through worm composter, how to set it up correctly & finally how to harvest worm

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How To Make A DIY Rain Barrel Array…

Save rainwater and join any number of barrels together in an array to collect rain water for your garden or any other purpose you can think of. Rainwater

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Making A DIY BBQ Out Of A Wooden Industrial Cable Reel…

This cool little DIY woodworking project turns an old wooden industrial cable reel into a “stand or sit around” BBQ for grilling (referred to as a Braai in

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How To Make A Homemade Trommel Compost Sifter…

Here’s how to build a trommel (rotary screen) for sifting compost or shredded leaves. The purpose of sifting is to separate coarse unfinished compost materials from the finished product

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Guy Builds An Impressive Shelter In The Wilderness With Nothing But His Bare Hands…

I built this hut in the bush using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools. The hut is 2m wide and 2m long, the side walls are 1m high

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