Chispito Wind Generator

http://ift.tt/1ekgMx3 - The Chispito Wind Generator was designed to be simple and efficient with fast and easy construction. There are no limits to what you can do with wind power. There is nothing more rewarding and empowering than making a wind powered generator from scrap materials. Most of the tools and materials in th...

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Wicking Bed

http://ift.tt/14KQ90G - In short, a wicking bed consists of a basin of gravel with rich soil on top of it. There is a pipe set into the gravel, which bends and rises to the surface for watering. This is how you water your plants. The water settles in the gravel and is wicked up by the soil to the plants' roots. It is very ...

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Make Super Cheap Seed Starters

http://ift.tt/1ekgLcw - If you want to start your plants indoors weeks before you can put them into the ground, soil blocks is the way to go. They have many advantages, but the main one is that soil blocks GREATLY reduce transplant shock, leaving you with more survivors in your garden. They won't create root balls like st...

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Fabric Formed Posts

http://ift.tt/1ekgKVX - Fabric forming is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to form concrete. Instead of time consuming and costly wooden or metal forms, you use little more than a plastic or similar fabric. The end result is not only aesthetically beautiful, it is also stronger, because it lends itself to rounded shape...

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Build your own Smoker

http://ift.tt/14KQbFD - Making a smoker is not at all hard. You basically need a fire area, whose smoke and heat travels up to the cooking area. It is a great and delicious way to cook meat. The smoker that we did here is made of junk and set into a hill. You can change the design to fit your own place. For more informati...

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Pool Cover

A little update on the pool cover we've been using.

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Concrete work done

This week saw all the concrete work for the barn finished.

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