How To Make A Homemade Wasp Trap For Pennies

Ok… this is kind of gross, but clearly it works. Once the wasps go in the bottle they can’t figure out how to get out so they get trapped and die. This will minimize wasps, but the only way to eliminate

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DIY Solar Powered Washing Machine

This is awesome! A team of students from the École Supérieure d’ Art d’ Aix-en-Provence have developed this solar-powered washing machine, using bicycle tires, bamboo, a recycled electric motor and a solar panel. If you’re a DIY’er, you really need

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How To Make Your Own Rain Barrel For $40

This DIY rain barrel costs less than $100 and works just as well as the expensive one you can buy. It’s pretty easy to build your own rain barrels from plastic drums or trash cans. Get complete how-to instructions and

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How to Make A Solar Powered Water Pump for Water Barrels

If you have a rain collecting water barrel system or planning on having one, you’re going to love this. This couple got tired of filling up buckets and carrying them all over, so they built a solar powered water pump

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How To Make A Swamp Cooler Using A Bucket

Swamp coolers (also known as evaporative coolers) work on the principle of a hot, dry summer day and cool water. Hot, dry air is passed through a membrane of flowing water. The resultant air is now filled with moisture. This

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How To Build A Wood Burning Cook Stove From A Steel Barrel

This is new to me, but maybe you are familiar with wood heaters made from steel barrels. Here is a tutorial of how to make a wood cook stove from a barrel. An effort has been made to keep it

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The DIY Bike Wheel Bow

I don’t know about you, but I never thought of making a bow out of a bike wheel. But this guy did and it’s awesome. Definitely a cool project you can do over the weekend and keep in your preps

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5 Survival Shelters You Can Probably Build Yourself

Here are some great looking survival shelters you can probably build yourself if you ever find yourself in a SHTF or survival situation… assuming you have moderate skills. Also a fun project to do with the kids when camping. If

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How To Make A Homemade Berkey Water Filter

If you’ve been at this survivalist stuff for any amount of time, you’ve probably know that the berkey water filtration system is among the best, if not THE best water filter available on the market. The problem is, they cost

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How To Drive Your Own Fresh Water Well

Before the industrial era made pumps and pipes common hardware items, wells were created by simply digging a narrow hole down to the water table, then drawing the water that seeped into its bottom upward in a bucket attached to

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