What is happening to our nation’s children? I know that times always change and we cannot hold on to the past. However, shouldn’t we take the things that worked and build on them? There are certain things that technology will ...
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How To Insulate Your Home With All-Natural, Off-Grid Materials
When choosing insulating materials for your home or building, the options are more numerous than they first appear. A visit to the hardware store will yield only a few options: foam board, fiberglass rolls, and perhaps spray foam. These materials, ...
Read More »How To Build A Log Cabin, Just Like The Pioneers Did
For the pioneers, building a log cabin was not just a cool project that you took on for the fun of it. You had to know how to build your own home because there was no one else to build ...
Read More »How To Build The Perfect Off-Grid Home
Building a home anywhere is not easy, but building an off-grid home presents its own unique challenges. For starters, you’re responsible for your own electricity and water – two major items most residents in the U.S. don’t have to consider. ...
Read More »Trapping Wild Hogs Is Easy With This DIY Pen
My father’s way of live has always been living mostly off the land and being independent. He is a practical man who prefers function over form, who despises buying grocery when he knows he can grow vegetables and hunt and ...
Read More »How To Build A Simple Solar Food Dehydrator
It’s hard to say when and where dehydrating food started, but it has a long history. The production of salt cod (fish) goes back at least 500 years. Indians in the “New World” were known to make jerky from venison ...
Read More »Adventures In Earthship Living
“To boldly go where no one has gone before” – through its various incarnations, this was the continuing mission of the starship Enterprise, as its intrepid crew traveled the lengths and breadths of the universe in the star vessel that ...
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I like to build things. There is no feeling in the world like finishing a project, stepping back and admiring your accomplishments. It’s a man thing, or so I thought until the other day. My wife wanted a new corner ...
Read More »Can You Build A House for $5,000?
Building a house is an expensive prospect. Whether you opt for a kit or purchase a ready-built home, the costs are high and generally run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. This puts home ownership out of reach of ...
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