5 Ways To Get Rid Of Ants Naturally Without Killing Them

Ants are critical to the environment in too many ways to count, but they quickly become pests when they invade your home seeking food, shelter, or both. Nobody

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DIY Lemon & Rosemary Gardener’s Hand Scrub

When I get outdoors and garden, I want to garden. By that I mean really digging my hands into that amazing smelling dark soil. No gloves, just me,

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How To Make Natural Dyes From Plants & Other Materials

“Dyeing fabric and fiber with materials found in the natural world is a family favorite and a wonderful project for all ages. There are endless possibilities for color

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How To Make Natural Deodorant – Beating the B.O. With Natural Deo

“Why Use Natural Deodorant? I started this pursuit to avoid the Alzheimer’s and breast cancer, but I’m a lifelong convert because it works! No, really! I was the

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DIY Solar Powered Radio For $5

“This is another good use for  the solar panel used on the huge amounts of garden LED lights around, coupled to a portable radio that runs off 2

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Weave Your Own Elevated Flower Bed

“First of all: please excuse, if my English is some kind of funny – I am German. But let’s start with how you can weave your own elevated

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How To Make A Hurdle Fence

“The use of coppiced materials like willow and hazel were common through many periods throughout Europe, especially Britain. This video illustrates the construction of how to make a

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Homemade Insecticidal Soap

You guys. I feel almost guilty about posting this recipe!  It is so simple, so easy and so cheap.  But let’s not start there, shall we?  Let’s start

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Building An Underground Cistern

“In this example a DIY brick cistern is used to store filtered water. This one holds about 9450 Litres of water (about 2500 gallons plus or minus 20

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How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies

Every summer, I end up with at least one fruit fly infestation. It starts out innocently enough — I’ll notice a fruit fly or two buzzing around a

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Do It Yourself Refills For Any Plug-in Air Freshener

“I’m about to get hippie on you all. Plugin air fresheners (and tons of other stuff) have something called VOC in them. VOC stands for “volatile organic compounds”

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Build A Solar Food Dehydrator – Easy, Inexpensive, Detailed Plans

“Who doesn’t love dried fruits and vegetables? There’s the extra sweetness and concentrated flavor. They can be eaten “as is” or reconstituted with water. They’re lightweight—easy to carry

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Splitting Logs For Woodworking Lumber

“I have obtained quite a lot of lumber from firewood. Its a good supply of hardwood, but the longest pieces I manage to scrounge are only about 45cm

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25 Alternative Uses For Olive Oil Around The House

“The word for “oil” in many languages stems from the root word for olive. The tree itself is an evergreen shrub, very short and broad, and often has

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Wash Your Clothes By Pedaling Your Bike (With Video)

“You don’t need electricity to do the laundry. It’s as easy as riding a bike. My wife’s 90-year-old aunt still washes her laundry by hand, and dries it

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A Beginners Guide To Natural Dyeing

“A number of people have asked me questions about this dyeing lark and I thought maybe I ought to do a post in a tutorial sort of way. I

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How To Build An Outhouse With A Composting Bucket Toilet

“The sprawling tentacles that constitute the water infrastructure in the United States spill about 860 million gallons (3.3 billion liters) of untreated water — along with all the

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Building A Cedar Strip Canoe

“This is a practical account of my experiences and a brief guide to building a cedar strip canoe. Frist determine what the boat will be used for, a canoe

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How To Make A Scarecrow

The kiddos and I made a scarecrow yesterday. It is one of those things we have wanted to make but just never seem to get around to it.

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Home-Made Hydraulic Ram Pump

“This information is provided as a service to those wanting to build their own hydraulic ram pump. The typical cost of fittings for an 1-1/4″ pump is currently

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