Making A Homestead

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DIY: How to make an Air Rifle pellet catcher

I thought I’d share with you the pellet catcher/trap I made for my air rifle. An air rifle really is an essential tool for every homestead; you can keep your rifle skills sharp for cheap without having to leave your backyard, you can repel pests from your garden and even harvest small game. I must [...]

DIY: How to make a fish hook from a soda can top

This is an easy tutorial on how to make a fish hook from a soda can top, specifically from the tab. This is a good skill to have for many reasons; one, it saves you money on hooks, two, in an emergency situation you could use this to feed yourself as cans are everywhere since [...]

DIY: How to Make a Bug Trap

This is a great little project that you can do in about a minute and is great at removing wasps and annoying flies. Basically, you just cut the top off a bottle and invert it. Then put a sugary liquid at the bottom. Bugs will fly in, attracted by the sweet smelling liquid. However, they [...]

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This is a real quick Do It Yourself (DIY) post on how to make a stove out of a soda can. I purposely picked this design to do today because it is so easy and soda cans are everywhere. So, in an emergency you could put one of these together with trash [...]

DIY Square Foot Garden Modifications

I wrote a couple weeks ago about how you can make your own Square Foot Garden based on the designs by Mel Bartholomew. The following post is to serve as a companion piece and showcase some of the modifications I have done to improve my beds. You can see the original post by clicking HERE.

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DIY: Making Pectin

Pectin is a naturally occurring extract made by boiling apples. It is also the thing you add to jelly or jam to make it gel, otherwise you are just left with a fruity liquid. If you make your own jelly and jam then you probably go through a lot of pectin. If you are buying [...]

DIY Square Foot Garden

I use the Square Foot Garden method for gardening for one reason. I am lazy. Pure and simple. If you haven’t heard of this method before, it is awesome! It is the no digging, no weeding method of maximizing garden space popularized in the book, All New Square Foot Gardening by: Mel Bartholomew. In fact, [...]

Composting Bins are In!

Step right up Ladies and Gentlemen! That’s right! You heard it here, compost bins are in! The wave of the past is now the wave of the future. As food prices escalate, more and more people are growing their own food. But wait you ask, where are they getting all this soil? It must me [...]

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