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How To Build A Solar Furnace for Under $50 Those who are looking for alternative ways to heat their homes are loving the idea of a solar furnace. Solar furnaces don’t have to be pricey! You can make your own for $50 or less if you have some DIY skills …

A Simple Guide to Taking Care of Your Chickens This Winter Winter is upon us. Most of the United States is deep into winter, struggling with freezing temperatures and snow. Winter makes taking care of chickens a bit trickier. If this is your first winter with chickens, you might feel …

20 Pumpkins Carving And Decor Ideas For Halloween Halloween is coming and it is coming fast. Don’t wait until the last minute to start with your preparations. Pumpkins are very important part of Halloween. No pumpkins, no Halloween spirit. Whether you’re carving, decorating, or using this classic fall gourd for Halloween …

How to Make Scented Pinecones Creating your own Scented Pinecones sounds like an amazing idea, especially for this particular time of the year. There are a large variety of options when it comes to working on Scented Pinecones, so you just have to find the right fit to suit your …

Top 3 Amazon Backyard Guest House or Cabin Kits With the cost of renting and buying apartments rising everyday alongside the cost of living, it is no surprise that many people are interested in having their own tiny homes. Although, you may have to settle with a minimalist house that …

How to Make A 5 Gallon Bucket Air Conditioner Extreme hot temperatures can make your life difficult especially if you are in the desert or a place where electricity to power your air cooler is not accessible. Having an air conditioner that functions well can come in handy during such …

Guide to Canning: What You Need to Know  Are you interested in learning how to can? Canning is one of the top ways to preserve your garden harvest each year, turning it into delicious recipes. Homesteaders and gardeners alike started canning decades along. So, let’s jump right in with our …

Survival Tips: How to Find drinking Water Humans can survive almost a week without food, but 72 hours without water leaves a human knocking on death’s door. Water is key to survival in any disaster scenario, and it should come before everything else. Water makes up about 60% of your body, flushes …

How Houses Functioned Before the Advent of Air Conditioning Greene County via flickr cc Earlier this summer, my next door was complaining to me about how costly his electric bill had gotten due to running his air conditioning system. I was shocked when we compared inside temperatures and bill amounts …

Survival Tips – How To Find Water In The Wilderness You can survive about 3 weeks without food. However, you can die if you go for three days without water. So, imagine a situation where you are lost in a wilderness, like an unknown forest to you. Alternatively, let us assume …

11 No-Bake Desserts for Your Summer Picnic Summertime is full of picnics and get-togethers with friends and family. Without a doubt, you will need to make a dessert for one of those picnics, but who wants to turn on the oven when it is over 90 degrees outside? No-bake desserts …

8 Simple Tricks for Pesky Pimples They’re frighteningly big, maddeningly persistent, and they always find those most conspicuous areas on your nose, forehead, and chin. Pimples wreak havoc on facial tissue and our psyche. Although there are tons of strong, chemical filled solutions, these can also severely dry the face …