(Family Features) From a few acres of suburban sprawl to large properties in rural regions, building, mowing, digging and transporting …
How To Make Paper Fire Bricks / Fire Logs from Recycled Paper
This method makes very dense paper bricks from all paper waste. You’ll need a couple of buckets, a couple of …
For a few $$ you make your bathroom useable for old and disabled
This video starts off with an explanation of the technology and then shows all the way this suction cup grab …
Make your own coconut oil toothpaste & deodorant
So the craze for coconut oil has spilled over into oral hygiene. Have you heard of oil pulling? You swirl …
Neat oven cleaning trick with soda and vinegar
Quick and simple. Basic ingredients = cheap and easy on your skin. What you need: Baking soda Water Vinegar Sponge or …
How to stop a new-style toilet from running
My toilet has been running for a while. Not all the time but now and again. This means (usually) that …
Defeat crooks, stupidity and the weather this Christmas
Be safe this Christmas, especially if you’re away from home. Here are some helpful tips: 1. Be aware of your …
This homemade Christmas tree food keeps your tree fresh and your kids and pets safe
You love live Christmas trees. But you hate watching it turn brown and vacuuming up needles. You wish you could …
Starting Your Smart Home Transformation
(Family Features) With the aid of modern technology, it’s now possible to convert virtually any ordinary house into a smart …
Take Precautions to Be Safe this Holiday Season
(Family Features) Although good tidings and joy abound during the holiday season, this time of year can also pose a …
The Alpha Tiny House Has It All
Build small and live large! David Latimer is the founder of New Frontier Tiny Homes. In this video he shared his …
75 Year Old Man Stops Home Invasion
A 75 year old Detroit man recently stopped a 3am home invasion by two young criminals with his firearm. The man …
Grappling granny pistol whips stunned burglar
A Middletown, Ohio criminal picked the wrong house to try and burglarize. 70-year-old Louise Jones was awakened at 12:30 a.m. Monday …
A reader’s (simple) homemade soap recipe
Kathy C. wrote to me recently telling me that the recipe I had posted for soap was too tricky for people …
5 easy ways to ‘charge up’ your recycling habits
We’re no fans of the EPA around here but we do approve of conserving materials, especially non-organic materials. (Recycling glass …
Lost Power: How to warm up any room.
In bad weather, shelter is your first priority, even above water. You can survive three days without water, but three hours of …
Aromatherapy Tips From A Naturopathic Doctor
Hi Kelly A friend of mine had an unfortunate experience recently. She was gingerly elbowing past a fellow traveler on …
Cost-Conscious Home Upgrades for Fall
If you’re looking for ways to improve your home but don’t have the budget for a full-scale renovation, look at …
Useful household items from the past
Cleaning up my 95-year old father-in-law’s kitchen I came across these super-useful items. They are trivets and they appear to …
Honey bees died from spray intended for Zika. Go bats to protect your home!
Millions of honey bees were killed after areas of South Carolina were sprayed to kill the mosquitoes that transmit the pathogen. …
All natural. Kill your weeds in 40 seconds.
You’ll need: Apple Cider Vinegar, Epsom Salt, and a Spray Bottle. Epsom salt, named for a bitter saline spring at Epsom …
7 Tips for Tackling Storm-Related Roof Damage
Having your home severely damaged by a storm can turn your world upside down. The damage could simply be cosmetic, …
How to relight the pilot light on your water heater
If you live in a home with a gas water heater and notice cold water coming from your hot water …
Aqua Dam holds back floodwater in Texas
Wow! Watch this video. He turned his home into an island with plastic tubes full of water. It cost $8,300 …
Make a Monkey Fist – useful as a keychain – or weapon!
Easy to make with a Monkey Jig, some cord and a marlin spike. Not only is it a really attractive …
How not to die of carbon monoxide poisoning
We all think we understand CO poisoning, yet every year thousands of people die from it. Remember, it’s about more …
It’s 100ºF outside so naturally it’s time to think about a wood stove
I know, I know. You’re thinking swimming pools and ice machines right now. But seriously, it’s a great time to …
Cob – The natural, recyclable building material that’s a “loan from the earth.”
The ideal building material would be ‘borrowed’ from the environment and replaced after use. There would be little or no …
Use up plastic bottles and make a 3D printed sculpture!
The inventor of this 3D printer pen, Daniel Edwards, is using this design to solve two problems at once. He …
Doing your laundry with magnets not soap?
Have you seen this? Apparently putting a couple of mega-powerful magnets in your laundry causes the surface tension to alter …