“Everybody has seen them, the instant hand warmers sold during the winter months for insane prices. However In this instructable I’m going to show you an easy way

“Gather grapevines. This can be accomplished through a community vineyard or do what my husband and I have always done. Find wild grapevine on your woodland property or

“Living in a hand-built home can often mean making unique and non-conventional furniture choices. I recently transitioned from a tent to a cob house and ran into the

“I’m just about done with the scarf project, and so I’m moving on to my next requested work: a decorated gourd. My first step was to head out

“Ever wonder why some canvas, like the stuff that a Carhart jacket is made of, is so much tougher than, say, a drop cloth? The secret is ‘tincloth,’

“Today we usually think of clay as being used for pottery but in truth the uses are almost endless. For thousands of years man has used this substance

“For the third year in a row I am cutting and bucking my firewood with my trusty bow saw. Until now, however, I didn’t have a trusty sawhorse.

“This solar fridge is a simple and quick DIY project. The reason I decided to build it was because the fridge in your house takes up a ton

“Over the last year we have been entertaining the idea of some kind of permanent outdoor cooking appliance for our backyard. Our choices were between a masonry oven,

“Do you love the idea of homemade spa goodies but think they are “too much trouble” to make? Or maybe it worries you that the exact form of

“I remember making my first bow as a kid. I found a branch on the ground under the black oak trees that grew in our yard. There was

“I did a lot of research online to find as much information as I could about making my own laundry soap. What I found was that pretty much

“I try to collect pine resin deposits that happen naturally, usually caused by a fracture in a limb by a storm, lightning, or animals scratching on the bark.

“We extracted honey this past weekend… 309 lbs! Couple that with our earlier harvest and it brings us up to 576 lbs for the year, so far! We still

I wanted to have a cabin on my property for quite some time now but with the economy, the prices of having one built has more than doubled.

“Here is how I built my own combination cider and cheese press. After a great apple harvest this year, I was inspired to obtain my own cider press.