Let’s Talk About: Tinctures, Elixirs, and Cordials

“I love herbs, and I also enjoy alcohol. You dedicated readers know for sure that I adore honey… so I generally do my best to combine those three

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How To Build A Rustic Cooler For $30

I’m smitten with rustic coolers. If you’re in the Southwest region, you’ve probably seen them at HEB or Cabelas, or pretty much any hardware store. They’re just awesome!

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How To Make A Waterwheel

“The first thing you need to decide is how big you want to make the wheel, mine is 5′ 6″ in diameter and is made up of eight

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Making A Crochet Rug From Repurposed T-Shirts

“I’ve seen a lot of crocheted and woven and braided rugs out on the internet, but I never got around to trying one of my own until now.

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A Cool Little A Bicycle Rickshaw

“This bike started as a way for me to take my daughter on a ride and still carry groceries or diapers. Never liked the original dark blue color

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How To Build An Awesome Sidewalk With Recycled Lumber For Only $50.00

“After reading that title you might wonder, why would anyone make a sidewalk out of wood? Well, there are a few very good reasons for doing it. A

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How To Make A Skin-Nourishing Herbal Salve

“If you have a yard, chances are you are growing the ingredients for a skin soothing herbal infusion without even trying! Plantain (Plantago major) is considered a weed,

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How To Make Head Cold Relief Vapor Discs

“Along with the cooler fall and winter weather inevitably comes cold and flu season. Truth be told, some days I don’t mind the excuse of staying in my

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Step-by-Step Earthbag Building

“This Instructable explains each main step of construction for building vertical earthbag walls. For those who don’t know, earthbag building uses polypropylene rice bags or feed bags filled

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576 Loads Of Laundry For $6 – How To Make Homemade Laundry Detergent

In the spirit of Laura Ingalls, with wash day being Monday, here’s a little recipe for homemade laundry detergent you can use tomorrow. You will need… 1 bar

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How To Make A Better Strawberry Pallet Planter

“Over the past year I’ve come across scores of DIY pallet projects, some of them intriguing and others not quite there yet but still having potential. One that

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How To Build A Firewood Shed For Under $80!

It’s been unusually cold this winter, so there’s nothing like a warm fire to snuggle up to when the weather starts to rockin’ and the witch of winter

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Rose Petal Salve Recipe

“This week, I’m sharing a few recipes from my new eBook: Things To Do With Roses. Today’s project is Rose Petal Salve! I like to enrich this with

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Build Yourself A Portable Home – A Mongolian Yurt

“A guide to Building Yurts…or more specifically, how I built mine! Based on Knowledge Gained from “Doing it Myself”, and reading about it on-line. I’ve now built three

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Make Your Own Wool Dryer Balls

How would you like to never buy another fabric softener product again AND cut your laundry drying time in half??? Would you believe me if I told you

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Making & Using Hydrosols – Home Distilling

“The word hydrosol, ‘hydro’ water and ‘sol’ solution means water solution and refers to the fact that a hydrosol is water containing plant molecules, it is produced alongside

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Make A Bike Trailer For Less Than $10

“Using a bike is a great way to zip around town and run errands, but some jobs are a little more than a bike alone can handle. What

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How To Build A Solid Root Cellar

We decided that our little farm needed a root cellar to store our produce in.  For those unfamiliar with the term, a root cellar is an underground room

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Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Tablets

“Are you familiar with those little dishwasher tablets that are sold in all the stores? They seem awfully handy and I’ve often wanted to buy them. However, they

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Extraordinary Uses For Ordinary Items

“Some ordinary, unassuming household objects have super powers. And most of these items cost less than a couple of bucks. So the next time you stain a shirt,

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